Brooke County Commission approves 911 repair, personnel moves and payment to Colliers VFD

The Brooke County Commission on April 23, 2024 approved an emergency $128,000 repair for the county 911 Communications Center, authorized several personnel actions and approved a direct payment to the Colliers Volunteer Fire Department, according to the commission’s minutes.

Commissioner Thomas R. Diserio moved, Commissioner Stacey Wise seconded and the commission unanimously approved the procurement of Carolina Recording Solutions to perform an emergency repair to the E-911 Communications Center for $128,000. The minutes record that the motion passed without objection.

The commission also approved temporary early-voting help for the Elections Department for May 1–11, 2024, authorizing Barbara McVickers, Mary Kay Adams, Duane Heck, Summer Dodd and Donna Hall as temporary hires at $15.00 per hour. The minutes show the same Diserio–Wise motion pattern and unanimous approval.

Personnel actions approved included the conditional hire of Shannon Altazan as a part-time paramedic/DO at $22.50 per hour pending background check and drug screening, and the hiring of Alannah Basom as a part-time employee at the Brooke County Animal Shelter with background and drug screening completed and a start date of May 1, 2024. The commission also approved moving Jeremiah Lucas from part-time to full-time status in the county Emergency Services/EMA office effective June 1, 2024; that request was recorded as coming from Greg Moore (identified in the minutes as Interim Director / Acting OES/EMA Director).

Finance actions included approval of invoices and vouchers and the issuance of checks across multiple county funds: General County Fund checks 30554–30574 totaling $270,632.77; Dog Fund check 1801 for $594.39; E-911 Communications checks 3239–3242 for $354.01; Ambulance checks 6592–6600 for $6,299.52; Shelter Levy check 1866 for $300.00; and Valuation checks 2148–2149 for $3,499.31.

Commissioner Wise moved and Commissioner Diserio seconded a request from Colliers Volunteer Fire Department to make a direct payment of $7,938.34 to WesBanco toward the department’s fire truck loan; the motion was approved unanimously and noted as funded from the Fire Protection Fund.

The minutes record that correspondence, including minutes from the Brooke Hills Park Board dated March 18, 2024, was distributed and ordered filed in the county clerk’s office. The adjournment motion, recorded as made by Commissioner Thomas R. Diserio, passed unanimously; the minutes were signed by President Andrew J. Thomas and attested by Clerk Kimberly M. Barbetta.

The session focused on routine administrative and fiscal matters; no public-comment disputes, ordinances, or contested votes were recorded in the minutes.