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Brooke County commissioners review opioid fund requests and hold executive session on 840 Charles Street purchase
Summary
Commissioners discussed multiple opioid fund requests (Sheriff $580,000; Empower & Link Inc. $374,015; others) and entered an executive session at the request of the prosecuting attorney to discuss a purchase agreement with the City of Wellsburg concerning 840 Charles Street and a long-term lease for the WVU Extension Office.
At the April 28 Brooke County Commission meeting, officials recorded a series of opioid-fund requests from county agencies and community partners and held an executive session to consider a property purchase tied to the county’s extension office.
Minutes list opioid-related funding figures presented for consideration but do not record formal approvals in this session; requests recorded include $580,000 for the Sheriff’s Department, $159,784 for the Health Department, $125,000 for WVU Medicine, $120,550+ related to EMA/EMS Assistant Deputy Director Mike Loborec, $20,000 for Easter Seals, $374,015 for Empower & Link Inc., $75,000 for EMA/EMS Director Greg Moore, $185,000 for Youth Services System, Inc., and $116,599 for the Brooke County Firefighters Association. The minutes present these as requests or figures on the record rather than completed appropriations.
Prosecuting Attorney Allison Cowden requested an executive session to discuss a Purchase Agreement with the City of Wellsburg concerning 840 Charles Street, noting a deed was being prepared by the city and that a long-term lease for the WVU Extension Office would be included with the purchase. Commissioner Stacey Wise moved to enter executive session and Commissioner Thomas R. Diserio seconded; the Commission entered executive session at 10:44 a.m. and reconvened at 11:03 a.m. The minutes do not record a public vote or final action on the purchase during the open minutes.
Also discussed were personnel items tied to these funding and service needs: a full-time paramedic position for the ambulance service and hiring for 911 dispatch (applications due May 1, 2026). Commissioner Wise moved that Ryan Brown (IT) oversee a related task; the motion failed for lack of a second.
The minutes do not show final action on the listed opioid funding requests within this meeting record; follow-up or formal appropriation would need to be recorded at a subsequent meeting.
