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Economy Strong in Dell Rapids Despite Rough 2019

December 8, 2019 by Matt Larson, Big Sioux Media

The economy in Dell Rapids is holding strong despite a rough year in 2019 with business closings and two major floods. Sales tax revenues remained on a pace to surpass 2018 totals according to a report given by City Administrator Justin Weiland at the latest Dell Rapids City Council meeting on Monday, December 2nd.

“Things are still looking good on the year. The bottom didn’t fall out on the community when we lost Shopko, which was an obvious concern. We just kind of hope that November and December months are strong, which they generally are. We haven’t really ever seen any big dips in a year in those months in the past. Hopefully that will continue strong,” said Weiland at the council meeting.

Administration was not sure what the sales tax numbers might be in 2019 with the closure of big retail businesses. Shopko closed its store at the end of February. Video Plus also closed in March, and Family Dollar shut its doors in the middle of May.

Even though the community lost some businesses this year, new ones have opened in the last year. Papa’s Pub opened in the middle of December in 2018. Pinz opened in October of this year, and The Shoppe just recently opened in early November. All three of these businesses are located in downtown Dell Rapids.

Sales tax revenue has been reported through the month of October. Dell Rapids has seen a 5.4% increase in sales tax revenues compared to the same time in 2018, which is an increase of just under $53,000. The city has surpassed the million dollar mark already this year, and only three of the reported 10 months saw a decrease from last year.

Dell Rapids Sales Tax Revenue Remains Strong

November 10, 2017 by Matt Larson, Big Sioux Media

Sales tax revenue remains strong in Dell Rapids. That report was given by City Administrator Justin Weiland to the Dell Rapids City Council during their regular meeting on Monday, November 6th.

From January through September of 2017, the city has collected just over $929,000 in sales tax revenue. During the same time frame in 2016, the city collected just under $869,000. Every month but two have seen an increase in sales tax revenue in 2017 from 2016. The city just had three straight months of over $100,000 collected in each month.

“The interesting note on that is that the months of July, August, September, if you look at the history, all three of those months are the highest collection months the city has seen probably in our history. We’ve had three really, really positive months of sales tax collectoin. So that’s good news especially when we’ve heard of the sales tax are down in the state and the city of Sioux Falls,” said Weiland.

Sales Tax Revenue up in Dell Rapids

December 18, 2014 by Matt Larson, Big Sioux Media

The city of Dell Rapids has seen a growth in sales tax revenue in 2014. Sales tax revenue has increased by 10.55% this year for the reported months of January through October over the same time period in 2013. City Administrator Justin Weiland reported the numbers to the Dell Rapids City Council during their regular meeting on Monday, December 15th.

“We’re continuing to see a steady rise every year we’ve had increases. Things are looking well,” Weiland said during the meeting. Weiland also mentioned that he would provide the council with the final year end numbers after November and December numbers are reported.