Cabell County Commission approves audit committee, multiple EMS hires and advertises asbestos-inspector bids
July 01, 2026 | Cabell County, West Virginia
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The Cabell County Commission on Sept. 8, 2016, approved a slate of administrative and personnel actions, including appointing an audit committee, hiring multiple emergency medical staff and authorizing a bid solicitation for asbestos inspections in Barboursville. The meeting was called to order at 10:00 a.m. by President Pro Tem Nancy Cartmill and adjourned at 10:10 a.m.
Why it matters: The appointments and hires affect county oversight and emergency response capacity. The audit committee will handle procurement of audit services for Cabell County, and the asbestos-inspector solicitation begins a procurement process affecting property remediation in the Barboursville area.
Commissioner Robert L. Bailey moved, and President Pro Tem Nancy Cartmill seconded, a series of routine approvals at the start of the meeting, including the meeting agenda, Aug. 11 minutes, erroneous assessments, land consolidations, split tickets, probate documentation, and several checks and ACH drafts related to weekly claims and administration costs. The motions carried unanimously.
On a resolution to appoint an audit committee to procure audit services for Cabell County, the commission approved naming Beth Thompson, County Administrator; April Tooley, Assistant County Administrator; Karen Cole, County Clerk; Becky Haddox, CPA; Shaye Steele, Accounting Clerk; and Jason Nichols, Accounting Clerk, to the committee. The motion passed unanimously.
The commission approved a memorandum regarding a satellite voting precinct. Commissioner Bailey moved the memorandum’s approval and President Pro Tem Cartmill seconded; the vote was unanimous.
Under personnel resolutions, the commission approved hiring multiple per-diem EMTs effective Sept. 9, 2016: Andrew Farley; Ashley Nicole Halsey; Jeffery Scott Imel; Terri Joe Kay; Julie Marie Lightner; Norma Jean McFann; Jason Matthew Teasley; and Chad Allen Terry at a rate of $14.9548 per hour. The commission also approved Alexander T. Laffere as a full-time paramedic effective Sept. 9, 2016 at $12.5317 per hour and reclassified Allison (Danehy) Lynch to full-time paramedic at $12.5317 per hour effective Sept. 9, 2016. Separately, the commission approved reclassifying Selena Curry to full-time telecommunicator retroactive to Sept. 1, 2016, at an annual rate of $25,100.16.
The commission approved advertising an invitation to bid for asbestos-inspector services for three dwellings in the Barboursville area of Cabell County. The motion to advertise the bid was moved by Bailey, seconded by Cartmill, and approved unanimously.
The body set dates for the Board of Assessment Appeals in October 2016 and placed on record the Milton Volunteer Fire Department excess levy funds reporting for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2016. Both actions were approved without objection.
President Pro Tem Cartmill reported that the County Commissioners' Association held its annual conference in Canaan Valley and will convene Sept. 18–19 to develop its legislative program; she asked commissioners to identify items for that agenda. The meeting adjourned at 10:10 a.m.
Actions taken at the meeting include appointment of an audit committee, approval of a satellite voting precinct memorandum, multiple EMS hires and reclassifications, authorization to advertise for asbestos inspection bids in Barboursville, and setting Board of Assessment Appeals dates for October 2016. All motions recorded in the minutes were approved unanimously.
Why it matters: The appointments and hires affect county oversight and emergency response capacity. The audit committee will handle procurement of audit services for Cabell County, and the asbestos-inspector solicitation begins a procurement process affecting property remediation in the Barboursville area.
Commissioner Robert L. Bailey moved, and President Pro Tem Nancy Cartmill seconded, a series of routine approvals at the start of the meeting, including the meeting agenda, Aug. 11 minutes, erroneous assessments, land consolidations, split tickets, probate documentation, and several checks and ACH drafts related to weekly claims and administration costs. The motions carried unanimously.
On a resolution to appoint an audit committee to procure audit services for Cabell County, the commission approved naming Beth Thompson, County Administrator; April Tooley, Assistant County Administrator; Karen Cole, County Clerk; Becky Haddox, CPA; Shaye Steele, Accounting Clerk; and Jason Nichols, Accounting Clerk, to the committee. The motion passed unanimously.
The commission approved a memorandum regarding a satellite voting precinct. Commissioner Bailey moved the memorandum’s approval and President Pro Tem Cartmill seconded; the vote was unanimous.
Under personnel resolutions, the commission approved hiring multiple per-diem EMTs effective Sept. 9, 2016: Andrew Farley; Ashley Nicole Halsey; Jeffery Scott Imel; Terri Joe Kay; Julie Marie Lightner; Norma Jean McFann; Jason Matthew Teasley; and Chad Allen Terry at a rate of $14.9548 per hour. The commission also approved Alexander T. Laffere as a full-time paramedic effective Sept. 9, 2016 at $12.5317 per hour and reclassified Allison (Danehy) Lynch to full-time paramedic at $12.5317 per hour effective Sept. 9, 2016. Separately, the commission approved reclassifying Selena Curry to full-time telecommunicator retroactive to Sept. 1, 2016, at an annual rate of $25,100.16.
The commission approved advertising an invitation to bid for asbestos-inspector services for three dwellings in the Barboursville area of Cabell County. The motion to advertise the bid was moved by Bailey, seconded by Cartmill, and approved unanimously.
The body set dates for the Board of Assessment Appeals in October 2016 and placed on record the Milton Volunteer Fire Department excess levy funds reporting for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2016. Both actions were approved without objection.
President Pro Tem Cartmill reported that the County Commissioners' Association held its annual conference in Canaan Valley and will convene Sept. 18–19 to develop its legislative program; she asked commissioners to identify items for that agenda. The meeting adjourned at 10:10 a.m.
Actions taken at the meeting include appointment of an audit committee, approval of a satellite voting precinct memorandum, multiple EMS hires and reclassifications, authorization to advertise for asbestos inspection bids in Barboursville, and setting Board of Assessment Appeals dates for October 2016. All motions recorded in the minutes were approved unanimously.
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