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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.
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Craig Howell
NEW HQ This sign directs visitors to the public entrance for the Weirton Police Department, on the lower floor of the Weirton Municipal Building. During a special meeting Thursday, city council discussed the possibility of the construction of a new facility to house the city’s law enforcement agency.
WEIRTON A proposal discussed by Weirton Council Thursday night could eventually see the city’s police department relocated into a new facility.
Legislation will be put forward for consideration, first by the city’s Finance Committee during its meeting next week, and then by the full council during its meeting March 8, to expend up to $50,000 on an engineering study for the proposed new headquarters for the Weirton Police Department.
Weirton Council to meet
WEIRTON Weirton Council has scheduled a special session for 6 p.m., Monday, in the council chambers of the Weirton Municipal Building.
The agenda is to include a review of the municipal budget, and the meeting is open to the public.
Council to meet Monday
FOLLANSBEE Follansbee Council’s next regular meeting will be held at 6 p.m. Monday at the Community House near Follansbee Park.
Council has been meeting there in recent months to ensure safe distancing.
Hancock school board to meet
NEW CUMBERLAND The Hancock County Board of Education will meet in special session at 5 p.m., Monday at the John D. Rockefeller IV Career Center, for a discussion and legal opinion on board agenda items.