LOGAN â The Logan County Commission recently voted to participate in WV Checkbook, an online tool through the West Virginia State Auditorâs Office that aims to provide better transparency to the public regarding the countyâs finances and spending.
Commissioners were first presented with WV Checkbook by State Auditor J.B. McCuskey during a regular meeting Nov. 5, 2018. McCuskey made a statewide blitz for WV Checkbook at that time, visiting numerous governmental agencies in all 55 counties, which also included the Logan County Board of Education on Oct. 25, 2018.
The tool allows such government agencies to upload all their financial information on their own designated website where the public can then see how and where money is being spent. Site visitors can even use a form on the website to ask questions, which McCuskey has hailed as an alternate to Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests.