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Opioid fund requests and animal quarantine policy moved to special meeting in Brooke County
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Summary
Commissioners listed several proposed Opioid Fund requests totaling hundreds of thousands of dollars and deferred action on animal quarantine policies; the record shows a special meeting will be scheduled to resolve these items and other open administrative matters.
At its Feb. 10 meeting, the Brooke County Commission recorded several high-dollar items as TABLED for future consideration and indicated it will convene a special meeting to finalize them.
The minutes list proposed Opioid Fund requests that remain under consideration: Sheriff Department ($580,000), Health Department ($275,000–$350,000), WVU Medicine ($125,000), Mike Loborec (about $120,550), and Easterseals ($20,000). No formal vote on those opioid fund requests was recorded; they were included under the meeting’s Tabled Items and remain pending.
Commissioners also deferred approval of policies, procedures and notices regarding animal quarantine. The minutes note that Matt Chapman is consulting with Allison Cowden and that the Commission will reach out to affected parties and hold a special meeting to approve the quarantine policies.
Administrative notices included job postings (Radio Administrator part‑time; 911 Director full‑time with application deadline Jan. 30, 2026; 911 Dispatch full‑time) and a notice of a Type I ambulance bid due Feb. 24, 2026. A list of letters of interest for a vacancy in Commissioner Andrew J. Thomas’s position and for membership on the Opioid Committee was recorded and ordered filed in the County Clerk’s Office.
No final decisions on the opioid funding requests or animal quarantine policies were recorded in the minutes; those items require follow-up at the scheduled special meeting.