The 1 percent sales tax check for August presented to the city by the Missouri Department of Revenue was $1.89 million, a 2.6 percent decrease compared to $1.94 million in the same month of the previous fiscal year, according to a city news release.
The August check - representing collections from previous months - is the second for the city's fiscal year, which began July 1.
Two months into fiscal 2012, however, the city has collected $5.8 million in sales tax revenue, a 5 percent increase compared to $5.5 million brought in by August of fiscal 2010. The difference is roughly $278,000.
BluCurrent Credit Union held a June 21 grand opening at an office building it renovated at 4520 S. National Ave.; Ozark Mountain Gymnastics changed ownership; and a Branson theater property made way for a new entertainment business with the opening of Star Concert Hall.