Four remain ahead of 2016 pace

The month of June proved to be kinder than May to most Van Zandt County cities with the office of Texas State Comptroller Glenn Hegar announcing last week that Canton, Edom, Van and Wills Point had all increased sales tax revenue collections when comparing figures against those of the same calendar month in 2016.

The news was a welcome sigh of relief locally after May figures indicating all six county cities had seen negative dollar changes when using the same metric.

No city in Van Zandt County enjoyed a bigger positive dollar change or positive percentage change than Van. The city received a payment of $73,605.32 this month, up $21,723.10 or 41.87 percent over the $51,882.22 collected in June 2016.

Canton finished second overall among county cities in largest positive dollar change as sales tax revenue collections climbed $8,522.76 to $281,873.98 in June 2017.

Wills Point, which has seen consistent growth throughout the year, also finished on the positive side of the ledger for June with a gain of $6,335.80 to $88,704.64.

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