The city of Dell Rapids eclipsed the $11 million mark in improvements again through building permits in 2016. The city had $11,816,021.31 worth of improvements in 2015, which was a record year. This year, Dell Rapids had a total of $11,023,410.08 worth of improvements. The city received a total of 261 building permit requests during the year that included 12 new buildings and 11 new homes.
The numbers were presented to the Dell Rapids City Council during their regular meeting on Tuesday, January 3rd. City Administrator Justin Weiland commented, “It was a positive year in building permits. Totals were really strong again and in line with the previous year.”
Dell Rapids has seen steady growth in construction over the last few years. In 2014 the city had $6.5 million worth of improvements with the big project being the new Ace Hardware building. In 2013 the city had $9.4 million in improvements on projects such as the new County Fair store, Casey’s, and Family Dollar.
Not only were building permits strong, the city also exceeded the $1 million mark in sales tax revenue through the month of November in 2016. Currently the sales tax revenue total is $1,060,266.89. This total is about a 6.13% increase over the total during the same time last year. Weiland mentioned to the council that the final numbers for sales tax revenue for the month of December should be available in the next couple of weeks.