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Harrison County Commission approves payroll, multiple budget revisions and funding requests at July 9 special meeting
Summary
The Harrison County Commission on July 9 approved routine payroll and vendor payments, multiple budget revisions including coal severance reallocations, a $3,000 grant to the Bridgeport FFA alumni chapter, and awarded a dump truck bid to Jim Shorkey Auto Group.
Harrison County Commission members approved a series of motions at a July 9 special meeting, including payroll changes, vendor payments, several budget revisions for fiscal years 2024–25 and 2025–26, a $3,000 funding request for the Bridgeport FFA alumni and supporters chapter and a vehicle purchase for county maintenance.
The commission voted unanimously to approve payroll change notices (items 2a–c) and vendor payments (item 3a). It also approved budget revision item 4a for the county general fund for fiscal year 2024–25 and several coal-severance budget adjustments for fiscal year 2025–26 that increased the carryover for the livestock line by $299,767 to a total carryover of $749,767. The commission approved sheriff’s department transfers to cover overtime and court-overtime lines for FY 2024–25, and approved removing several previously tabled agenda items for further action or budget scheduling.
The commission approved a special funding request from the Bridgeport FFA alumni and supporters chapter for $3,000 to rent bleachers for the organization’s planned cattle-battle fundraiser and awarded the county’s advertised dump-truck purchase to Jim Shorkey Auto Group for $59,973.44. The new truck will be paid from the general fund; proceeds from sale/auction of the old truck will be applied toward the purchase.
Votes at a glance (motions approved) - Payroll change notices 2a–c: approved (unanimous). - Vendor list/payments 3a: approved (unanimous). - Budget revisions, General County FY 2024–25 (item 4a): approved (unanimous). - Budget revision, Coal Severance FY 2025–26 (increase carryover and reallocations including livestock and youth barn complex): approved (unanimous). - Sheriff’s budget revisions (transfers from law-enforcement salaries to overtime/court-overtime lines for FY 2024–25): approved (unanimous). - Special funding request — Bridgeport FFA alumni and supporters: $3,000 for bleacher rental: approved (unanimous). - Purchase bid award — dump truck to Jim Shorkey Auto Group, $59,973.44; funds from general fund; proceeds from old truck to be applied to purchase: approved (unanimous). - Remove travel request for Chris Cutright (9-1-1 center) from the table and place it as an action item for this meeting (motion passed). - Remove Clarksburg History Museum funding request from the table because funding is included in the budget (motion passed). - Remove Mountaineer Food Bank funding request from the table and schedule for next year’s budget (motion passed).
No motions failed or were tabled at the meeting. The commission adjourned after the listed business.
