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Resurfacing, WV Buyer Test ’n’ Tune legislative beware at America’s update Baddest See B4-B10 See A4 Bullring See A6-A7 Still Free! Ohio news Inside Pages A2, A4, A5, A6, Help for Picnic in Park A8, A9, A11, B3, B11 INNformer Page A3 Visit us online @ MOVinformer.com Volume 12, No. 06 The Wells Inn, 316 Charles St. Sistersville, WV 26175 March 21, 2025 Slight boost for Monroe Co. budget By Charles Winslow WOODSFIELD – An increase in revenue from the Monroe County Jail and a decrease in expen- ditures by the Monroe County Sheriffs Office has helped close a budget gap and now the county is on track to meet their budgeted amount, although just barely. Auditor Denise Stoneking detailed the countys current nancial position at the Monday, March 17, regular commission meeting “With the sher- iffs reductions, that takes net appropriations, in- cluding the quarter budgets already appropriated Livin the dream and the additions already done that were de- While dads were moving literally tons of clay to resurface Tyler County Speedway last fall, their ducted, our net appropriations are down to boys [it was an equal opportunity dirt pile but the girls were elsewhere] took advantage of warm $12,784,598.28,” Stoneking said. fall weather and an out-of-they-way pile of dirt. Clean up was as easy as a dip in the nearby Middle “So, based on our available resources right now, Island Creek. You know, the one that covered the track just last April? If you need a refresher on which is $12,991,883.49, that means budgets for that circumstance see the inset photo on A7, where you can find all of the details on the resurfacing 2025 can be posted at the 2022 amount,” she and why. Plus last Saturday’s open practice and Joe Dirt Enduro 100 that paid $500 to win on A6. said. With county revenue decreasing, Monroe Continued on page A2 Health Department to leave Paden City By Charles Winslow Cork Bowen, president of the Paden PADEN CITY – The Wetzel - Tyler City Development Authority, pro- Health Department will build a new posed a location on the corner of facility in New Martinsville and East Main Street and 4th Avenue in leaving Paden City. Paden City, across from Dollar General. He said he had a signed The Wetzel-Tyler County Board of agreement with the property owner, Health voted 2 to 1 at a March 6 made up of seven lots, to sell for a meeting to go forward with purchas- total of $140,000. He added there ing a property in New Martinsville, had been a recent Phase I Environ- adjacent to the United Methodist mental Assessment and all neces- Church. The lot, just off Route 2 on sary utilities were already in place. the north side of the city, was of- Another option was a property ad- fered by the church for $125,000. jacent to the WVU Medicine Wetzel Currently, the Health Department County Hospital. Speaking on be- Swanson said Wetzel County Com- McBee and Tom Cooper with is on the rst floor of the Paden half of the Wetzel County Commis- mission would take ownership of the member Eric Peters voting for the City Development Authority-owned sion, Bengy Swanson said WVU property and lease space to the Paden City site. Brent Gamble was former elementary school at 425 S. Medicine has proposed construct- health department, potentially re- absent and Wetzel-Tyler Board of 4th Ave. in Paden City. ing a 15,000 square-foot facility, of ducing nancial strain. which 5,000 could be used by the Health president Larry Lemon ab- Besides the church site, two other health department, with an option Voting to purchase the church prop- stained due to a possible conflict of properties were under consideration. to rent additional space. erty were board members Carla interest. Tyler Co. Commission OKs $2.44M change order By Charles Winslow falls partial collapse of the old county jail. The fortress-like structure was built as an ad- MIDDLEBOURNE – The plans and scope of Tyler County Commission approved a total of dition to the courthouse in 1874 and last saw work for the $25 million Tyler County Court- $2,442,302 in change orders March 11 made prisoners in 2001. During the gutting-out process house renovations has changed following last necessary by last falls structural failure of the jail. it partially collapsed and had to be demolished. The only portion that currently remains standing is the two-story front facade between the court- house and the former sheriffs residence, which was a separate structure from the jail and still stands. In explaining the $2.44 million change order, Commission President Eric Vincent explained: “Basically, its the cost of a new building, which it will be, because the other one had to be torn down, and it included some of the improvements to the portion thats remaining of the sheriffs residence. “Another large issue, which is just to let every- body in a general sense know, that each thing they uncover creates something new. Remember, this building has been band-aided since 1922. It hasnt been remodeled, nothing done to it. So when theyre tearing out stuff, theyre nding stuff thats a hundred and some years old behind it.” The original plan was for the old jail, along with the sheriffs residence to be converted into county offices. The completion date for the ren- ovations has been pushed back from December to at least July 2026. Continued on page A8 INDEX Opera returns A5 MDIT Training A9 RECIPES: Slow cooker easy B1 Monroe Arts A5 Newport Trustees A9 Monroe Theatre B3 Matamoras Council A2 Young musician auditions A5 TCHS archers A10 Legislators bill tracker B4 Tyler County Speedway A6 Cops & Courts A11 Puzzles B4 Sistersvile Council A3 Woodsfield Council A8 Regional Roundup A11 Del. Kelly B6 Falling for fake website A4 Wetzel BOE A9 Senior archers A12 Event calendar B11
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