On November 19, 2018, the Houston City Council approved an Ordinance, creating the TCMH Community Improvement District (CID) pursuant to Chapter 67 of the MO Revised Statutes. The CID’s quarter cent sales tax was established to support the completion of Texas County Memorial Hospital’s 6,000 square foot surgery expansion project. The sales tax was approved in 2019 and implemented in January 2020. The revenue generated from the quarter cent sales tax will help fund the expansion project and the items listed in the CID budget. The taxes cannot be used for any other purpose.

The City of Houston receives the tax funds directly from the State of Missouri at the end of every month. The CID and the hospital must then seek reimbursement directly from the City of Houston for eligible expenses that were specifically defined within the CID’s project budget.

The quarter cent sales tax within the CID will expire once the budgeted items are fully reimbursed. The CID tax will not extend beyond a period of ten years from its effective date.

The tax revenue generated from the CID within the ten-year span should help cover some of the equipment and construction costs for the hospital’s surgery expansion project.