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Home My WebLink About2009-03-20 Euless ArticlesDISTRIB L'TED TO: PACE 1 OF & hL4 YOR C1T Y CivCL ClTY A TTXY CRli11 iIlCK4iCllE RID C WA YI DECK BRObKY YO L:VC i51cDO.Y 1LD COLLIiM C BARKER CETCHELL LIBRIR Y A D.WhV LlBR4RY REF A.VliV1AL C,YTR DATE DISTRIBL'TED 3 -2 O - 0 9 DATE OF ARTICLE ;J -/ 7-0 Cj NEWSPAPER FWT ECONOMY Sou thlake tax revenues fall "most in Tarrant -. County for Januaqi The numbers are from January ' sales, which were down 22 percent compared with 2008. . By AMAN BATHEJA abatheja@star-teIegrarn.com ..: :, s The bad economy delivered a slump in sales tax revenue for most Texas cities, but SouthIake officials aie grappling with a full-fledged nosedive. Sales-tax revenue returned in Febru- . aryto the upscale Tarrant County city of . - , , about 26,000 dropped 22 percent corn- pared with the same period in 2008, ac; cording to data released by the Texas Comptrcdler's Office last week. County-' wide, sales tax revenue fell 2 percent. .** The revenue came from sales madei in Januaq, according to the compt~ol-. ler's office. . . . . . Southlake's numbers suggest a steep drop in local shopping compared to the - 10 percent decline the city saw during a the holiday season. - -- The drop "was more than what we had anticipated," . Southlake Finance Direstor Sharen Jackson said. "I think it's still stemming from the hoIiday sea- son . . . People spent less in January." Jackson's office had budgeted for a downhirnthis fiscal year but is now pre- paring to readjust that in light of the lat- est figures, she said. "We will monitor the budgets closely and make any necessary .budget More on TAXES on 78 DISTRIB L'TED TO: 1t1.4yYOR CITYCiVCL CITYATTlVY CRllW MCIC4iVIE RIDGW;LY, DECK BR0bV.V YOL'I~G iCIcDO.V,4LD COLLIlVS C.BARKER GETCHELL LIBR4RYAD!tI11V LlBR4RYREF A,VI,CL4LC,VTR D.4.rEI)ISTXISUTED 3 -20- 0 9 DATE OFARTICLE IVE WSPAPER F W.S T Taxes: Most Tarrant County cities saw lower revenue CONTINUED FROM IB meeting today because some council amendments over the next 30-60 days," members are going to be out of town Jackson said. during spring break, spokeswoman Pi- Any amendments to the budget will lar Schank said. have to be approved by the City Council, Sales tax revenue dropped in most she said. She held a meeting Thursday Tarrant County cities. with directors of city departments to Most of the declineswere under 10 discuss ways to address the revenue de- percent. Fort Worth sales dropped 2 per- cline, including delaying capitol pro- cent, and Arlington revenue dropped 4 jects and holding off filling vacant posi- percent. tions. Except for Euless and Richland Ws, Southlake City Councilwoman Vir- which had increases of less than 2 per- ginia Muzyka said the citywas well-pre- cent, every city in Northeast Tarrant pared for the drop. County suffered a decrease in sales tax "We expected and we did budget for a revenue. After Southlake, Westlake post- downturn. We are still in good shape," ed the largest slide with an 18 percent Muzyka said. "We will do a budget read- drop. justment if necessary." Fort Worth officials are already pre- The Southlake City Council, which paring for the expected drop in sales normally meets on the first and third taxes. Tuesday of each month, cancelled its Assistant City Manager Karen Mont- gomery said during a budget workshop last weekthat sales taxrevenue might be lower this year than last year; the city had predicted that there would be no change. Looking forward, Montgomery and other budget planners expect total tax revenue, including sales and property taxes, to drop by $17 million from 2008- 09. And expenses are expected to rise even faster, resulting in a projected $50 million gap between expenses and reve- nue. The Fort Worth City Council will start looking this year for ways to close that gap as they begin writing next year's budget. Staff writer Mike Lee contributed to this report. AMAN BATHUA, 817685-3932 Tarrant County sales tax revenue The figures are based on retail sales in January: Arlingron: $5.7 million, down 3.7 percent from $5.9 million. Fort Worth: $7.4 million, down 1.9 percent from $7.5 million Grapevine: $2.52 million, down 1.4 percent from $2.56 million Hurst: $977,OQO, down 2.9'percent from $1 million. Mansfield: $968,000,000, up 4.6 percent from $925,000 North Rkhland Hills: $856,000, down 7.7 percent from $928,000. Southlake: $882,000, down 22.1 percent from $1.1 million. Westlake: $232,000, down 17.6 percent from $281,500 Keller: $460,500, down 2.6 percent from $473,000 Source Texas CarnptrolleVs OOffce DISTRIBUTED TO: PACE 1 OF / 1kf.4 YOR CITY C,VCL CITY ..I TTLVY CRI,Vf lII.ICIL4.bfIE RIDG W,4 Y DECK BROWIY FOLiVG hlcDO.Y-ILD COLL1:VS C. B.ARKER GETCHELL LlBR-IR Y ADd1.1I1V LIBRARY REF AlYhML CIVTR MTEUISTRIBL'TED~-~D-O~ DATEOFARTICLE ,7-/7-0$ NE WSP,4 PER FWST DISTRIR UTED TO: PAGE / OF / ,V1,4 YOR CITY C,VCL CITY .4 TTiVY CRIikI ,tICK4,VIIE IZfDG1K.I Y DECK BRO WAY YOLr,VG IVICDOIV~ILD COLL1,YS C. BARKER GETCHELL LIBR-lRYAD~VIIiV LIBRARYREF A,VI:VLdL C,VTR DATEDISTRfBLTED 3 -ZD 'D? DATE OF ARTICLE /VE WSPAPER FWST 1 . A-: . , EULESS (. Woman jailed in homicide case By DOMING0 RAMIREZ JR. rarnirez@star-teIegrarn.com EULESS -A Euless woman re- mained in custody Tuesday af- ter she was arrested on suspi- cion of fatally shooting her boy- friend duling a domestic dis- pute, police said. The 32-year-old man, who authorities did not identify pending notification of rela- tives, died from a single shotgun wound to the chest, police said. It was the Erst homicide in the city this year. The last one in Euless was in November 2007, when Vi Overstreet, 51, was strangled at her apamnent. Her husband, Jerome Overstreet, 52, is accused in the case. His trial is pending. C1 In Monday's case, 'police. - , A shotwalsbwas found in identified the woman as Vivian the home, police said. , . Wallace, 41. She was being held ... ::.Police did not say what the in, the ~uless':, couple had been arguing about, ; City Jail on .but they said that patroldficers Tuesday on had not answered any family vi- suspicion of olence calls to the house. There. ..murder. also had not been any protective' The shoot- orders, police said. ^ 'ing happened ' -' , Wallace and her b&fnend WtB hlonday in the 500 had been living, at her parents' block of Sage Lane. ' . home on Sage Lane, police said. . Patio1 officers respofided af- Her mother and stepfather were ter receiving a call from Wallace, not home during the shooting, , . police Lt. John Williams said . police said. - . Tuesday. " The couple had been living Wallace was takeninto custo- there since January, police said. .. . dy and 'police later .found the. , , . man lying on 'a laundry room . ' floor, police Said. He was dead at DOMINGO RAMIRE= JR., 817-685-3822 the scene. . , . . . , , . . .. .. , . . .. . . r'. . . DISTRIB L'TED TO: PAGE / OF / 1LlA YOR Cl TY CI\;CL CITY A TTXY CNibI 11fCK4iblIE RlDG W,4 Y DECK BROPY,\: YOU!\ G ICICDOIVALD COLLI/VS C BARhXR GETCHELL LlBR-IR Y AD.blIiY LIBRARY REF ,4iVI,VlZ4L ClYTR DATE UISTMBCTED 3 '20 - Dy DATE OF ARTICLE ,3- / 9 - 7 NEWSPAPER FWST is identified i : , ,, Star-Telegram ' ' EULESS - The ma hho was fatally shot at a Euless home on Monday has been ide~ti- fied as Matthew Norris, 32, po- lice said Tuesday. - Norris was shot about 5 p.m. during a fight with his live-iri girlfriend, Vivian Wal- lace, 41, police said. Wallace called 911. She remained ,in "the Euless City Jail on ~edhes- day with b$ set at $75,000. Wallace and Norris had been living at her parents' home in the 500 block of Sage . -- Lane, police said. + 2 Domingo Ramirez Jr.