CCC spent $161,637 last December

Commonwealth Casino Commission executive director Andrew Yeom disclosed to the CCC board last week that CCC’s total expense last month was $$161,637.

Of this total December expense, 73.31% was spent on personnel wages and benefits, 16.76% was spent on CCC board and other compensation, followed by 6.19% on official rental, Yeom said.

The current head count of full-time employees, including the legal counsel, is 41.

Last November, CCC’s total expense was $164,705. Before that, in October, the commission’s total expense was $164,982.

Yeom did not disclose CCC’s remaining funding.

Imperial Pacific International (CNMI) LLC has yet to pay this year’s $3.5 million casino regulatory fee that is intended to CCC’s operations.