HUNTINGTON â Cabell County funding may be in jeopardy for a Lesage organization after it was not included in recent levy votes.
Green Acres Regional Center/Lesage Natural Bottled Water, an organization that employs people who are intellectually disabled, has received a Cabell County levy since 1982, according to the organizationâs director. It was not on the ballot in 2020 with other levies because the organization missed an application deadline.
Two representatives from Green Acres spoke during the public comments portion of Thursdayâs Cabell County Commission meeting. Devin Slone, the executive director of Green Acres, and Matt Muller, sales and distribution manager, both highlighted the benefits of the organization during the meeting and invited commissioners to visit the facility.
Prior to taking the vote, Commissioner Nancy Cartmill questioned commission President Jim Morgan about the funding request.
âWhere is the money coming from? I asked before, but I still donât know,â Cartmill asked after a motion was made by Commissioner Kelli Sobonya to approve the purchase and seconded by Morgan.
âTo the best of my knowledge, it would come from the contingency fund,â Morgan said.
The Cabell County Commissionâs contingency fund is a reserve of money set aside to cover possible unforeseen future expenses, according to Morgan.
After the discussion, Morgan and Sobonya voted to approve the purchase and Cartmill voted against it.
HUNTINGTON â Thursdayâs Cabell County Commission agenda listed an executive session regarding possible litigation involving the countyâs airport authority, but when commissioners returned from behind closed doors, no action was taken.
âIt appears we have nothing to place on record,â said Cabell County Commission President Jim Morgan.
Controversy regarding the airport authority erupted in November last year after the commission attempted to pass a resolution to dissolve it permanently.
At that November meeting, nearly two dozen people spoke against the resolution and felt it was an attempt that would also lead to terminating the 30-year lease agreement the airport authority has with Carl Bailey, owner of the Fly In Cafe at the Robert Newlon Airfield.