03-05-2025
Raleigh County Commission to meet on May 6
The Raleigh County Commission will convene in regular session at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, May 6.
The commission will address a full agenda of items during the meeting, which will be staged in commission chambers at 116 1⁄2 N. Heber St. in Beckley.
Among the new business items on the agenda are the following:
• Introduction of a new employee for Raleigh County Sheriff Law Enforcement. Edward D. Vaught will be an animal control officer;
• Consideration of an intergovernmental agreement between the City of Beckley, the Raleigh County Commission and the Raleigh County Solid Waste Authority;
• A resolution authorizing Gregory A. Duckworth to apply for and use the funds from the Courthouse Security Grant to upgrade cameras at the Judicial Annex;
• Open bids on a new vehicle for the Raleigh County Day Report Center to be reimbursed by a grant from the West Virginia First Foundation;
• Consideration of an O&M agreement with Segra for the airport broadband project;
• Consideration of renewal of Delta Dental insurance for Raleigh County employees;
• Estate of Margaret Dare Bailey;
• Consideration of increasing the annual allocation to the WVU Extension Service to $22,000;
• Consideration of a grant of $72,650 for the Harper/Eccles sewer project;
• Consideration of a $10,000 grant to the Trap Hill Little League;
• Consideration of a $10,000 grant to Raleigh County Crime Stoppers;
• Consideration of a $3,000 grant to Raleigh County Special Olympics;
• Consideration of a $2,000 grant to Chornwood Trout Unlimited for a veterans fishing retreat;
• Consideration of drawdown No. 14 on the Piney View sewer extension for the North Beckley PSD in the amount of $673,458;
• Consideration of a proposal from Enterprise Fleet Management; and
• Consideration of a litter pickup program with the Raleigh County Solid Waste Authority.
To join the meeting, call 978-990-5449. The access code is 623858. Callers are asked to mute their phones.
The next regularly scheduled commission meeting will be Tuesday, May 20, at 10 a.m.