At the time of last week’s County Committee meeting, County Mayor Jonah Keltner was happy to announce to the commissioners that Lewis County is still ranked among the top in the state for sales tax revenue.

The November sales tax report came out this month and showed Lewis County had an increase of 91 percent in sales tax revenue since November of 2019. In November of 2019, the sales tax was $103,305.77 and in 2021 it had bumped up to $197,498.01.

Mayor Keltner also announced that the County’s General Fund stood at $1,974,704.95 at the time of the meeting which is a significant improv...