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ELKINS -- The Randolph County Commission moved Thursday to table its proposed unsafe buildings and land ordinance.
The proposed ordinance was on the agenda to be voted on at Thursday's commission meeting. However, Commission President Mark Scott said Commissioner David Kesling was in Chicago taking part in professional training, and had requested that the ordinance be tabled until he returns to town.
Scott said the ordinance will be considered at the next scheduled commission meeting, set for 1:30 p.m. Aug. 1.
The proposed ordinance was presented in a series of four public meetings across the county in June. The meetings were held in Harman, Coalton, Mill Creek and Montrose.
A summary of the ordinance reads, "An ordinance of the county commission of Randolph County, West Virginia, regulating the repair, alteration, improvement, vacating, closing, removal or demolition of unsafe or unsanitary structures and the clearance and removal of refuse or debris, overgrown vegetation, toxic spillage or toxic seepage on private land as provided for under chapter seven, article one, section three-ff (7-1-3ff) of the West Virginia state code, as amended."
In other county commission news:
• Commissioners voted Thursday to approve the upgrading of the sprinkler system at the Beverly Heritage Center.
"We received a funding request from the Beverly Heritage Center. The building is actually three different buildings combined… One part of the building, for some time their sprinkler system has been out of function. They have large functions there, so they came to us requesting our help," Scott said.
The low quote was from Morgantown Security and Fire for $9,916.86. Funding will come from hotel/motel tax revenue.