Council considers use of LOST funds
FAIRMONT— On Monday the Fairmont City Council began to have a preliminary conversation on what to do with the Local Option Sales Tax (LOST) money that has been collected since 2017 now that the Fairmont Community Center Foundation (FACC) has said that it will not continue pursing the project. The council had previously designated the funds for that purpose and about $7.5 million has been collected so far. In the absence of a city administrator or interim city administrator, City Clerk Betsy Steuber gave the council some options that Jeff O’Neill— the last interim city ...





