City sales tax payment is up

The City of Perryton had some good news this month. Its sales tax payment for July of $256,346 was almost 4% higher than last July.

For the year so far, the city has received $1.76 million, slightly less, 1.7%, from last year’s payments Around the area, most of the cities notched a decrease, with a handful seeing increased.

The City of Amarillo’s payment of $9.7 million, was up 14% from last July, a…