The following resolutions passed in last night’s Cumberland County Commission meeting:

REAPPOINT MEMBERS TO THE CUMBERLAND COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH

The commission unanimously approved Dr. Danny Hall, Dr. Christopher Bell, Dr. Randall Crowder, Jim Petty and Becki Hillis for four-year terms.

REAPPOINT A MEMBER TO THE CUMBERLAND COUNTY E-911 EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Nathan Brock was approved unanimously for a four-year term.

APPOINT A JUDICIAL COMMISSIONER FOR CUMBERLAND COUNTY

Danny Cantwell was appointed for a two-year term

SUPPORTING DRUG DEALER LIABILITY ACT LAWSUIT

At the recommendation of District Attorney Bryant Dunaway, the commission approved the hire the firm Branstetter, Stranch & Jennings, PLLC as counsel for Cumberland County in the ongoing drug dealer liability act lawsuit to recover money for the county.

APPOINT MEMBERS TO THE CUMBERLAND COUNTY LIBRARY BOARD

Kaye Randolph, Deborah Douglass, and Melanie Sherrill were appointed

THE FOLLOWING BUDGET AMENDMENTS PASSED:

$4,500 in the general fund for Emergency Medical Services

$50,000 in the general fund to be used to move the road department into the large structure on the recently purchased property at the intersection of Highway 70 North and Northside Drive.

$183,997 in the general fund for emergency medical services. This is to replace a ambulance recently damaged by fire. This resolution accepted $101,676 in insurance recovery funds and moved $82,321 from the General Fund balance to cover the cost of replacement.

The commission did not give county employees a raise during the last fiscal year because of budget concerns over the pandemic. A resolution passed last night allocated the funding to give each full-time employee past the 90 day introductory period a $1,500 bonus. Elected officials will not be receiving this payment.

CUMBERLAND COUNTY FINANCIAL REPORT

County Finance Director Nathan Brock said Emergency Medical Service (EMS) collections for the month were $545,322 which is $211,989 above the monthly budgeted amount of $333,333. Year to date the county collected $4,243,825 which is $910,495 ahead of projections with two months remaining.

Sales tax collections for the General Purpose School Fund came in at $828,199 which is $99,199 above projections. Year to date the county collected $8,831,135 and are $994,832 above budget.

Property tax collections year to date are 99.4% of budget compared to 99.1% at this point last year.

Cumulative Hotel/Motel taxes are $564,887 which is 84.5% of the budget. The budgeted amount was revised down this year to $668,166 from $817,283. Last year, with the larger budgeted amount, the county collected $562,649, or 68.8% of budget, at this point.

Cumulative Prisoner Boarding collections are $305,409, or 50.7%, of the $602,396 annual budget. Last year the county was at $450,021, 60.6%, of an annual budget of $743,000.