Cities in South Dakota depend heavily on sales taxes for their operating budgets.
There are some troubling trends developing. Al Viereck is Finance Officer for the City of Yankton…

Viereck says they believe problems in the ag economy are spreading to the cities…..

Viereck says they are starting to watch their budgeted spending…..

Viereck says they had originally budgeted for a three percent increase in sales tax this year, and pulled that back to two percent.