Local volunteer Vivian Smith is the latest winner of Wheeling’s George Hieber Citizenship Award.
A longtime Wheeling resident who has spent decades working for the community in a variety of capaciti.
Wheeling candidates disagree on village manager s raise Pat Horcher, left, and Mark Smith are candidates for Wheeling village president.
Updated 3/5/2021 5:11 PM
The candidates for Wheeling village president disagree about whether the village manager should have received a 7% pay bump this year.
Trustees in January voted unanimously to increase Jon Sfondilis salary from nearly $208,552 a year to $223,150 a year.
The move has drawn criticism from residents including mayoral candidate Mark Smith, who didn t like the political optics of giving that significant of a raise to a public employee during an economic crisis.
Conversely, Village President Pat Horcher said Sfondilis deserved the extra pay for the work he s done.