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.
Keyser City Council appoints Metcalf; controversy continues
Mineral Daily News-Tribune
Tribune Managing Editor
KEYSER - The Keyser City Council voted Wednesday to approve the appointment of Keyser native Ron Metcalf to fill the council seat that has been empty since September, but the vote was once again not without controversy.
The seat was vacated by Wililam Zacot’s resignation last fall. In November, council member Billy Meek made the motion to appoint Curtis Perry to the vacancy since he had been the fourth highest vote-getter in the July 28 city election, and that vote passed.
At the next council meeting, however, a vote was taken to rescind the appointment, and Perry and the council have been arguing back and forth ever since in regard to the legality of the rescinded motions and whether mayor Damon Tillman failed to have the oath of office administered in a timely fashion.
OUR VIEW: Perry, Council need to move forward
Mineral Daily News-Tribune
There is, as the pundits of today are fond of saying, “a lot to unpack” as we take a look at the chain of events in the ongoing dispute over the vacant Keyser City Council seat.
In researching the city charter and ordinances and Robert’s Rules of Order, it would seem that some actions were correctly taken, some missteps were taken, and some actions to correct those missteps were just as incorrect as the actions they were intended to set right.
Let’s take a look at the timeline: