On Tuesday, the Webster County Commission met in a special session at the Webster County Courthouse in Webster Springs (officially known by its legal charter as the town of Addison, named after Addison McLaughlin), West Virginia.
The Commissioners, including elected Commissioners Chuck Armentrout and Jerry Hamrick, along with appointed Commissioner Daniel Dotson, III, met in the Commission's hearing room, at least one Commissioner appearing by telephone, which room is located in the "old" wing of the Courthouse.
The "old wing" of the Courthouse is the larger wing of the Courthouse which contains the old Courtroom on the second floor, and was rebuilt after the fire of 1888 which destroyed the old wooden Courthouse. When one enters the old wing through the front main entrance, the hearing room where the Commissioners met to discuss the budget crisis is the first room to the left (after going up a small flight of stairs).
Usually, the Commission meets just once per month, during the first of the month, in regular session. The Commission within the past month has met three times regarding the budget for the upcoming fiscal year.
The County operates on a fiscal year, which is different than a calendar year. A calendar year runs from January 1 through December 31 while the County's fiscal year runs from July 1 through the following June 30.
The recent budget meetings dealt with the County's budget for the next fiscal year beginning July 1, 2013.
According to several courthouse sources, the Commission imposed an approximate 11 percent cut in the operating budgets of the offices of the various elected officials. In addition, county employees will be paying a part of their health insurance premiums.
Finally, although there are many more details to be reported, at least some county officials are not happy with the budget decisions, and a potential lawsuit may be on the horizon over the proposed budget cuts.
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