Mar 8, 2021
A project in discussion for decades could actually move forward in the coming years if Weirton City Council has anything to say about it.
For at least 30 years, city officials have proposed building a new facility for the Weirton Police Department. If council continues on its current path, then we could at least be on the way to having an engineering study for such a project sometime this year.
City Manager Joe DiBartolomeo, during recent discussions, recalled how, in the 1990s and early 2000s when plans were made for what is now the state office building located in Weirton, proposals for the facility were to include space for the police department. The building was constructed on an area used for parking by the police department, but when it opened, the police department was kept in its existing offices.
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WEIRTON The city is planning for this year’s street paving program, with a pair of resolutions set to go before Weirton Council during its meeting Monday.
The resolutions received recommendations from the city Finance Committee Wednesday.
Contracts, if approved, will include $859,280 for citywide milling and paving using general fund dollars, and $352,836 through Community Development Block Grant funds.
Both contracts are with Kelly Paving Co.
Public Works Director Rod Rosnick explained, in planning for the paving, he looked at last year’s costs of $22 per yard, and budgeted $24 per yard. Most bidders, he said, submitted proposals higher than that amount, but Kelly Paving bid between $17 and $18 per yard.
A project in discussion for decades may actually move forward in the coming years if Weirton Council has anything to say about it. For at least 30 years, city
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Craig Howell
SPECIAL SESSION Weirton Council convened in special session Monday for final discussions on a proposed budget for the 2021-22 fiscal year. The proposed budget will go before the city’s Finance Committee Wednesday, and will be up for approval next week.
WEIRTON Weirton Council has put what it feels are the finishing touches on the city’s budget for the next fiscal year.
Council convened in a special session Monday to hold the final discussion on the 2021-22 fiscal budget, which, if approved at the next regular meeting and cleared by the state Auditor’s Office, would take effect July 1.
WEIRTON Weirton officials say they are closely following the path of a bill currently before the House of Delegates which could have an effect on how they c