CLARKSBURG, W.Va. (WV News) — The Harrison County Commission will meet for a regular session on Wednesday morning, followed by a work session that afternoon.
The Harrison County Commission will meet on Wednesday for a regular session.
Staff photo by JoAnn Snoderly
At the 9 a.m. regular meeting, discussion will be held regarding property in the White Oaks area along West Virginia Route 279.
“It’s going to be looking at our budget, discussing with the city of Bridgeport and airport on how to develop utilities along (West Virginia Route) 279 and what the county sees and what the county feels is needed along 279,” said Commissioner David Hinkle.
The property will come up again in the 1 p.m. work session when the commission will review fiscal documents for fiscal year 2022-2023, which are the expenditure reports from July 1 to Dec. 31.
The commission will discuss selling property on Route 279 to help ease the current debt burden, according to Commissioner Patsy Trecost.
“We’re going to sell property on 279 across from the airport. What that’s going to do is it’s going to relieve us of some of the debt that we’ve accumulated over the years, which will help us to then balance the budget, which is what the work session is about afterwards,” Trecost said.
“We’re going to go ahead and auction it off,” Trecost said, adding that doing so would help offset the current 20-year term of $1.2 million per year that the county is paying from the construction of the General Services Annex.
Commissioners will also discuss approving the application for funds from the West Virginia Department of Agriculture for the WV Spay/Neuter Assistance Program.
The WV Spay/Neuter Assistance Program is a grant aimed at helping reduce the number of stray animals by promoting spay and neuter services.
Also at the work session, the commission will discuss difficulties that have been encountered regarding the acquisition of police cruisers and other county vehicles.
“That’s an ongoing issue with the lack of delivery nowadays. We all know how hard it is to get vehicles. We’re not into the buying, but it’s not going to take long if cars don’t start coming in that we ordered, so we want to discuss that,” Hinkle said.
Municipalities have been experiencing difficulty obtaining police cruisers in particular for the last couple years, which has been vastly stretching the timeframe between ordering and delivery.
You must be logged in to react. Click any reaction to login.
Keep it Clean. Please avoid obscene, vulgar, lewd,
racist or sexually-oriented language. PLEASE TURN OFF YOUR CAPS LOCK. Don't Threaten. Threats of harming another
person will not be tolerated. Be Truthful. Don't knowingly lie about anyone
or anything. Be Nice. No racism, sexism or any sort of -ism
that is degrading to another person. Be Proactive. Use the 'Report' link on
each comment to let us know of abusive posts. Share with Us. We'd love to hear eyewitness
accounts, the history behind an article.
Post a comment as Anonymous Commenter
Report
Watch this discussion.
(0) comments
Welcome to the discussion.
Log In
Keep it Clean. Please avoid obscene, vulgar, lewd, racist or sexually-oriented language.
PLEASE TURN OFF YOUR CAPS LOCK.
Don't Threaten. Threats of harming another person will not be tolerated.
Be Truthful. Don't knowingly lie about anyone or anything.
Be Nice. No racism, sexism or any sort of -ism that is degrading to another person.
Be Proactive. Use the 'Report' link on each comment to let us know of abusive posts.
Share with Us. We'd love to hear eyewitness accounts, the history behind an article.