“Tucker Countians, please support EMS,” Knotts said.
By: Lydia Crawley
The Parsons Advocate
The Tucker County Commission met Wednesday, June 26th to address a short list of business, including the allocation of EMS funds and a resolution for the Blackwater PSD. Tucker County Commission President Mike Rosenau was absent. Tucker County Commissioner Fred Davis chaired the meeting in Rosenau’s absence. Tucker County Commissioner Tim Knotts was also present.
An allocation of funds in the amount of $13,557.55 was approved by the Commission for EMS. In the motion, the Commission left $100 in the account in order to keep it open for future use. “The release of EMS funds $13,557.55,” Davis said. “But then we will keep $100 to keep it in the account to keep it open.”
During his Commissioner Report, Commissioner Knotts emphasized the need to support EMS. “We need to be supporting our EMS,” Knotts said. “Tucker Countians, you voted me in here, now I’m asking you, we need to be supporting our EMS with the flyers they send out or the fund raising cards.”
Knotts said that the entity has a new board, leadership and management, but despite their ongoing efforts, support from the community is needed until such time as the State approves EMS funding. “We have a new board, we have new leadership, new management,” Knotts said. “They’re doing all they can, but they still need our support until we can get something approved from the State that we’ve been fighting for. Tucker Countians, please support EMS.”
In other business, the County Commission approved a request for payment through resolution for the Blackwater Public Service District, according to Tucker County Administrator Sheila DeVilder. “The resolution for the Blackwater PSD, what that is, is a resolution to actually make a payment towards expenses for Blackwater PSD through Region VII,” DeVilder said. “Expenses that they have paid out on behalf of Blackwater PSD.”
The resolution, according to DeVilder, was required to make payments through a Community Block Grant Region VII obtained on behalf of the new Public Service District. “The funds that they are using are the Community Block Grant funds,” DeVilder said. “But it goes through Tucker County Commission, so we have to approve with a resolution and a request for payment everything that is done through that grant.”
A motion for payment was made by Commissioner Knotts and approved by both Commissioners present.
A resolution was also passed on behalf of a grant obtained by Community Corrections. “(Community Corrections) did receive his grant when we went to Charleston,” DeVilder said. “The grant that he was applying for, he did receive it.”
According to DeVilder, all documents and contracts, regarding the grant, have been received. “We received the contract and all of the documentation.”
The resolution, DeVilder said, was a formality that would allow documents to be signed without the need to come before the Commission as an agenda item everytime. It was mainly a time saving matter, according to DeVilder. “It usually requires that instead of coming back to County Commission every time you need to sign a document, a resolution allows the Commission President to sign documents as necessary when that grant is in actual full force and effect,” DeVilder said.
The resolution approved by both Commissioners present in a motion by Commissioner Knotts, would allow Tucker County President Mike Rosenau to sign the documents independent of the other Commissioners. His signing powers would extend to all aspects of the grant including payments, contracts and vouchers, according to DeVilder. “So this resolution will allow Michael to sign all the documents as President for anything regarding that grant, whether its the grant contract, payment vouchers or anything like that in the future without having to come back to County Commission for approval each and every time,” DeVilder said.
