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Tax and permits up and down in the city

By Scott Wagar

01/20/2015

The city of Bottineau has released its financial numbers on occupancy tax, restaurant -lodging tax and building permits, which shows increases and decrease from 2013 in these three entities.

OCCUPANCY

When it comes to occupancy tax, Bottineau saw a decrease from last year by $2,017. 

In 2014, the city’s occupancy tax ended at $29,581, which was a decrease of 7 percent from 2013 that ended its year at $31,598.
The following gives the tax revenue for each month in 2014:

January - $1,521
February - $2,121
March - $1,707
April - $3,554
May - $2,617
June - $1,259
July - $1,953
August - $4,066
September - $375
October - $4,635 
November - $2,830
December - $2,937

RESTAURAUNT-LODGING 

Restaurant-Lodging for 2014 saw an increase from 2013 by close to $3,000. 

This year ended at $64,018 for restaurant-lodging taxes. When compared to 2013, it year ended at $61,097. 

The 5 percent increase for 2014 was as follows:

January - $3,171
February - $5,278
March - $4,945
April - $3,844
May - $6,113
June - $3,487
July - $5,048
August - $8,259
September - $4,148
October - $6,923
November - $6,407
December - $6,389

BUILDING PERMITS

Building permits in Bottineau dropped in 2014 from 2013 and 2012. 

In 2014, 77 building permits were registered in the city, which was down by nine in 2013 which saw 86 building permits. If compared by 2012, which saw 97 building permits that year, permits have declined by 26 percent in the past two years. 
Of the 77 building permits in 2014, the numbers are as follows:

January – 0
February – 0
March – 1
April – 5
May – 20
June – 10
July – 14
August – 13
September – 1
October – 4
November – 5
December – 4

According to the city, the reason for the declines in occupancy tax and building permits is somewhat uncertain; but, when it comes to restaurant-lodging taxes it is believed that certain construction projects in town, along with oil and tourism was the reason for the increase.