The Ohio County Commission voted unanimously Tuesday morning to purchase license plate readers for the Ohio County Sheriff’s Office, which will be installed around the county.

Commissioners approved the new system, which will cost $57,900 for installation and the first three years of the service, and $18,000 annually thereafter. The initial installation and first three years will be funded through opioid settlement funds the county received through the West Virginia First Foundation.

Ohio County Sheriff Nelson Croft first requested the new readers during the commission’s first meeting of September. Croft said in that meeting that the Sheriff’s Office would apply for funding for the readers from the West Virginia First Foundation itself, but county officials learned Monday that, with the

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