Editing Mineral County, West Virginia (section)

==Government==

===County Commission===
Mineral County is governed by a three-member commission, one member to be elected every two years to a six-year term of office. The County Commission, as the governing body, is responsible for the fiscal affairs and general administration of county government. The County Commission does not possess [[home rule]] per Article 6, Section 39a of the [[Constitution of West Virginia]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Educational/publications/Manual_PDF/13-WV_State_Constitution.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Educational/publications/Manual_PDF/13-WV_State_Constitution.pdf |archive-date=October 9, 2022 |url-status=live|title= West Virginia State Constitution|publisher=West Virginia State Legislature|access-date=February 15, 2013}}</ref>

====Commissioners====
*Jerry Whisner, [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] Commission President
*Roger Leatherman, [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]: term ending 2020
* Charles "Dutch" Staggs

====Appointed commissions====
*The Mineral County Planning Commission is charged with administering Mineral County's land use ordinances. It operates under section §8A-2-1 of the [[West Virginia]] state code.<ref>[http://www.legis.state.wv.us/WVCODE/Code.cfm?chap=08a&art=2#02 West Virginia State Code]</ref> Its subdivisions include Industrial Park Construction, Storm Water Management, and Flood Plain Management. Members are appointed to the planning commission, by the county commission, for 3 year terms.
*The [http://www.mineralcountydevelopmentauthority.com Mineral County Development Authority] administers [[industrial park]]s and seeks to bring new business to the county. Current executive director, Kevin Clark

===Office of Assessor===
*[[Assessor (property)|Assessor]]: Jill Cosner, Republican.

====Circuit Clerk====
•Krista Dixon

===County Clerk===
The Clerk is elected to a six-year term with the right to succeed himself/herself. The primary duties and responsibilities of the Clerk of the County Commission may be identified as two basic functions:
# to act as clerk (fiscal officer, secretary) of the County Commission, and
# to act as the receiver of fees charged for the instruments to be filed and recorded within the county. The official books and papers of the Office of the Clerk of the County Commission are considered permanent public records.

The County Commissions through their clerks shall have the custody of all deeds and other papers presented for record in their counties and they shall be preserved therein. They shall have jurisdiction in all matters of probate, the appointment and qualification of personal representatives, guardians, committees, curators and the settlement of their accounts. The Clerk shall have custody of all election records, payroll and budgetary accounting, and accounts payable.<ref>WV Constitution, Article 9, Section 11.</ref>

County Clerk: Lauren Ellifritz, Republican

===State representatives===

====House of Delegates====
{| class=wikitable
! District !! Representative !! Party !! County/Counties
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
! 87
| [[Gary Howell (West Virginia politician)|Gary G. Howell]]
| [[United States Republican Party|Republican]]
| Mineral (part)
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
! 88
| [[Rick Hillenbrand]]
| [[United States Republican Party|Republican]]
| Mineral (part), [[Hampshire County, West Virginia|Hampshire]] (part)
|}

====Senate====
{| class=wikitable
! District !! Senator !! Party !! County/Counties
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
| rowspan=2| [[West Virginia's 14th Senate district|14]]
| {{Party shading/Republican}}| [[Jay Taylor (politician)|Jay Taylor]]
| {{Party shading/Republican}}| [[United States Republican Party|Republican]]
| rowspan=2| [[Barbour County, West Virginia|Barbour]], [[Grant County, West Virginia|Grant]] (part), Mineral, (part)<br />[[Monongalia County, West Virginia|Monongalia]] (part), [[Preston County, West Virginia|Preston]], [[Hardy County, West Virginia|Hardy]], [[Taylor County, West Virginia|Taylor]], [[Tucker County, West Virginia|Tucker]]
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
| [[Randy Smith (politician)|Randy Smith]]
| [[United States Republican Party|Republican]]
|-
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
| rowspan=2| [[West Virginia's 15th Senate district|15]]
| {{Party shading/Republican}}| [[Craig Blair]]
| {{Party shading/Republican}}| [[United States Republican Party|Republican]]
| rowspan=2| [[Berkeley County, West Virginia|Berkeley]] (part), [[Hampshire County, West Virginia|Hampshire]], Mineral, (part)<br />[[Morgan County, West Virginia|Morgan]] 
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
| [[Charles S. Trump|Charles Trump]]
| [[United States Republican Party|Republican]]
|-
|}