Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Get email alerts on the Local Government Operations topic
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
Grant County Commission approves hires, routine items and proclamations; nonprofit requests $5,000 for mobile outreach
Summary
At its May 26 meeting the Grant County Commission unanimously approved several personnel and administrative items — including a 911 hire, a part‑time custodian and several routine signatures — and heard a $5,000 funding request from Potomac Highlands Rural Community Outreach for a mobile crisis/outreach bus retrofit.
The Grant County Commission on May 26, 2026, approved a slate of personnel and administrative items and heard from a local nonprofit seeking a one-time donation to support a mobile outreach project.
Justin Murray, representing Potomac Highlands Rural Community Outreach, told the commission the organization is seeking a $5,000 donation to renovate the interior of a bus and equip a pop-up Mobile Crisis Center to serve families in Grant and Hardy counties after disasters such as residential fires. Murray described services the outreach would provide: three days of living accommodations, three days of food (to be provided by Living Water Ministries), clothing, underwear, socks, hygiene supplies and targeted items for foster families such as car seats, cribs, diapers and formula. The minutes record the request but do not show a motion or vote on the donation.
The commission recorded multiple unanimous motions approving personnel and administrative items. The meeting minutes show the commission accepted 911/OEM Director Peggy Bobo Alt's recommendation to hire an employee (MOTION: Miley / unanimously approved). The commission also approved hiring a part-time custodian based on the interview team's recommendation (MOTION: Miley / unanimously approved).
Other routine approvals recorded during the meeting included certification of the May 12, 2026 Primary Election results contingent on statewide certification (MOTION: Hagerty / unanimously approved), approval to surplus equipment from the prosecuting attorney's office (MOTION: Riggleman / unanimously approved), and authorization for a signature on a letter of support for the Landes Arts Center grant application (MOTION: Miley / unanimously approved). The commission also approved signature authority for an Appearance Release Agreement, Archival Footage License Agreement and a Location and Cooperation Agreement with Jacob Alexander Taylor doing business as Crater Films (MOTION: Miley / unanimously approved) and approved the WVCorp 2026-2027 Coverage Intent Form (MOTION: Hagerty / unanimously approved).
The meeting record shows the commission approved the Actions of the Clerk and Exonerations (Exhibits A1 and A2) and approved payment of invoices listed in Exhibit A3. Exhibit A3 lists numerous departmental charges and vendors; examples in the record include a $15,253.13 payment to Grant County CVB and a $7,452.43 payment to Potomac Edison among many line items.
Commissioners recorded a brief round of administrative remarks: Commissioner Hagerty congratulated primary candidates and thanked voters; President Riggleman asked staff to obtain an equipment quote for Echo Park and to implement a scanning solution for employee records. The meeting adjourned following the recorded business.
The minutes do not record any public comments during the designated public comment period and record unanimous votes for the listed motions.
