WEIRTON The Weirton Area Water Board is looking at its options after bids for its planned expansion project came in higher than anticipated. As part of th
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PLANS Weirton Utilities Director Butch Mastrantoni, at right, addresses members of Weirton Council Tuesday, providing an update on the city’s plans for expanding water and sanitary services. Craig Howell
WEIRTON Members of city council, earlier this week, received an update on projects which would expand water and sanitary services in Weirton, doubling the capacity at each of the city’s treatment plants.
Utilities Director Butch Mastrantoni estimated the Weirton Area Water Board and the Weirton Sanitary Board are each 50 percent complete with the planning phases for the projects, which, he said, began as a result of conversations in 2018 with an industrial company expressing interest in locating operations in Weirton.
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WEIRTON – A proposal which would have expanded the membership of the Weirton Area Water Board was halted after members of City Council expressed confusion over how and why the ordinance was developed.
Weirton Council met in special session Thursday, presented with an ordinance which would have amended provisions of Article 161 of the Ordinances of the City of Weirton. That section of code is focused on the membership and terms of members of the water board.
The ordinance, which had been recommended by the water board 5-0 during its meeting earlier this month, would have expanded the board from its current five voting members to seven.