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Cumberland County discusses overhaul of tax-collector pay model, delays ordinance decision
Summary
County commissioners and local tax collectors spent the meeting debating transparency, equity and possible tiered pay for municipal tax collectors; staff will compile additional data and may draft an ordinance for formal consideration next month.
At a Cumberland County Finance Committee meeting, county commissioners and members of the Cumberland County Tax Collectors Association discussed possible changes to how the county compensates local tax collectors but took no formal action, saying staff needs more data before drafting an ordinance.
The topic matters because the county covers printing and mailing costs for collections while many tax collectors operate from home and differ widely in workload; commissioners framed the issue as one of budget constraints and equity between small and large municipalities.
County officials said they asked the association for detailed data on hours, reimbursements and how municipalities and school districts compensate their collectors, and that some requested information arrived only recently or remains outstanding. "We had asked for some very specific information that was not given to us,"…
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