A new ordinance related to a proposed home improvement program for older houses in Wheeling is among legislation scheduled to be introduced during tonight’s regular meeting of Wheeling City Council. The ordinance slated for a first reading before city council this evening aims to provide financial assistance to aid residents in exterior home improvements for […]
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Crew with Raze International Inc. of Shadyside demolish and remove old dilapidated houses located along 15th Street across from the J.B. Chambers Sports Complex in February as part of a demolition contract with the City of Wheeling.
WHEELING A public hearing is scheduled for the beginning of Tuesday’s meeting of Wheeling City Council before it votes on a proposed ordinance initiating historic review protocols for city demolition permits.
Members of the Historic Landmarks Commission, the city’s legal department and the Development Committee of Council recently moved forward with legislation for the proposed demolition review process, which has been in the works for several years. The ordinance’s first reading took place two weeks ago upon recommendation by the Development Committee. It is expected to be brought to the floor for a final vote during Tuesday afternoon’s regular city council meeting.
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Wheeling City Manager Robert Herron, left, and Mayor Glenn Elliott are slated to give comments and reports this afternoon when the Mayorâs Advisory Commission on Economic and Industrial Development gathers for its first in-person meeting.
WHEELING The newly resurrected Mayor’s Advisory Commission on Economic and Industrial Development is expected to gather today for its second substantive meeting and its first in-person meeting since the revived group became active late last year.
The commission is scheduled to meet at 2 p.m. today in council chambers inside the City-County Building on Chapline Street in downtown Wheeling. While most members of the commission are expected to attend in-person, Wheeling Mayor Glenn Elliott said some members may still participate virtually if they are unable to attend in-person.
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WHEELING Wheeling City Council will hold its first regular meeting of the month Tuesday evening in order to accommodate public hearings on legislation related to proposed water, sewer and garbage collection rate increases.
Typically held at noon during the first meeting of the month, city council will instead meet at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday in council chambers at the City-County Building on Chapline Street downtown.
The Development Committee of Council is scheduled to meet prior to the regular meeting at 5 p.m. to discuss several matters, including a proposed lane abandonment of a section of McColloch Street near Lane 26, changes to the city’s facade program, a demolition review ordinance and an executive session to discuss property acquisition and sales, which could be held after the completion of the regular city council meeting because of time constraints.
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Photo by Eric Ayres â The Education and Administration Building on the former Ohio Valley Medical Center campus is being targeted as a potential site for a future Engineering and Manufacturing Center to train and educate engineering students from Bluefield State College.
WHEELING Bluefield State College President Robin Capehart on Tuesday said the college is looking to fill a “critical” need for engineering technology programs in West Virginia’s Northern Panhandle, and bringing a proposed Engineering and Manufacturing Center to a former hospital campus in Wheeling will do just that.
Capehart met with Wheeling city officials Tuesday during city council’s first meeting of 2021.