by Kate Shunney Morgan County Commissioners have hired Misty Clingerman as the new County Administrator, replacing Stefanie Allemong who left the position earlier this summer. County officials approved the hire at their September 20 meeting. Clingerman was to start on Monday, September 25 at a salary of $55,000. County insurance[Read More…]
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County chooses vendor for $400K emergency paging system upgrade
by Kate Shunney Morgan County Commissioners selected one of three vendors who bid to upgrade the countywide emergency paging system. On the recommendation of 911 Director Marshall Younker and a panel of reviewers, commissioners on September 20 chose G Tech Communications of Hampshire County to install a new paging system[Read More…]
Citizens ask commissioners for help, information & solutions
by Kate Shunney During the August 16 regular meeting of the Morgan County Commission, local citizens shared a variety of public concerns and asked county officials for help on several issues. Pat Mosco took the lead by asking commissioners who could address a list of complaints about her neighbor. Mosco[Read More…]
Greenway Cemetery is in trouble
Management group says new funds, ideas needed to maintain historic resting place by Kate Shunney The resting place for generations of Morgan County’s families is getting to be too much to maintain for the Town of Bath Cemetery Corporation, the group’s head has told county officials. According to Elizabeth Skinner,[Read More…]
Commissioners approve online tax payment system, divvy up $330K in lodging tax
by Kate Shunney To comply with a state mandate for counties to take online tax payments, Morgan County commissioners have agreed to pay Software Systems, Inc. $10,625 to set up the payment capability for the Sheriff’s Tax Office. Their vote took place at their July 19 monthly meeting. The tax[Read More…]
Forney offers up more details on fitness center plans, financials
by Kate Shunney Morgan County Commissioners have fielded questions, suggestions and concerns about their preliminary contract to buy a private fitness center and turn it into a county-owned facility. In mid-May, commissioners voted unanimously to enter into a contract with Rankin & Associates LLC to try and purchase Rankin Physical[Read More…]
County to put funds into new emergency operations & facilities building
by Kate Shunney Morgan County Commissioners approved a request from Office of Emergency Services Director Jason Hoover to move ahead with construction of a $430,000 building to house the county’s facilities department, along with storage and meeting space for the Office of Emergency Services and the Morgan County Emergency Communications[Read More…]
Commission makes bid to buy Rankin’s fitness center for county wellness facility
by Kate Shunney Morgan County Commissioners on Wednesday, May 17 approved a move to buy Rankin Fitness Center in Berkeley Springs to turn the private business into a county wellness facility. Following a closed Executive Session discussion about real estate — the latest in several closed sessions on that topic[Read More…]
Commission gives nod to community agencies, approves grant applications, EDA loan and radio purchase
by Kate Shunney Morgan County Commissioners issued several proclamations and signed resolutions in support of multiple grants during their regular meeting on Wednesday, May 3. At the request of Eastern Action, formerly the Eastern West Virginia Community Action Agency, of Moorefield, county officials proclaimed May as Community Action Month in[Read More…]
County officials tell State Parks that large RV proposal doesn’t fit Cacapon
by Kate Shunney Morgan County Commissioners last Wednesday sent a letter to the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources (DNR) and Chief of Parks saying the RV campground proposals they have received for Cacapon State Park aren’t a good fit for the park’s capacity or character. All three commissioners voted[Read More…]
