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29-04-2025
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Local option sales tax collections $172K above projections
Cumberland County Finance Director Jennifer Turner reported the county's emergency medical service department collected $544,461 this month, which is $169,461 above monthly projections and a year-to-date total of $3,361,298 so far during April's Cumberland County Commission meeting. Although that's $13,698 below budgeted projections, Turner said she is confident in the way the numbers EMS Director Chris Miller shared and how collections were now trending that EMS should make budget projections for the fiscal year. In order to meet the fiscal year 2024-25 annual budget projection of $4.5 million, monthly collections need to average $375,000. She reported local option sales tax tax collections for this fiscal year are at $1,155,681 which is $54,055 below projections. Year to date, collections are $11,149,909, which is $172,676 above budget projections for the fiscal year. Turner said property tax collections were 96.79 percent this year compared to 99.29 percent last year. Hotel/motel tax collections are at $786,465 for the fiscal year, which is 62.85 percent of the annual projection of $1,251,275. With six months of revenue paid from the state, prisoner boarding collections are $323,039 out of a $386,952 annual budget projection for fiscal year 2024-25. The county commission approved the following budget amendments during its April monthly meeting: • $3,000, for the sheriff's office for law enforcement training programs. • $16,300 for the county clerk's office for technology upgrades. • $24,800 for the ambulance service for EMS training supplements. • $68,000 for the county fire department to accept a grant for thermal imagers and a washer and dryer. • $12,057 for the general purpose school fund for equipment funding and line item cleanup. • $13,000 for the central cafeteria fund for a line item amendment for state retirement funds. • $42,147.75 for the general purpose school fund for contracted services. • $48,800 for a revision in the Innovative Schools Model grant for the general purpose school fund. • $51,741.06 for the central cafeteria fund to record Tennessee Investment in Student Achievement fund bonus payments. • $57,212.87 for the general purpose school fund to pay employee bonuses out of outcome monies. • $$394,800 for the general purpose school fund for the purchase of 1,200 student Chromebooks. • $598,183.30 for the general purpose school fund to move funds to pay employee bonus out of outcome monies. All of the amendments were approved unanimously. John Patterson, 9th District commissioner, did not attend the meeting.
Yahoo
28-02-2025
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County sales tax collections remain above budget
Cumberland County local option sales tax collections year to date remain $190,529 ahead of budgeted projections for fiscal year 2024-'25. Local option sales taxes are primarily used for funding the county's Board of Education General Purpose School Fund budget. Jennifer Turner, Cumberland County finance director, gave the financial report during February's Cumberland County Commission meeting. Turner said it was a bit too early in the month to receive the results for February. Turner reported property tax collections were 67% of budget; Hotel/motel tax collections were 53.19% at $665,514 of a $1.25 million budget; and prisoner boarding collections from the state were 72% at $280,399 of a $386,952 budget. She said county EMS collections for the ambulance service remained below budget by $193,095 for year-to-date collections. Turner said she anticipated collection funds to increase in the coming months due to some billing issues through the county's third party billing company, AMB Billing Service. The county's annual budgeted projection for the fiscal year is $4.5 million, which requires $375,000 per month of revenue collections. The county commission approved the following budget amendments for the county general fund: • $1,700 for the Cumberland County Fire Department to purchase a piece of property from the Calvary Church in the Big Lick community that was previously leased. • $3,000 for the Clerk and Master's office to purchase data processing equipment. • $5,874 for the EMS department to purchase a new phone system. • $6,400 for the sheriff's office to award supplements from the state to school resource officers for completing Peace Officers Standards Training. • $16,275 for the property assessor's office for employee in service training; maintenance agreements; other supplies and materials; and premiums on corporate surety bonds. • $52,461 for the sheriff's office to accept funding for the transport and support of mental health patients and the purchase of a vehicle for transport. • $30,000 for the county commission to contribute to the Fairfield Glade Community Club toward the construction of a new fire hall that will include a bay to house county ambulances, a commons area, kitchen, four bunk rooms and two offices. • $36,526 for the sheriff's office to replace the original phone system from 1991 in the office. The phone system is in need of repairs. The county commission approved the following budget amendments for the Cumberland County Board of Education: • $250 to accept a donation for the coordinated school health director. • $1,148.75 for a revision to a recruitment and retention grant. • $1,300 to accept donations from citizen groups for South Cumberland and Pine View elementary schools. • $2,762 for the Central Cafeteria Fund for a freezer repair at the Phoenix School. • $8,379.36 for the Central Cafeteria Fund for USDA foods and commodity delivery costs. • $11,532 to complete bus purchases for the 2024-'25 fiscal year. • $14,988.56 to accept refunds from the Tennessee Risk Management Trust safety program. • $20,000 to accept citizen donations for Homestead, North Cumberland, Frank P. Brown elementary schools and Stone Memorial High School. • $73,364.04 for a revision to Innovative School Models state grant funds for the county school system. • $135,500 to accept a state and federal GEAR UP Grant. • $724,480 for a revision of Tennessee Investment in Student Achievement funding for the school system.
