THURSDAY, MAY 6, 2004
PRESENT:
NANCY CARTMILL, PRESIDENT
L. D. EGNOR, COMMISSIONER
ROBERT L. BAILEY, COMMISSIONER
WILLIAM T. WATSON, COUNTY ATTORNEY
GLENN WHITE, COUNTY MANAGER
SHARON ROSS, ASSISTANT COUNTY MANAGER
FOR BILLABLES AND PAYABLES
Nancy Cartmill, President called the regular meeting of the Cabell County Commission to order at 10:00 a.m.
APPROVE:
L. D. Egnor, Commissioner, moved to approve the agenda as presented. Robert L. Bailey, Commissioner, seconded the motion and the vote was unanimous.
Robert L. Bailey, Commissioner, moved to approve purchase orders #6098 X through #6340 X and pay jackets. L. D. Egnor, Commissioner, seconded the motion and the vote was unanimous.
L. D. Egnor, Commissioner, moved to approve the minutes from the April 8, 2004 Commission Meeting, April 14, 2004 Special Commission Meeting, erroneous assessments, land consolidations, split tickets and probate documentation. Robert L. Bailey, Commissioner, seconded the motion and the vote was unanimous.
Robert L. Bailey, Commissioner, moved to approve handwritten checks to Mountain State Blue Cross and Blue Shield and Medical Life, not to exceed $100,000.00, from the Cabell County Medical Insurance Fund. L. D. Egnor, Commissioner, seconded the motion and the vote was unanimous.
#099 LETTER, ADELL CHANDLER, CIRCUIT CLERK
RE: PLANTING A MEMORIAL DOGWOOD TREE
ON COURTHOUSE LAWN
Adell Chandler, Circuit Clerk, appeared before the Commission requesting permission to plant a dogwood tree on the Courthouse lawn in memory of the great-grandson of Circuit Clerk Employee, Connie Adams.
Robert L. Bailey, Commissioner, moved to approve the planting of the dogwood tree on the Courthouse lawn. L. D. Egnor, Commissioner, seconded the motion and the vote was unanimous.
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#100 APPEARING, RICHARD L. VITAL, ESQUIRE
James St. Clair, Attorney for Harold Hill, stated that a will dated before 1998, had been probated naming the two brothers, Harold Hill and Darrell, as Co-Executors. Mr. St. Clair then stated that a more recent will had just been found which named Harold Hill as sole Executor of the estate.
Richard Vital, Attorney for Darrell Hill, stated he had filed a petition to remove Harold Hill as the Co-Executor. Mr. Vital further stated that since he had just received a copy of the new will he would need time to review the will and that he would probably be contesting the new will.
William Watson, County Attorney, recommended that the Commission remove this item, from the agenda so the new will could be probated.
L. D. Egnor, Commissioner, moved to remove Item #100 from the agenda. Robert L. Bailey, Commissioner, seconded the motion and the vote was unanimous.
#101 LETTER TO REVEREND EDWIN S. HARPER
RE: INTERSTATE 73/74
Robert L. Bailey, Commissioner, moved to approve a letter to be sent to Reverend Harper stating the proposal he presented to the Commission at the last meeting, for the routing of Interstate 73/74 had great merit. L. D. Egnor, Commissioner, seconded the motion and the vote was unanimous.
#102 JOINT PROPOSAL FROM CABELL COUNTY
ALTERNATIVE SENTENCING DIRECTOR AND CABELL
COUNTY EMERGENCY RESPONSE CENTER DIRECTOR
RE: TO IMPROVE OPERATIONS AND SAVE MONEY
Oscar Adkins, Director of Alternative Sentencing, and Shirley Lawson, E 9-11 Director, presented the Commission with a joint proposal for the Commission to consider. Mr. Adkins and Ms. Lawson explained their proposal to the Commission and stated it would be very cost effective for the county and their proposal addressed security and safety measures.
Glenn White, County Manager, stated that with this proposal, four Home Confinement monitoring technician employees would be moved to dispatcher positions in E-911, therefore, no one would be losing their job. Mr. White went on to explain that the first dispatcher position that comes open after this restructure would not be filled leaving three additional dispatcher positions in E-911.
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Mr. White indicated that the proposal also included some position restructuring in both Home Confinement and E-911 and recommended that all changes in personnel become effective May 16, 2004.
L. D. Egnor, Commissioner, moved to approve the joint proposal from the Director of Alternative Sentencing and the Director of E-911. Robert L. Bailey, Commissioner, seconded the motion and the vote was unanimous.
#103 ORDINANCE, CABELL COUNTY COMMISSION
RE: 911 ADDRESSING AND MAPPING
Robert L. Bailey, Commissioner, moved to adopt an Ordinance on addressing and mapping. L. D. Egnor, Commissioner, seconded the motion.
Shirley Lawson, E 911 Director, explained this ordinance would provide assignment of names to streets and roadways in rural Cabell County, which would be of great help during emergencies. Ms. Lawson stated there would be no cost involved for the Commission because Verizon had paid for the Addressing and Mapping Project.
Commissioner Egnor asked what provisions were being made between the cities and the county to coordinate their efforts.
Ms. Lawson stated she is working with Milton, Huntington and Barboursville on this project so they would have the same standards as the county.
Mr. White stated there had been a meeting with all the entities and they all seemed to be in agreement with this project.
Nancy Cartmill, President, called for vote on the motion and the vote was unanimous. Exhibit (A)
#104 MEMORANDUM, GLENN A. WHITE
COUNTY MANAGER
RE: HOMELAND SECURITY GRANT
Glenn White, County Manager, stated he had attended a training seminar for Homeland Security, held by the West Virginia Office of Emergency Services, for information on the Homeland Security Grant Funding. Mr. White further stated Cabell County was allotted four allocations in the following: Law Enforcement-$336,930.00, Emergency Operations Center-$30,000.00, County Homeland Security Planner-$50,000.00 and Citizen Corp Program-$10,000.00.
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Mr. White stated it was clearly presented in this meeting that the County Commission would have the final decision on how to spend the funding within the guidelines established for each allocation.
Mr. White recommended that a committee of nine members be formed and those members would include Mr. White, Sheriff Wolfe, Gordon Merry, Shirley Lawson, Oscar Adkins, Don Black and the Police Chiefs of Huntington, Barboursville and Milton. Mr. White went on to say this committee could meet and bring recommendations back to the Commission for consideration on how the funding should be spent.
Robert L. Bailey, Commissioner, moved to approve the recommendation of Mr. White to form said committee. L. D. Egnor, Commissioner, seconded the motion and the vote was unanimous.
#105 LETTER, OFFICE OF THE STATE AUDITOR
RE: REVIEW OF THE LEVY ESTIMATE (BUDGET) FOR
THE 2004-2005 FISCAL YEAR
Glenn White, County Manager, informed the Commission that Sheriff Kim Wolfe had filed two objections to the county’s 2004-2005 budget. Mr. White said the State Auditor’s office sent the objections they had received from Sheriff Wolfe to the Commission for a response. Mr. White went over each objection with the Commission and the response he had prepared for the Commission to be sent to the State Auditor’s office.
Mr. White also stated there was a clerical correction to the salary page to be submitted to the State Auditor’s office for approval.
L. D. Egnor, Commissioner, moved to approve the letter be sent to the State Auditor’s office along with the correction to the salary page. Robert L. Bailey, Commissioner, seconded the motion and the vote was unanimous.
L. D. Egnor, Commissioner, directed that the letters to the State Auditor’s office regarding the objections to the budget from Sheriff Wolfe, be included in the official record.
#106 LETTER, CABELL COUNTY COMMISSION
RE: PARTICIPATION VERIFICATION AND
CERTIFICATION FOR WORLD’S FAMOUS NEW
RIVER TRAIN (JUNE 18, 2004-JUNE 17, 2005)
Glenn White, County Manager, explained that in the past the Commission had provided funds for the New River Train Excursion, which helped qualify the New River Train Excursion for funds from a state grant. Mr. White went on to say there were new requirements from the state that required certification from organizations providing matching funds.
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L. D. Egnor, Commissioner, moved to send a letter of verification and certification on behalf of the New River Train Excursion. Robert L. Bailey, Commissioner, seconded the motion and the vote was unanimous.
#107 EXECUTION OF DOCUMENTS
RE: THE CBS&T CORPORATION-BOND REDEMPTION
William Watson, County Attorney, explained the bond redemption documents for the President to sign had been approved at a previous meeting. Mr. Watson stated there were three documents presented to the Commission that he was recommending be signed
Robert L. Bailey, Commissioner, moved to approve the signing of the three documents for bond redemption releases. L. D. Egnor, Commissioner, seconded the motion and the vote was unanimous.
Robert L. Bailey, Commissioner, stated a report was received from Judge Ferguson concerning a Holding Facility being built in the basement of the Courthouse. Commissioner Bailey went on to say that after speaking with Karen Cole, County Clerk, it was apparent the space they had planned to use for the Holding Facility was currently used to store documents by the County Clerk which are used every day.
Commissioner Bailey stated he would like to discuss converting the first floor of the 4th Avenue and 7th Street Building into a Judicial Complex for the Magistrates and a Holding Facility.
Nancy Cartmill, President, stated she met with the office holders to discuss concerns and had discussed this with Mrs. Cole and this was a major concern that needed to be considered.
President Cartmill further stated she intended to meet with the office holders once a month.
Nancy Cartmill, President, adjourned the meeting at 11:02 a.m., until the next regular scheduled meeting of May 20, 2004, at 10:00 a.m.
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