PARKERSBURG The Wood County Commission gave final approval to the county’s budget Thursday before sending it to the state. The commissioners initially ap
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PARKERSBURG The Wood County Commission approved over $200,000 to be made out to local attractions/nonprofits who were hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic.
During its Thursday meeting, the commission unanimously approved $235,383.38 for 17 local entities to help with expenses and other things incurred during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Since many of these venues had to close down due to health regulations, they did not see the income they usually do in a given year and because of a lack of tourism dollars overall, their portion of the county’s hotel/motel tax was also reduced.
“For some of these agencies, (the hotel/motel tax) is their lifeline,” Commission President Blair Couch said. “That is basically the funds they use to operate.
bdunlap@newsandsentinel.com Wood County Sheriff’s Chief Tax Deputy Denise Schuck, Chief Law Enforcement Deputy R.G. Sims and Wood County Sheriff Steve Stephens appeared before the Wood County Commission on Monday to discuss their budget requests along with the other county department heads. The sheriff is asking for money to be able to hire three additional deputies. (Photo by Brett Dunlap) Wood County Assessor David Nohe talks to the commission Monday about his needs in the 2021-22 budget along with other elected officials. Many officials wanted to give their employees a raise after all the work done over the last year in dealing with the operations of their offices during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo by Brett Dunlap)