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[email protected] PARKERSBURG City Council will receive Mayor Tom Joyce’s proposed 2021-22 budget and consider an ordinance granting a B&O tax exemption for construction in newly annexed areas and for residential construction anywhere in Parkersburg. Joyce said the spending plan reflects areas of emphasis mentioned by council during a January workshop on priorities for the coming year and term. “There’s certainly adequate funding for continued demolition of problem properties,” along with street rehabilitation, he said. At the conclusion of Tuesday’s meeting, council will resolve into the Committee of the Whole for budget hearings set to begin on Monday, March 8, with council Vice President Sharon Kuhl presiding. ....
Edward E. Debalski Justices of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals listen as Wayne County Republican Executive Committee attorney John Bryan makes his case. (Screen Capture) Wood County Sheriff’s K9 Drago won the vote for Protecting K9 Heroes’ K9 of the Year. (Photo Provided) Senate Education Committee Chairwoman Patricia Rucker said she supports new legislation to create education savings accounts. (Photo Provided) Kelly Huggins Parkersburg City Councilwoman Sharon Kuhl, right, passes copies of the 2020 Development Department report to Councilwoman Jessica Cottrille during Tuesday’s council meeting at the Municipal Building. (Photo by Evan Bevins) Members of Parkersburg City Council vote on the final reading of an ordinance establishing a Police Department internship program during Tuesday’s meeting at the Municipal Building. (Photo by Evan Bevins) ....
[email protected] Parkersburg City Council President Zach Stanley, right, explains the format for a council workshop to discuss priorities for the coming year and the four-year term during a Committee of the Whole meeting Friday at the Municipal Building as Councilmen Austin Richards, left, and Chris Rexroad listen. (Photo by Evan Bevins) Parkersburg City Councilman Chris Rexroad writes down items fellow council members identify as concerns in their districts during a meeting of council’s Committee of the Whole on Friday at the Municipal Building. (Photo by Evan Bevins) Parkersburg City Councilman Bob Mercer speaks during a Committee of the Whole meeting to discuss council priorities Friday at the Municipal Building. (Photo by Evan Bevins) ....
[email protected] Parkersburg Police Chief Joe Martin discusses a proposed internship program for the department during a Parkersburg City Council Personnel Committee meeting Tuesday at the Municipal Building. (Photo by Evan Bevins) PARKERSBURG An ordinance establishing an internship program for the Parkersburg Police Department was referred to Parkersburg City Council on Tuesday by its Personnel Committee. If approved by council at its Jan. 26 and Feb. 9 meetings, the ordinance would create four intern positions that pay $10 an hour with no benefits. Mayor Tom Joyce and Police Chief Joe Martin said the program would engage and train candidates who passed the written and agility tests for the department and completed a background check but may not be ready to go to the academy and join the department. ....
Mayor Tom Joyce speaks at Tuesday’s Parkersburg City Council meeting. (Photo by Tyler Bennett) PARKERSBURG Parkersburg City Council appointed six new positions for the 2021 calendar year, naming council members Zach Stanley as council president and Sharon Kuhl as vice president, along with four other positions. During Tuesday’s meeting, Stanley and Kuhl won in unanimous decisions, abstaining when voting for their positions occurred. Stanley was unopposed, while Kuhl faced fellow council member Mike Reynolds. Council members also confirmed Blaine Myers as City Attorney, Debra Steed for Municipal Judge, Rickie Yeager for Development Director and Sondra Wallace for Personnel Director. ....