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Cumberland County board approves amendment to sales-tax distribution; shifts final-year split toward municipalities
Summary
The board approved an amendment to a 2003 interlocal sales-tax agreement to make the final-year split 50% county / 50% municipalities (previously 60/40). The change was presented as a compromise; Commissioner Adams opposed it.
The Cumberland County Board of Commissioners voted to approve an amendment to its interlocal sales-tax distribution agreement, moving the final-year split to an even 50% for the county and 50% divided among municipalities.
Rick Moorefield, county attorney, said the change amends the interlocal agreement originally entered into in February 2003 and described the amendment as a compromise addressing disputes over earlier formulas. "What it does is reduce ...…
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