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lommate needed for spring semester,
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Tuesday, November 13, 2001 THE BATTALION Page 9
Comptroller says Sept. 11 attacks had little
affect on B-CS sales-tax collections, revenue
State returns down one percent no long-term affects expected
By Eric Ambroso
THE BATTALION
Sheila Clancy, spokeswoman for the Texas
Comptroller’s Office, said the Sept. 1 1 terrorist
attacks had little, if any, effect on sales tax collec
tions for Brazos County.
According to reports issued by the Texas
Comptroller’s Office Nov. 9, Bryan sales tax collec
tions were down 3.25 percent in the month of
September, while collections for College Station were
down only .02 percent. Overall, the revenue in Brazos
County rose by 5.3 percent in the month of September,
indicating that the terrorist attacks had a small affect on
the local economy.
Brazos County was one of few Texas counties that
did not increase the sales tax to combat a declining econ
omy in the aftermath of the attacks.
“The state’s revenue was down one percent in
September, but local revenues were up 3 percent
throughout the state,” Clancy said. “Cities, counties and
local areas broke even in the month of September. This
reflects very little impact from the terrorist attacks.”
State sales-tax collections for September
totaled $1.15 billion, down only 1 percent from
collections during the same time last year.
Texas Comptroller Carole Keeton Rylander expects
the economy of Texas to fully recover without any gov
ernmental interference. Rylander said the terrorist
u
Texans are a defianty confident
and resilient bunch. I continue to be
lieve it is highly unlikely that there
will be a recession in Texas. One
month is not a trend.
— Carole Keeton Rylander
Texas Comptroller
attacks reduced sales tax collections by $113 million
immediately after the attacks, but the economy bounced
back quickly to be down only $42 million.
“Texans are a defiant, confident and resilient
bunch,” Rylander said. “I continue to believe it is
highly unlikely that there will be a recession in Texas.
One month is not a trend.”
“The state expects to lose around $90 million over
all,” Clancy said. “As money came in, the state appeared
to be down $113 million, but the numbers quickly
bounced back.”
Clancy said the comptroller’s office expects the econ
omy to pick up and gain naturally sometime next year.
“September was the first month of the state’s budget
biennium. The economy can turn around, and a lot can
happen in two years,” Clancy said.
Rylander will be transferring $686 million from
the natural gas severance tax into the state’s Rainy
Day Fund, bringing that balance to $882 million.
Wall Street experts credited the Rainy Day Fund with
giving the state a high financial rating and saving
Texans $55 million this year.
Consumer confidence, which was declining
before Sept. 1 1, continued to slide nationally and
in Texas after the tragedy. However, between
August and October, consumer confidence
slipped 25 percent nationally, while Texas con
sumer confidence decreased only 21 percent.
Rylander expects the Texas economy to fare better
than the majority of other states and recover very soon.
State employees receive 4-percent pay raise
Ogden and Brown crucial supporters of bill that passed in Senate
By NONI SRIDHARA
THE BATTALION
Effective Sept. 1, state employees,
extension agents and non-faculty
employees at colleges and universities
in Texas, who have been employed in
this position for at least one year and
receive less than $30,000 annually, will
receive a 4-percent pay raise per
month.
This is the largest state employee raise
that Texas has seen in 20 years, accord
ing to Tiffany Britton, chief of staff for
Sen. Steve Ogden.
Other benefits include increased
health benefits and increased longevity
pay. Some state employees will not
receive across-the-board pay raises,
such as Child Protective Services and
the Texas Department of Criminal
Justice, because of high turnover rates
and overtime.
Andy Homer, director of government
relations for the Texas Public Employees
Association, a non-union advocacy group
responsible for lobbying pay raises
passed as part of the Senate
Prior to this year, state
pay was lagging compared
to other employers y and
the turnover rate was up to
18.3 percent.
— Andy Homer
director of government relations
Texas Public Employees
Association
Appropriations Bill, said that the increase
in pay is a year-round issue for the asso
ciation to maintain and attract able
employees.
“Prior to this year, state pay was
lagging compared to other employers
and the turnover rate was up to 18.3
percent,” Homer said.
Homer said that it would cost half
a billion dollars every budget cycle
to keep up with recruiting and train
ing new state employees if a pay
raise was not implemented.
“For Ogden, it was not a question of
whether or not to pass the bill, but
rather how much to increase the pay,”
said Homer.
Homer said that Ogden was a key
component in attaining the funds. Ogden
has one of the largest numbers of state
employees in his representative district.
Britton said Ogden has more than 50,000
state employees in his district.
Ogden’s district includes the
Huntsville prison, the Texas Youth
Commission and two Mental Health
Mental Retardation facilities,
according to Britton, all of which
have state employees.
“Another reason Ogden was crucial to
getting this bill passed is that he serves
on the conference committee which
works out the differences between the
Senate and the House on the appropria
tions bills in order to get it passed
through both chambers.”
The raise comes from Senate Bill One,
which is the general appropriations bill
passed in every legislative session.
“Because he is involved with the Senate
finance committee, Ogden had a lot of
influence on this decision,” Britton said.
Homer said there is a possibility that
state employees could see a 3-percent
pay raise next year, contingent on the
State Comptrollers assessment of funds.
“Right now, as far as the budget, early
estimates are showing that we will have a
$ 5 billion dollar budget deficit, so noth
ing can be for sure,” Britton said.
Fred Brown, R-College Station, and
Ogden were honored at a luncheon host
ed by the Texas State Public Employees
Association Nov. 8 for their active sup
port of state employee pay raises.
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Where?
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When?
ALLERY.
A Panel Discussion...
ENTER
Attacks!
1993 vs. 2001
Wednesday
^November 14th
What happened
Structurally to
the buidings in
both cases?
Why did the 6130 P.M
building collapse in
2001? What was
the emotional impact
in both cases?
Presented by the MSC E.L. Miller Committee
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and to pick-up an Application!
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