HERMANN — Gasconade County government’s primary source of revenue returned to six figures in the November reimbursement check from the state after a slight downtown a month earlier.

The General Fund Sales Tax check for this month totals $102,504, a little more than $4,000 larger than the October amount of $98,377.

With only one more reimbursement check to come in, which will essentially reflect revenue generated from retail sales this month, the General Fund Sales Tax has produced $1,134,726 — $18,521 more than the amount received at this time last year.

The tax produced $1,228,290 for all of 2023.

If this year’s final tally exceeds the 2023 amount, it would be the fifth consecutive year of record revenue from the sales tax. This month’s sales tax figures were reported Thursday morning to the County Commission by County Treasurer Mike Feagan.

Use Tax receipts down slightly

The 1.325-cent Use Tax revenue dipped this month to $46,662, down from $52,351 received last month. For the year, the Use Tax has produced $530,768. It should easily exceed the 2023 total of $535,723 after the December reimbursement check arrives. Of this tax, county government receives 1 cent; the E-911 program receives the .325-cent portion.

The county’s half-cent Law Enforcement Sales Tax (LEST) produced a slight uptick in revenue this month at $71,533 for the county Sheriff’s Department. While that is about $4,000 less than what the county received last November, it is about $2,000 more than the amount received last month. After 11 months, the LEST has generated $790,750 for the county law enforcement agency and $263,583 for the five municipalities participating in the revenue-sharing program. That’s an 11-month total of $1,054,334 for this year, compared to $1,128,604 received in all of 2023.Here’s what the five cities received as their November share and their year-to-date totals: Owensville – $10,968, $121,248; Hermann – $8,583, $94,890; Bland – $1,907, $21,086; Rosebud – $1,669, $18,450; Gasconade – $715, $7,907.

The LEST revenue is divided between the county and the five municipalities 75 percent-25 percent. The money is divided on a city’s percentage of the combined populations of the cities. Owensville receives 46 percent of the cities’ amount, followed by Hermann at 36 percent, Bland at 8 percent, Rosebud at 7 percent and Gasconade at 3 percent.