Second half tax collections have brought in more than $2 million over last year’s collections or $12,244,000, according to Lawrence County Treasurer Stephen Burcham.

Those taxes were due on July 18 and have brought total collections for the year to more than $32 million or approximately 13 percent higher than those collected in 2014.

Burcham made his report at the Lawrence County Commissioners’ Thursday meeting.

Seventy to 75 percent of those taxes go to the school system with 9 percent to the county and the remainder to villages, township and special district.

Next year’s taxes will be due on March 4 and July 8.

In other action the commissioners:

• Accepted a bid from Melvin McCallister to remove hay at the Lawrence County Airpark with an automatic three-year renewal for $550;

• Approved advertising for installation of two sanitary sewer pumps for Union-Rome Sewer Farmview Wastewater Improvement;

• Approved a change order for County Road 32 landslide repair for $2,823;

• Amended motion to refer airpark delinquent rent list to the county prosecutor to take legal action for collection of rental arrearages including evicting tenants.