At the April 20 Cumberland County Commission meeting, all commissioners were present except Commissioner Wilson.

The financial update for March 2026 showed that the Codes Department issued 40 residential and 1 commercial building permits, along with 30 mechanical and 30 plumbing permits, generating $50,646 in fees — down from $64,001 collected during the same month the previous year. EMS collections totaled $377,001, falling short of the estimated monthly revenue of $433,333 and resulting in a year-to-date shortfall of $656,828.

April sales tax collections (reflecting sales from two months earlier) reached $1,255,571, exceeding estimates by $83,251 and putting the county ahead of projections by $522,896 year to date. Property tax collections stood strong at 98.96%, an improvement over last year’s 96.79% at this time. Hotel/Motel tax collections totaled $771,044 year to date (64.25% of the $1.2 million annual budget), slightly below last year’s $786,465.

Prisoner boarding payments from state inmates were significantly higher at $466,703 year to date compared to $323,039 last year, already surpassing the full annual budgeted amount of $397,823.