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Commissioners approve one-year amendment to local sales-tax distribution amid objections from Commissioner Adams
Summary
The Board voted 5–1 to amend a 2003 sales‑tax distribution agreement so that any increase (or decline) in sales tax for the fiscal year will be split 50/50 between Cumberland County and municipalities for this one year; Commissioner Adams voted against the change.
The Cumberland County Board of Commissioners voted 5–1 on Monday to approve a one‑year amendment to the county’s sales‑tax distribution agreement with municipalities, changing how increases and declines in sales tax are allocated for the current fiscal year.
County Attorney Rick Moorefield told the board the 2003 agreement has been amended multiple times and that the latest change would split any increase (and any decline) over the fiscal‑year‑2022 baseline so that 50% of the change goes to the county…
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