The following is from Cumberland County Mayor Allen Foster’s notes on the October 17, 2022 County Commission meeting.
Financial UpdateSales tax collections came in at $1,364,864 against a budgeted number of $1,261,390 for a positive variance of $103.474 for the month. The year-to-date we are $126,761 of budget.EMS collections for the month were $311,749 with year-to-date collections of $963,226 which is $136,775 below budget.Property tax collections are at 0.04% of budget compared to 0.30% last year.Hotel/Motel Tax collections are at $290,475 comparted to $256,650 at the same point last year. The annual budgeted amount is $1,163,326 which was the actual amount collected last year. That means we are at 24.97% of budget this year compared to 31.4% last year.Prisoner Boarding collections are at $83,640 against a reduced budget of $423,925 which is 19.73% of the annual budget.