Greenbrier County Commission hears from Mountaineer Food Bank and other presenters

GREENBRIER COUNTY W.Va. (WVDN) – The Greenbrier County Commission met in regular session on Tuesday, Sept. 10.

The meeting opened with a prelude and pledge. The meeting was called to order and the first business on the agenda was to approve the minutes from the last meeting. A motion was made and passed. Another motion was made and passed to approve the final settlement of 15 estates. Next up were exonerations, splits and consolidations. A motion was also made and passed to accept all. An arts and recreation transfer was next, which will be reimbursed by an AML grant. The motion was made and approved.

Among the budget report was a budget revision to approve an increase to the law enforcement for overtime from the State Fair.  Documentation was provided. Also up was the County Commission Professional Services fire fund. A motion was made and approved.

Alicia Bossie, Donor Relations Officer for Mountaineer Food Bank spoke to the Commission on signing a pledge to agree to help end hunger in Greenbrier County. September is 2024 Hunger Action Month. Mountaineer Food Bank is the state’s largest emergency food provider, serving 48 of 55 counties. Poverty and hunger are a problem in West Virginia. Roughly 5,000 children in Greenbrier County face food insecurity, and 1 in 5 kids don’t know where their food will come from. In 2022, 488,428 pounds of food reached over 1,700 households in Greenbrier County. Mountaineer Food Bank does a monthly distribution. A motion was made to agree to pledge to be in agreement with the Mountaineer Food Bank to help end hunger.

Ryan Boustany of Thrasher Engineering gave an update on the PSD #2 waterline extensions for Sandblack to Asbury, Charmco and Rainelle. He stated that bids will open on the project on Oct. 11 after being moved up from Oct. 10. The area will now include Shoestring Trail to pick up 5-6 customers. Boustany said there will be a pre-construction meeting at Greenbrier PSD #2 in Rainelle. He is optimistic about good bids to keep the project under budget. There will be a 90 bid hold and 2 months before a contractor comes out to start looking. He said to expect March or April as the start date. He explained that the budget was $20 million and the project would reach 200 customers. Boustany is hopeful to get a handful more once people see the pipe going in. There’s going to be 100,000 feet of pipe, one storage tank and one booster station right on the cemetery tagline.

Since the Greenbrier County Courthouse is under maintenance, it was decided to transfer an upcoming trial to Pocahontas County Courthouse. The date of the trial is Sept. 24 -27. A notification must be posted at the front door of the courthouse and the County Commission office.

Carla Blankenship, 911 director, brought up three new hires for the dispatch center. She stated they had been interviewed, and passed a background check, and drug test. She said they would start training with another employee to see if they are a good fit. The new hires up for consideration are Tim Wilson, Desiree Canterbury and Ariel Ellis. All three were approved.

Due to the resignation of the former executor, the estate of Karen Alfreda Fankhauser went back to the fiduciary supervisor.

Poll workers from the Republican and Democrat parties were voted on and accepted to work in the upcoming national election.

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