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Monongalia County commission approves grants, project payments, right‑of‑entry letters and personnel items
Summary
At the Jan. 14 meeting the commission approved two grant applications (CDBG $21,966; EMPG $295,449.63), multiple reimbursement requests, several requisitions including $2.568M bond project payments to utility and contractors, right-of-entry letters for Exit 155, an award of a service weapon to Lt. John Merrifield, a new hire policy, and a one-time leave deadline extension to 03/31/2026.
The Monongalia County Commission approved a slate of administrative and financial actions at its meeting, including grant applications, reimbursements, multiple project requisitions and personnel items.
Grant and reimbursement approvals: Speaker 8 presented two grant applications — a Community Development Block Grant request for $21,966 and an Emergency Management Performance Grant (FY 2024) request for $295,449.63 — both of which the commission approved. The commission also approved reimbursement requests for Community Corrections ($20,145.87), the Sake grant ($22,156.02) and VOCA ($8,181.17).
Project requisitions and payments: The commission approved several requisitions tied to the University Town Center and Harmony Grove projects. Notable approvals included a requisition of $1,229,006.52 for the University Town Center Economic Opportunity Development District and a series 2023b property tax bonds project requisition totaling $2,568,006.70, which included payments to the Morgantown Utility Board ($1,600,002.38), Anderson Excavating ($434,004.22), HDR Engineering ($250,000) and others named in the meeting materials.
Right-of-entry letters and Exit 155: Commissioners approved the form of right‑of‑entry letters that consultants will use to enter affected properties for measurements and NEPA-related checks for the Exit 155 Chaplain Hill Gateway project.
Personnel and policy actions: The commission approved awarding a service weapon to Lieutenant John Merrifield effective Jan. 15, 2026 (a request from Sheriff Todd Ford, approved consistent with commission policy). The commission also adopted a policy requiring advance notice for full‑time new hires to align insurance effective dates and monthly invoicing, and it approved a one‑time extension allowing employees to use prepaid annual and personal leave through March 31, 2026 to avoid forfeiture related to additional holidays.
School levy ballot procedural step: Regarding a proposed school excess levy submitted by the Board of Education, the commission voted to send the proposed order to the county auditor for review prior to placing it on a future agenda for formal approval.
All motions described above were carried by voice vote with no recorded objections in the meeting transcript.
