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Votes at a glance: Monongalia County Commission actions, April 9, 2025
Summary
The Monongalia County Commission approved routine consents, personnel appointments, event funding, a SAKI grant reimbursement and several administrative items at its April 9 meeting; key actions are listed below with outcomes.
At its April 9, 2025, meeting the Monongalia County Commission approved the consent agenda, authorized personnel appointments and took a series of funding and administrative votes summarized below.
Why it matters: The votes include routine fiscal and personnel approvals that allow county services and events to proceed, a reimbursement request tied to the SAKI grant, and an acquisition requisition related to the University Town Center economic opportunity development district.
Votes at a glance
- Consent agenda: Commissioners approved the consent items as presented, which included minutes for April 2, various vouchers and payroll. Motion was moved and seconded and carried by the commissioners present.
- Fiduciary petition (estate of Dolores May Hobatter): Approved staff recommendation to send a certified letter to the named executrix giving 30 days to respond; matter to return to a future meeting if no response received. (See separate article.)
- Personnel approvals: The commission approved listed personnel changes, including a clerk’s office transfer replacement (name transcribed as Jordan Lofton / Layton in the record, start date mid-April) and county event-operations hires (Aurora Wigan, start date April 16). A motion to approve personnel as presented was moved and seconded and carried.
- Appointment: The commission approved appointment of George Sinclair as a full-time court security officer, effective April 16, salary $3,076.38 per month; position was advertised. Motion carried.
- SAKI grant reimbursement: Approved request for reimbursement under the SAKI grant in the amount of $29,580.47; county staff to obtain signatures and process the reimbursement.
- Monongalia County Ballpark funding: Approved up to $7,500 from the Monongalia County Ballpark Events Fund to support the Mon County Baseball Classic (events setup, cleanup, trash removal). Motion carried.
- West Virginia Black Bears Easter egg hunt: Approved funding in the amount of $4,006.35 from the Monongalia County Ballpark Events Fund for the Black Bears’ annual Easter egg hunt; event is free for children ages 3–10. Motion carried.
- Acquisition requisition #101 (University Town Center Economic Opportunity Development District subaccount): Approved requisition for $793,009.33 (less statutory lien and tax administration fee) as presented.
- Fleet management RFP (RFP 2025MCC-001): Authorized evaluation team to open the cost proposal from Enterprise, perform cost analysis and negotiate terms to return a final agreement to the commission for approval. Motion carried.
Several other correspondence items were noted on the record, including a conditional approval notice of the county budget for fiscal year 2026 from the state and a notice from U.S. Cellular regarding planned sale of wireless operations to T-Mobile.
Many of the votes at the meeting were taken by voice with commissioners saying "aye"; individual roll-call tallies by member name were not recorded in the public transcript for each item.
