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Dell Rapids Economy Remains Strong in 2021

October 6, 2021 by Matt Larson, Big Sioux Media

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Spending in Dell Rapids has remained strong in 2021. The Dell Rapids City Council received a sales tax revenue report during their regular meeting on Monday, October 4th. The report shows an increase in spending through the month of August compared to the same time frame in 2020.

“If you look at the month of July compared to last year, what a difference,” said Dell Rapids Mayor Tom Earley. “Thanks to everybody for shopping local.”

The month of July in 2021 had an 18.84% increase in sales tax revenue compared to July in 2020. Over the eight-month reporting period, revenue is up 6.1% for an increase of $58,320.30 from last year at this time. The city has collected just over $950,000 in sales tax through the month of August.

Final Sales Tax Numbers Show 10% Increase in 2020 for Dell Rapids

February 7, 2021 by Matt Larson, Big Sioux Media

The Dell Rapids City Council heard the final 2020 sales tax numbers during their regular meeting on Monday, February 1st. The December 2020 numbers were 22% higher than December 2019.

Total sales tax collected in December was $120,207.00. With that number, every month but February and March saw over $100,000 in sales tax revenues for the city.

“Just taking into factor the affect the pandemic had and how it was kind of the opposite affect that was expected when we first got into the thing,” said City Administrator Justin Weiland.

The total sales tax revenue for Dell Rapids in 2020 was $1,362,405.82. That is a 10.1% increase from 2019, which had $1,237,139.75 in total sales tax revenue.

Sales tax revenue was not the only increase the city of Dell Rapids saw. Alcohol sales were up 20% from 2019.

Economy Continues to Stay Strong in Dell Rapids

August 25, 2020 by Matt Larson, Big Sioux Media

The economy in Dell Rapids has continued to be strong through the 2020 year. Justin Weiland, Dell Rapids City Administrator, reported another increase in sales tax revenues for the month of July during the Dell Rapids City Council’s last meeting on Monday, August 17th.

The month of July saw a 19.36% increase in 2020 from 2019. It was the fourth straight month, and fifth overall, of sales tax revenue having an increase this year from last year.

“We’re continuing to see those numbers stay steady. August…we’ll see how August comes in, but doesn’t seem like anything’s going to change on that front,” said Weiland.

Through the month of July of 2020, the city has seen a 10.72% increase in revenue versus the same time period from last year, which is an increase of just over $76,000.

Sales Tax Revenue Continues to Rise in Dell Rapids in 2020

July 28, 2020 by Matt Larson, Big Sioux Media

Dell Rapids reported a 2.1% increase in sales tax revenue through the month of May in 2020 when compared to the same time period in 2019, but the month of June provided an even bigger boost to the City of Dell Rapids.

“We are showing a 9.2% increase total for the year of 2020 compared to six months in as of June 2019. The months of April, May, and June have all been exceedingly higher than normal,” said City Administrator Justin Weiland at the last Dell Rapids City Council meeting.

The month of June saw almost a 30% increase compared to the month of June in 2019. Sales tax revenue in the month totaled $124,396.22. That is the highest collected amount since the months of July and August of 2017. It was also the third straight month of over $100,000 in collected sales tax and fourth month overall in 2020.

The city has collected just over $55,000 more in the first half of 2020 compared to the first half of 2019.

Sales Tax Up in Dell Rapids Despite Covid-19 Restrictions

June 26, 2020 by Matt Larson, Big Sioux Media

Despite the restrictions that were placed on businesses in March and April due to Covid-19, sales tax revue for the city of Dell Rapids is up 2.1% through May when compared to the same time frame as 2019.

Dell Rapids saw a 7.7% increase over 2019 in the month of January, but then saw decreases in sales tax revenue in the months of February and March. Revenue was down 13.6% in February and 1% in March.

“We saw very large increases in April and May, which was surprising, but not surprising I guess when you kind of boil it down and think about it,” said City Administrator Justin Weiland. “People were staying home. They weren’t going to Sioux Falls to purchase their groceries. They were staying here. People in our region from Baltic to everyone else in the region that didn’t want to go into the heart of the lion’s den in Sioux Falls, and they have been coming to Dell Rapids.”

The months of April and May were very good in Dell Rapids. There was an increase of 12.8% in April from 2019 and 20.8% in May.

“There was a definite fear that there was going to be a major fallout. At this point, let’s hope and keep praying that it’s going to continue this way,” said Weiland.

The city is currently about $26,500 ahead of where it was through the end of May in 2019.

Weiland mentioned that the city will continue to keep a conservative estimate in mind with the 2021 budget and with spending for the rest of the year as well.

Sales Tax and Building Permit Numbers for 2019 Reported

January 12, 2020 by Matt Larson, Big Sioux Media

The Dell Rapids City Council heard the final 2019 totals for building permits and an updated sales tax numbers during their regular meeting on Monday, January 6th.

The city reported lower building permit valuations in 2019 as compared to 2018. Dell Rapids had 12 new homes built and one new four-plex in 2019. This number is down slightly when the city saw 17 new homes built in 2018. Dell Rapids also did not have any large scale commercial projects in 2019. Despite the lower number of homes, building permit valuations were just over $4 million.

The council also heard that sales tax numbers continued to remain strong for 2019. Numbers are in through November, and the city has seen an increase of 5.1% over the same period in 2018. With the closing of both Shopko and Family Dollar in 2019, expectations were that sales tax revenue would be down slightly from 2018. Not only have numbers exceeded 2018, but signs point to 2019 surpassing the 2017 record numbers after the December numbers are finalized.

Dell Rapids 2018 Sales Tax Revenues Dip from 2017

January 27, 2019 by Matt Larson, Big Sioux Media

The final 2018 sales tax revenue report was shared at the latest Dell Rapids City Council regular meeting held Tuesday, January 22nd. The numbers showed a drop of 3.45% from the 2017 numbers.

The city of Dell Rapids had $1,227,419.65 of sales tax revenue in 2017. By contrast, the city had $1,185,064.63 of sales tax revenue in 2018. A drop of just over $42,000.

“It looks better than it did in July and August. $42,000 less, if you look at July and August, that’s about $40,000. That’s at the height of the construction. That’s the way I interpret those numbers,” said City Administrator Justin Weiland.

July 2018 was an 11.68% decrease from the numbers in July 2017. August 2018 had a bigger drop from 2017 at 23.24% decrease. The numbers rebounded in October, November, and December with each of those three months having positive gains in 2018 over 2017 numbers.

2017 Sales Tax Revenues Up, Building Permits Down in Dell Rapids

January 7, 2018 by Matt Larson, Big Sioux Media

The city of Dell Rapids is on pace to see an increase in sales tax revenue in 2017 over the previous year. This report was given to the Dell Rapids City Council during their regular meeting on Tuesday, January 2nd by City Administrator Justin Weiland.

Sales tax revenue is currently at $1,128,559.85 through the month of November. During the same reporting period in 2016, the city collected $1,060,266.89.

“Sales tax is through November, and we’re tracking at 6.4% above previous November. So we anticipate we will exceed 2016 sales tax totals once again as we have consecutively over the last several years. So that’s definitely positive,” said Weiland.

The December numbers are not quite finalized, but Weiland said as soon as those numbers become available, the final 2017 sales tax revenue report would be shared with the council.

Even though sales tax revenues for 2017 are trending in a positive direction from 2016, building permit revenue in 2017 was down for the city of Dell Rapids. The city collected $13,261.50 in building permit fees in 2017 which resulted in $3,681,153.46 worth of building improvements in the city. In 2016 the city saw $11,816,021.31 worth of improvements and in 2015 the city saw $11,023,410 worth of building improvements.

“These building permit totals were down pretty extensively from the previous year. I think you can attribute that to the lack of any large scale, commercial or industrial, construction like we have had in the recent years going back to the grocery store, Shopko, or last year was the Midwest Fresh building and the Broin building. Those kind of combined really elevate your numbers. We didn’t have one of those in ’17, so I think that’s why you see that number significantly lower than previous years,” Weiland noted.

Not only did the city not have a large scale commercial or industrial construction project in 2017, the total number of new homes built in 2017 was also down compared to 2016. A total number of 10 new homes were built in 2017 which was down from 12 new homes in 2016.

Weiland also said, “The housing starts were a little bit lower than the average has been over the last 10 years or so. This is something we need to keep an eye on. I think we’ve all kind of predicted that we might reach a point when housing starts might be a little bit lower from year to year. The housing lot availability is going to continue to dwindle as they get sold. I really think that’s something that we need to watch and be progressively thinking about the next step for housing. You don’t want to be limited because your options aren’t there.”