West Virginia Code
Article 1. County Commissions Generally
§7-1-3m. Authority to Employ, Fix Compensation for and Discharge Personnel

In addition to all other powers and duties now conferred by law upon county courts or tribunals in lieu thereof, hereinafter referred to as county courts or courts, such courts are hereby empowered to employ, fix compensation for and discharge such clerical, stenographic, technical, professional and other personnel, including specialists and consultants, as may from time to time be necessary to aid such courts in exercising their powers or discharging their duties as provided by law and including a county administrator, to coordinate the court's activities and to do such other things as the court may direct: Provided, That such courts shall not have the power to employ any such personnel to perform powers and duties that are performed by such courts through their clerks pursuant to law.
The county courts shall, not later than March twenty-eight of each year, take up and consider the probable amount necessary to be expended for such personnel in the following fiscal year; shall determine and fix an aggregate sum to be expended during the following fiscal year for the compensation of such personnel, which shall be reasonable and proper, taking into account the amount of labor and services necessary to be performed by those who are to receive the compensation; and shall make and enter an order stating any action taken in this regard.
The county courts shall file with their clerks a statement in writing showing such action and setting forth the name of each person employed pursuant to the provisions of this section, the time for which employed and the monthly compensation. Such courts shall have authority to discharge at their will and pleasure, any such personnel by filing with their clerks a statement in writing showing such action, to be entered in, and made a part of, their order book or other daily record book. All statements required to be filed by this section shall be verified by the affidavit of a majority of the members of the county court making them, and among other things contained in the affidavit shall be the statement that the amounts shown therein were the amounts actually paid or intended to be paid to each person employed without rebates, or any agreement, understanding and expectation that any part thereof shall be repaid to any of such members making said affidavit, and that nothing has heretofore been paid or promised any of such members making said affidavit on that account, and that if any of such members making said affidavit shall thereafter receive any money, or thing of value, on account thereof, the same will be accounted for and paid to the county. Until the statements required by this section shall have been filed, no allowance or payments shall be made by the county courts for personnel.

Structure West Virginia Code

West Virginia Code

Chapter 7. County Commissions and Officers

Article 1. County Commissions Generally

§7-1-1. County Commissions Corporations; How Constituted; Election of President

§7-1-1a. Requirements for Reforming, Altering, or Modifying a County Commission; Alternative Forms of County Government

§7-1-1b. Legislative Findings; Qualifications for County Commissioners

§7-1-2. Sessions

§7-1-3. Jurisdiction, Powers and Duties

§7-1-3a. Construction of Waterworks; Sewers and Sewage Disposal Plants; Improvements of Streets, Alleys and Sidewalks; Assessment of Cost of Sanitary Sewers, Improved Streets and Maintenance of Roads Not in the State Road System

§7-1-3aa. Authority of County Commissions to Create and Fund a Hazardous Material Accident Response Program

§7-1-3b. Purchase, Installation and Maintenance of Radio Mobile Communication Equipment and Appliances for Use by County Sheriffs and Their Deputies

§7-1-3bb. Levy For, Establishment and Operation of Sheltered Workshops; Financial Aid

§7-1-3c. Purchase, Installation and Maintenance of Photo Copying Equipment, Microphotographic or Other Miniature Photographic Processes, Appliances and Supplies

§7-1-3cc. Authority of County Commissions to Establish Enhanced Emergency Telephone Systems, Technical and Operational Standards for Emergency Communications Centers and Standards for Education and Training of Emergency Communications Systems Personn...

§7-1-3d. Levy For, Establishment, and Operation of Fire Prevention Units; Financial Aid

§7-1-3dd. Authority to Establish County Wage and Benefits Review Board; Duties and Powers; Membership

§7-1-3e. Acquisition of Land For, and Operation Of, Public Refuse Dumps and Sanitary Landfills

§7-1-3ee. Providing for Payment of Service Fees at Banking Institutions

§7-1-3f. Establishment and Operation of Garbage and Refuse Collection and Disposal Services

§7-1-3ff. Authority of County Commission to Regulate Unsafe or Unsanitary Structures and Refuse on Private Land; Authority to Establish an Enforcement Agency; County Litter Control Officers; Procedure for Complaints; Lien and Sale of Land to Recover...

§7-1-3g. Acquisition, Operation, and Maintenance of Sewerage Systems and Sewage Plants

§7-1-3gg. Lease Agreements for Equipment or Materials With Option to Cancel or Renew

§7-1-3h. Authority and Procedure for Closing Unused Roads, Streets and Travel Ways; Notice and Hearing; Circuit Court Review

§7-1-3hh. Authority to Lease, Sell or Dispose of County Property to the State, Federal Government or an Instrumentality Thereof

§7-1-3i. County Commission May Cooperate With Other Governmental Units

§7-1-3ii. Authority to Require Posting of Commercial and Residential Addresses Within Municipal Boundaries

§7-1-3j. Authority to Establish County Coordinating Council; Powers and Duties of Council; Duties of County Clerk

§7-1-3jj. Authority of Counties to Enact Ordinances Restricting the Location of Businesses Offering Exotic Entertainment

§7-1-3k. Authority to Lease, Rent or Permit the Use of County Property

§7-1-3kk. Authority to Provide for the Elimination of Hazards to Public Health and Safety; Penalty

§7-1-3l. Authority to Establish County Appraisal-Assessment Board; Functions and Duties of Board; Duties of Assessor

§7-1-3ll. Clerk of the County Commission Duties Relating to Record Keeping of Military Discharge Forms

§7-1-3m. Authority to Employ, Fix Compensation for and Discharge Personnel

§7-1-3mm. Transfer of Development Rights in Growth Counties

§7-1-3n. Authority of Certain Counties as to Building and Housing Codes; State Building Code

§7-1-3nn. Election on Ordinance for Program for Transfer of Development Rights; Form of Ballots or Ballot Labels; Procedure

§7-1-3o. Authority to Construct and Maintain County Transportation, Parking, and Other Public Facilities; Delegation of Such Authority to Board or Commission; Financing

§7-1-3oo. Authority to Enter Into Energy-Savings Contracts

§7-1-3p. Authority to Require Permits for Mobile Homes or House Trailers; Penalty

§7-1-3pp. Additional Powers and Duties of Commission; Areas of Special or Unique Interest

§7-1-3q. County Commissions on Intergovernmental Relations Created and Established; Composition of Commission; Powers and Duties of Commission; Executive Secretary; Duties of Executive Secretary

§7-1-3qq. Authorizing County Commissions to Hold Motor Vehicle Racing Events on Public Roads, Municipal Streets or Airports

§7-1-3r. Purposes of Section; County Commissions on Crime, Delinquency and Correction Created and Established; Composition of Commission; Powers and Duties of Commission; Executive Secretary; Duties of Executive Secretary

§7-1-3rr. Accessible County Records; Required Information

§7-1-3s. Authority to Govern Traffic and Parking; Rules and Regulations; Penalties

§7-1-3ss. County Option Election on Forbidding Nonintoxicating Beer, Wine, or Alcoholic Liquors to Be Sold, Given, or Dispensed After 6:00 a.m. on Sundays

§7-1-3t. Authority to Make Grants From General Revenue Funds and Other Funds for Water and Sewer Systems

§7-1-3tt. Restriction on the Regulation of Trades, Occupations, and Professions

§7-1-3u. Authority of Counties and Municipalities to Treat Streams to Prevent Floods

§7-1-3v. Floodplain and Mudslide Area Management; Legislative Findings; Power and Authority; Enforcement; Provisions Cumulative

§7-1-3w. Authority to Establish County Beautification Councils; Organization; County Commissions Not Obligated for Debts of Councils; Powers and Duties; Expenditures of Funds by Councils; Authority of County Commissions to Appropriate Moneys

§7-1-3x. County Information Referral Service

§7-1-3y. Authority to Grant Funds to Nutrition Programs

§7-1-3z. Authority of Counties to Govern Business of Massage

§7-1-4. County Commission Authority to Enact Ordinance; Ordinance Provisions Defining Terms; Restricting Certain Activities in Relation to Obscene Matter; and Establishing Penalties for Violations

§7-1-5. Duties of County Commissioners; Payment for Services Other Than Services in Court

§7-1-5a. Excusal of Commissioner From Voting Where Conflict of Interest Involved

§7-1-6. Power to Punish for Contempts

§7-1-7. Record Books

§7-1-8. Continuance of Matters at End of Session

§7-1-9. Creation of Special Funds

§7-1-10. Special Account for Federal and State Grants-in-Aid Authorized

§7-1-11. Purchasing in Open Market or Competitive Bids; Debarment

§7-1-12. Authority for Establishing County Curfews; Jurisdiction for Violations

§7-1-13. Regulation of Amateur Radio Antennas

§7-1-14. Custody and Care of Animals Abandoned, Neglected or Cruelly Treated; Animals Causing Public Nuisance, Health Risk or Safety Hazard; Authority of County Commission

§7-1-15. Challenge of Candidate for County Commission; Residency

§7-1-16. Reporting of Fraud and Misappropriation of Funds