Paris, Tenn.–The good fiscal news for the city of Paris continues.
At Thursday night’s meeting of the Paris City Commission, Director of Finance Traci Shannon announced, “We started off the fiscal year with another increase in retail sales tax revenue. The month of July was up 9.96% compared to July of last year. Just as a reminder, last July we were up 5.87% compared to the previous year.”
General Fund revenues were ahead of expenditures for the month of August, but they are behind fiscal year-to-date. Some of the larger expenses during the month included $43K for the Johnson Park project and $21K for Eiffel Tower Park sunshades. Street Department expenses included $61K for a mini-excavator and $55K for a new crew cab truck. And the city spent $155K on the Wilson Street project.
As a reminder, property taxes for the City of Paris will no longer be paid in the city office. They will be paid at the Henry County Trustee’s office. There will be one bill which will include the City and the County taxes that are payable. The 2022 tax notices should be mailed out around October 1st and due by the last day of February, 2023.
Five business licenses were issued in August:
New businesses: GG’s Picnic Basket, Ballard Custom Automotive, Lauren O’Neal Art.
Ownership Name Change: Kilpatrick’s Childcare
Business Name/Location Change: Jack’s Java Urban Cafe.