September report shows mixed tax results

Windsor collected $2,419,769 in sales taxes in September, up $179,669, or 8.0%, from September 2025. Through September, sales-tax collections were $868,775, or 4.0%, above 2025 and $747,377, or 3.4%, above budget; sales-tax incentives through September totaled $276,734. Construction use-tax collections were $182,184 for September, down $165,267, or 47.6%, from a year earlier. Year-to-date construction use-tax collections were $1,352,930, or 40.2%, below 2025, and $1,706,250, or 45.9%, below budget. Through September, 176 single-family residential permits had been issued, compared with 298 in the same 2025 period; staff forecast 375 for 2026. Property-tax collections were $13.5 million, or 96.9% of the 2026 forecast. Fund balances totaled $134.4 million at September’s end, with net outflows of $2.0 million. Total expenditures were $100,382,326, or 56.89% of budget; operations accounted for $52,768,386, or 69.92% of budget, and capital expenditures were $47,613,939, or 47.16% of the 2026 capital budget. The report also notes new artwork at the Community Recreation Center, bicycle and pedestrian safety instruction for Windsor Middle School sixth-graders, and continued work on the 15th Street Waterline.