After seven months of the calendar year, Grundy County sales tax collections are running two and a half percent greater than last year at this time.
The seven-month total tops $317,700 in each of the three categories. Those are county operations, the general fund, which helps to support the ambulance service, and the law enforcement fund.
The $317,000 in year-to-date receipts is nearly $8,000 ahead of last year. For July, the county sales tax receipts in each category topped $47,200. That was $2,000 more than the collections in July of last year.
