The sales tax revenue reimbursements for Lamesa by the Texas State Comptroller in December were higher than the revenue allocated at the same time last year. The December reimbursements reflect October sales, which were collected in November and allocated in December. In 2017, the Comptroller reported $120,161 in sales taxes collected by the organization. However, in 2018, Lamesa made $131,000 in sales tax revenue. In November of 2018, Lamesa received $212,933 in comparison to the $166,171 reported by the Comptroller during that month the previous year. Wayne Chapman, Lamesa’s Director of Finance, said the sales tax the city earned last month was the highest ...