May 13th, 2016 by WCBC Radio

When the city of Cumberland began formulating its FY 2017 budget last month perhaps the most glaring problem identified was the dramatic rise in health care costs- and those increases will be felt by the Downtown Development Commission. Although the DDC has just a few employees, there is little or no opportunity to generate additional revenue thus creating a difficult fiscal challenge. The DDC received a budget update from Treasurer Ed Huber during Thursday’s regular monthly meeting. DDC Chair Sandi Saville…