Staff writer
WELLSBURG On Tuesday, Wellsburg Council supported a higher salary for the city’s collector-treasurer and restructuring of the police department.
In December, Collector-Treasurer Andrea Morris requested a raise, noting her salary is lower than assistant department heads at City Hall.
But council members noted because Morris’ position is an elected one, any change to her salary can’t go into effect until after her present term, which ends on June 30. After that, whoever is elected to the office in the city’s June 8 election will receive that pay.
But council learned on Tuesday that Morris has chosen to resign from the position, effective Feb. 15, to accept a position as assistant to newly appointed Brooke County Magistrate Shannon Price.