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Deputy controller: county court collections rose to $5.65 million in 2025; AR inflated by single $6.6M assessment
Summary
Deputy Controller DeRosa told commissioners the court collections unit brought in $5.65 million in 2025 with core collections of $4.54 million; total accounts receivable rose to $74.76 million largely because of a single $6.6 million assessment, staff said.
Deputy Controller DeRosa told the Cumberland County Board of Commissioners on April 29 that the court collections unit collected $5,648,000 in 2025, with core collections of $4,538,000 and restitution collections of $1,100,000.
DeRosa summarized the office’s tools for enforcing payments — administrative hearings, collections court, driver’s-license suspension and outsourced collection attorneys — and said those tools generated $930,000 in collections tied directly to those interventions. She reported the office suspended 752 driver’s licenses, restored 620, and noted 936 accounts were paid in full for restoration.
The county’s accounts receivable (AR) at year-end was reported as $74,759,000. “There was an extremely large assessment of $6,600,000 that occurred in 2025,” DeRosa said, and staff told commissioners that single docket drove a significant increase in AR for the year.
DeRosa provided a breakdown of disbursements: the state received $1,039,000; the county received $3,064,000; municipalities received $182,000; and private restitution totaled $975,000, for total disbursements of $5,343,000. On a percentage basis, she said the county received about 57.35% of disbursed funds and the state about 19.46%.
On collection efficiency, staff reported core collections cost about $768,000 (salaries and related expenses) and said that equates to roughly 17¢ in cost per dollar collected. The broader total cost-to-collect figure presented was approximately 15¢–17¢ per dollar depending on the calculation used, which staff translated into a net gain for the county of roughly $3.77 million after expenses.
DeRosa and commissioners cautioned that the $6.6 million assessment will affect year-to-year comparisons and asked staff to continue monitoring long-outstanding dockets and the effectiveness of current collection tools. The commissioners thanked DeRosa and her team for the presentation.
The board took no separate vote on the report; the item was presented for information and discussion.
