Lewis County Has Groundbreaking for New Judicial Annex
Nearly thirty years ago, the leaders of Lewis County began planning to expand our facilities to meet the growing needs of government. They diligently started saving for an expansion. Today we are celebrating the nearly three decades of fiscal stewardship and management that have made the Lewis County Judicial Annex a reality.
Numerous plans had been discussed, but it was not until 2009 when the Honorable Judge Thomas Keadle suggested a judicial annex that the county found a viable solution to our problem. The search began to find an architectural firm that could provide a solid, state of the art design to fit the needs of the court systems.
Spotlight on a County Commission: Lewis County
Crowning achievement: The ability to create a unified county team that has enabled us to build a $1.8 million aquatic center and an $8.6 million annex in the same year.
Biggest debacle or most embarrassing moment: Finding out a home that no one thought
had any historical value was on the National Registry after you had demolished it.
Best advice for other County Commissions: Agree to Disagree.
Funniest thing to ever happen at a commission meeting: When the custodian changed
cleaning products used on the Commissioners’ chairs and all three kept sliding off their chairs during the commission meeting.
Commission Staff: Cindy Whetsell, Administrator and Phyllis Corathers, Administrative Assistant.
Fall Board Meeting & Registration Form
It's time to make plans to attend the County Commissioners' Association of WV's Fall Board and Legislative Committee meeting, scheduled for September 16-17, 2012, at The Inn at Charles Town, Charles Town, WV. A block of rooms have been reserved at $83.00 per night. Reservations should be made by calling The Inn at Charles Town at 1-304-885-5800. September 2nd is the reservation cutoff date. Check in time on Sunday is after 3:00 pm and checkout is 11:00 am.
Registration form is attached below (with more information):
County Commissioners’ Annual Training & In-Service Seminar
Commissioners’ “Cruising to Success” Annual Meeting, August 5-8, 2012. Also included in this mailing is a tentative agenda. Please note registration deadline dates. Registration forms received after July 27, 2012, are considered late registrations and will be charged a higher fee. Cancellations, in writ- ing, are accepted through July 29, 2012. After that date all no-shows will be charged the full registra- tion amount. (See form).
Room reservations should be made by calling the Mountaineer Resort & Casino @ 1-800-804-0468. Check out their website at www.mtrgaming.com. Check-in is 4:00 p.m., check out is 11:00 a.m. The cut -off date for the reserved block of rooms is July 09, 2012. The room rate for the conference is $89.00 per night. Be sure to tell the reservations department that you are with the county commissioner’s conference. A major credit card will be required upon reservation of rooms and at check –in. Reservations must be guaranteed with a one-night deposit at time of reservation. Cancellations must be made by 4:00 pm on the day of arrival or the room will be billed as a no-show.
Don’t forget your county door prizes!!! As usual we are asking each county to bring a door prize, some- thing representative of your county, to the meeting. We’ll distribute the prizes at the “Sail Away
Deck Party” Door prize Dinner/Dance on Monday evening. Don’t forget to put your county’s name on the package so that the winner of that prize will know where it came from! This has been such a fun and interesting process — the ideas are always great! Come decked out to the party! Wear your Hawaiian or cruise attire! Get out those loud flowered shirts and dresses, we are going to be sailing the night away on the USS WV Commissioner!!!
County Commissioners & Administrators should remember to bring your permanent name tags with you to the meeting. If you don’t have one, give us a call and we’ll get you one. If you have questions or need further information, please feel free to call. You may reach me at 345-4639. We are looking forward to a great meeting.
CCAWV to Hold First Annual Essay Contest on Role of County Government
The County Commissioners' Association of West Virginia will be hosting an annual essay contest on county government for 8th grade students across the state. The topic of the essay is, “How does my county government make life better for me?” For more information about the contest, please contact Vivian Parsons at CCAWV at vivian@ccawv.org.
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