4/9/2009
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Gov. Joe Manchin today awarded more than $300,000 in Records Management and Preservation grants to 28 projects across the state. The funds are awarded to county commissions for county records management and preservation projects through its County Records Management and Preservation Grants (RMPB) program.
“Our counties must be able to keep our records efficiently and soundly,” Gov. Joe Manchin said. “These Records Management and Preservation grants help our counties store and preserve important documents, while also improving public access.”
Funds will be used to improve management, storage conditions, access, and preservation of public records held in county offices. Funding for the County Records Management and Preservation Program comes from the filing fees collected by county clerks and deposited in the special Public Records and Preservation Revenue Account. The funds serve as an incentive to county officials to improve the management of their public records and conditions for their preservation. The RMPB was created by the West Virginia Legislature in 2000 to develop uniform county records management programs. Its primary focus is to establish guidelines and provide technical assistance to address the needs of the records of county governments through a uniform records management system, and to further encourage adoption of these goals through the county records grant program.
For more information about the Records Management and Preservation Board's annual grant program or the work of the RMPB, contact Joseph N. Geiger Jr., director, West Virginia State Archives, by phone at (304) 558-0230, ext. 165. Additional information can be accessed electronically at www.wvculture.org/history/rmpb/rmbp.html.
The list of grant recipients follows:
Barbour County Commission, $2,488
Boone County Commission, $7,894
Brooke County Commission, $5,206
Cabell County Commission, $25,000
Fayette County Commission, $10,000
Gilmer County Commission, $8,600
Hancock County Commission, $8,000
Hardy County Commission, $8,440
Harrison County Commission, $8,920
Jackson County Commission, $1,500
Lewis County Commission, $5,276
Marion County Commission, $5,200
Marshall County Commission, $3,600
Mason County Commission, $16,888
Mercer County Commission, $7,300
Mineral County Commission, $13,455
Mingo County Commission, $13,000
Morgan County Commission, $10,000
Nicholas County Commission, $20,000
Ohio County Commission, $17,910
Pendleton County Commission, $18,708
Preston County Commission, $14,795
Randolph County Commission, $19,500
Ritchie County Commission, $13,000
Summers County Commission, $8,946
Tucker County Commission, $10,000
Wetzel County Commission, $11,500
Wood County Commission, $9,500
Contact Information
Sara Payne Scarbro
304-558-3848