Police budgets: What do Mineral County s towns get for their money?
Barbara High
Tribune Staff Writer
West Virginia municipalities finalized their budgets in March. As the News Tribune compared their budgets, specifically examining the funds set aside for their respective police departments, we wondered: What does each of the towns get for their money?
The law enforcement budgets are used for salaries, uniforms and equipment, vehicles, and maintenance. As the populations of West Virginia’s cities and towns have decreased, however, so has the share of money available for law enforcement. In 1977, municipalities comprised almost half of police spending in the entire state, compared to 39 percent in 2017, according to the West Virginia Center on Budget & Policy.
Keyser to give pool owners break on water costs
Liz Beavers
Tribune Managing Editor
KEYSER - Keyser city residents with swimming pools will receive a break from the City of Keyser this year as they fill their pools for summer.
Keyser City Council member Jim Hannas brought up the idea during the council meeting Wednesday, proposing that the city only charge pool owners 93 cents per 1,000 gallons used to fill their pools, and to completely waive any charges for sewer during the fill-up period.
“I brought this up to the Water Board,” Hannas said, noting that they were in favor of the change.
Fireworks company would like to put more bang in Keyser s Fourth of July
Mineral Daily News-Tribune
Tribune Managing Editor
KEYSER - A fireworks company would like to help Keyser put a little more bang into its annual Fourth of July celebration in exchange for a little storage space on city property.
Tim Evans, representing the Starfire Corporation, has asked the Keyser City Council if the company could place a storage container on city property off Waxler Road to help make shipping and distribution easier when they provide fireworks for Keyser and a number of surrounding municipalities.
“We’re looking for a place locally to store a magazine - basically a shipping container,” he said. “This allows us to reduce shipping costs and ease the logistics on our busiest shipping days.”
BITS & PIECES: Metcalf seems a good choice for Keyser Council
Mineral Daily News-Tribune
Tribune Managing Editor
Judging by what he had to say at the beginning of his first meeting Wednesday, Ron Metcalf would seem to be a good choice for the long-awaited appointment to the fifth seat on the Keyser City Council.
Although I only just met him two weeks ago when he took his oath of office, my first impression was a positive one and I truly hope he makes good on his pledge to: 1. Listen to the people, and 2. Work with the council as a team.
I would caution, however, that the concept of teamwork is not to be confused with a “good old boy network” where everybody gets along because they all publicly agree on everything and want the world to think everything is hunky-dory.