LOGAN — The Logan County Commission on Monday approved nearly $3 million toward repair, replace and upgrade projects for the Logan County Public Service District.
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An already unpredictable and sizeable cost for county taxpayers in West Virginia is about to take up even more of county budgets.
The daily rate to incarcerate an inmate in one of the stateâs 10 regional jails increases by almost 14% on July 1.
County commissioners throughout the state learned in the spring the Legislature would not act to keep a cap on the daily rate, commonly referred to as the per diem rate, established in a 2018 law. Come July 1, the daily incarceration rate will increase from $48.25 to $54.88, based on the most recent calculations by the State Budget Office.
âI donât know how some of these counties are going to survive this situation,â said Logan County Commission President Danny Godby. âItâs gotten to be a point to where all youâre going to be able to do is keep the offices open and not provide any activity for the general public . I donât know whatâs going to happen.â
LOGAN — The Logan County Commission on Monday voted unanimously to employ Alvis Porter Jr. as county administrator, replacing Rocky Adkins, who is being reassigned into a different position.