Commission Meeting – April 14, 2026

MERCER COUNTY COMMISSION MEETING-TUESDAY, APRIL 14, 2026 10:00 AM

AGENDA:

OPEN WITH PRAYER

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING

APPOINTMENTS/REAPPOINTMENTS/OATHS OF OFFICE:

• Mercer County Fire Service Board

  • Appointment & Oath of Office

  • Kevin Crane to Fill Unexpired Term of Skip Crane

• Ridges Development Construction Committee-Appointment

  • Keith Gunnoe, Committee Member

  • Taylor Bohon, Attorney

PROCLAMATIONS/RESOLUTIONS:

• Proclamation-Region One PDC

  • Fair Housing Month-April 2026

  • Jason Roberts, Executive Director

• Proclamation-NACO National County Government Month

  • Brian Blankenship, Commissioner

• Proclamation- Mercer County 911 Communications Officer Week

  • April 13-19, 2026

  • Julie Lockhart, Director

• Resolutions-Opioid Fund Expenditures

  • Mercer County Sheriffs Department

  • S&R Refrigeration-HVAC Unit

  • Mercer Emergency Operations Center

  • Dominion Systems-Installation of Network Cabling & Equipment

CONTRACTS/AGREEMENTS:

• Opioid Check Presentations

  • Child Protect $7,525

  • Southern Highlands $50,000

  • Bluestone Health Association $58,300

  • Mercer County Fellowship Home $50,000

  • Recovery Point $58,300

  • Child Law Services $58,300

  • Mercer County Health Dept. $12,900

  • Mountaineer Food Bank $4,575

• Town of Bramwell Annexation Request

  • Presentation of Petition

  • Grant Bennett, Mayor of Bramwell

FUNDING REQUESTS:

• Fly Away Home Festival Tribute to Hazel Dickens

  • Jonah Kone, Project Sponsor

• Southern Highlands CMHC Celebrate Princeton Street Fair

  • Lisa Jones, Executive Director

• Mercer County Circuit Clerks Office

  • Hyltons Electric Connection Proposals Electrical Upgrades

  • Julie Ball, Circuit Clerk

• Mercer County Litter Control

  • Purchase Ford F-250

  • Jason Woods, Litter Control Officer

• Mercer County Courthouse Door Project

  • Arch Masonry & Concrete Change Order Door Restoration

  • Pay Application #5

  • Matt Allen, Project Engineer

DISCUSSION:

• Governor’s Highway Safety Program

  • Adam Ballard, Coordinator

• Mercer County 911 Communications

  • FOIA Policies

  • Julie Lockhart, Director

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

• Zack Blankenship Memorial Float Bluestone River

  • Bill Archer, President

PUBLIC COMMENTS:

COMMISSION TO APPROVE THE FOLLOWING:

1. Invoices

2. Settlements

3. Exonerations

4. List of Approved Estates for March 2026