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WEIRTON CITY COUNCIL MINUTES OF REGULAR SESSION FEBRUARY 7, 2005 A regular session of the Common Council of the City of Weirton, Brooke and Hancock Counties, West Virginia, was held at 7:00 P.M., on Monday, February 7, 2005, in the City Council Chambers of the Municipal Building. ATTENDANCE Council members in attendance: Councilman DeMasis, Councilman Miller, Councilman Moore, Councilman Dorich, Councilman Dalrymple, Councilman Veltri, and Councilman Kondik. City Officials in attendance: Mayor Miller led in the Pledge of Allegiance. MINUTES There was one correction to the minutes from January 10, 2005, which was to the second reading of Ordinance No. 1436, paragraph 2, in which it was noted that Councilman Miller made the comments rather than Councilman Moore as indicated. It was moved by Councilman Moore and second by Councilman Dalrymple to approve the minutes as corrected; motion carried. MAYOR'S AWARDS AND PROCLAMATIONS The City of Weirton Mayor's Award goes to Jack Virtue, for outstanding public service and good citizenship rendered on Wednesday, January 19, 2005, when he came to the aid of a neighbor in need. COMMUNICATIONS The Water Board lost one of its members, Tim Varner, who passed away, and expressed condolences to the family. He was a good worker and acknowledges his service. The Mayor also expressed condolences to the family of Debra Hoder, who passed away. She had done a number of fine things for the City and the youth of this community. It is tragic that she lost her life at such a young age. COMMUNICATIONS The first item the Mayor covered was, on January 13th, weirfar.org (?), received a www Association Gold Web Award for the year 2005. This award was given for constructing the website using their own brand of style, creativity, and content. It set a positive contribution to the Worldwide Web and to that community by bringing the world closer to us. Our thanks to Archie Poe and his staff for putting this website together. The Police Departments of the Hancock, Brooke, and Weirton-Brooke Task Force, in conjunction with the Weirton Special Response Team pulled off a major drug bust in the City, on 26 January, and 3 February. The Mayor thanks them for keeping our City safe. Over the last four (4) or five (5) days the Fire Department had eight (8)calls on 28 January there was an explosion and fire; on 29 January they had nine (9) calls, and one (1) of those was at the POP; on 30 January they had six (6) calls with one being a high pressure line explosion. The Mayor thanks the Fire Department for their services to the City and to the public. The Mayor acknowledged Public Works for their diligence whenever it snows. They haven't had more than a half dozen calls. He thanks them for their services. The Utilities Department is still being troubled with water line breaks and A. D. Mastrantoni is still working on having those serviced. The Mayor asks that the public be patient in waiting for the repairs. The Mayor asked if there were any more lines of communications? Councilman Moore gave an update on the Thompson Hill Road Project. The City has gotten a construction estimate from HDR and that estimate ranges from $116,000-$144,000. Pre-bids will open 24 February, and the actual bid must be in by 14 March no later than 11 A.M. FEMA has given the project a quote of $80,000 but we will appeal for the increased amount, but whether or not they agree to it, we will go ahead with that project. The City will pay the balance of whatever the balance is that FEMA will not approve. So it is on schedule and they are ready for pre-bids. Mayor Miller said that they are hoping to have it completed by May. Councilman Miller commented on a situation with Mr. Scott Clark who lost his home about 10 days ago. He is an employee of DJ's Restaurant on Three Springs Drive. This resident has lost everything and if there is anyone who would like to help him out with furniture, clothing or anything. His girlfriend and her daughter, age 13, also lost everything. They are working to get help for them. So whatever anyone helps with, he will make sure they get it to them. CITIZEN COMMENTS Judy Welsh - She thanks them for giving information on the Thompson Hill Road Project. Councilman Moore has been keeping them updated, with letters. She reaffirmed what Councilman Moore had just established about the estimates for this project, with a range of $116,000 to $144,000, FEMA giving $80,000, and the City would cover the rest of the balance? Mayor Miller substantiated what she said. Her concern was if the ditches would be cleaned out? She continued that that was part of the problem on the road. Mayor Miller referred that question to Brae Bryant. Mrs. Welsh reminded Brae of the conversation that she, her husband, and Mr. Barton had with him while standing at the site where the access road, Thompson Hill Road, the cul-de-sac, and the slag road are and Brae said that it would be taken care of. On numerous occasions, and she understood that Mr. Barton had called him back in December or January, and asked if someone would take care of the hole, and they were not taken care of. Now, the slag road that was there is no longer there. There is now an enormous hole spanning from the slag road to the cul-de-sac, and from Mr. Vdovjak's road all the way to their house. This road has never been taken care of, from before, and now they are terrible. Her husband called on 30 January to have that road plowed, because people would be in and out going to church. People come in and out, going to work every morning, and this road is not plowed until late, on the mornings that there has been snow, especially through the portion of road that she had just described. They have to call and report it, before it is plowed, and she is sure that other people call besides she and her husband. Brae said that they have repaired the holes on Thompson Hill at least two times, and you made reference to a call from Mr. Barton, back in January? The project has been scheduled since January 7th, and because of the rain the project was postponed. In regard to the snow itself, they have plowed Thompson Hill as well as the access road. He understands and apologizes for the delay, but the major roads are their first concern and assisting police and fire to access their areas. Brae said that they do have a system and try to keep with that system and to get to everyone in a timely manner. Mrs. Welsh understood what Brae was saying, but she wants to know if anything is going to get done? Her concern is that road is now completely mud and more rain is expected, and this is only February. Brae said that they will continue to slag, and Mrs. Welsh asked him, "When"? Brae said they would schedule that for this week. Mrs. Welsh asked if the holes would also be filled, because you can't go 5 mph on that road. Brae said they would slag the road this week and fill the holes. Brae commented that this was the first call that he has had on the holes on that road. Both Brae and Mrs. Welsh agreed that Mr. Barton had called in January and this was now the 7th of February. But this was one of the issues that the four of them previously discussed while at their site, were those holes. She doesn't see why they must continue to call when there are people are on that road when they come to pick up the garbage. They can see how bad that road is and when you can go only 5-8 mph and it is nothing but mud. That is terrible. Patricia Hans, Morningside Court, and this is the third time that she has been here, before the Council, concerning the traffic on their street. On 19 January, she called the Police Department, regarding the snow on their road, the road had not been treated, and there were vehicles parking all over the road. We can't take a chance on the snow and ice and try to squeeze through between the wall and these cars. This has been a little over three (3) years that she has been trying to address Council. She has gone to the Traffic Commission on this matter. They have had Mr. Brown up on the street measuring, taking photos and he agrees, but nothing has ever been done. Mr. Brown, in fact, got stuck in her driveway, which was kind of fitting for the occasion. The Friday after that there was a white van in the road, Saturday, the first weekend that it snowed, on the 11thJanuary, Palamino was clear, they where going up and down like a summer day, and my road was never touched. Finally on Sunday, Mr. Chapman, next door, got his tractor out and cleared our road. She called the City to ask if now that the road has been cleaned, could they please come and throw something on it, but they never came on the road. The following weekend on the 29th, it snowed again. Sunday morning she called the City and they never came up. Mr. Chapman, again, cleaned our entire street. She had company that weekend and they thought that she lived outside the city limits, because their road had never been touch. The only fire hydrant is at the end of Mrs. Hans street and she commented that she is paying a fire service fee. When I called the City Garage, the women said that she knew it wasn't plowed, but they have a hard time getting the plow down that street. Mrs. Hans understands that but also realizes that something needs to done about this situation especially if the plow can't come down, the First Responder can't come down, and the fire truck can't come down this street. The man across the street is dying of bone cancer, and we can't even get an ambulance in for him. Something needs to be done!!!! We just go around and around and no one seems to want to take any action. You want citizens to be involved. We are involved so let's do something! Councilman Moore directed a question to John Brown of Public Works, and sits in on the Traffic Commission. Mr. Brown commented that, "He is only a consultant for the Traffic Commission, he is not a member". He surveys for the Traffic Commission. Mr. Moore asked Mr. Brown, "If he had the power, what would his solution to this problem be?" Mr. Brown commented that Morningside Court was a dead end street, and to turn around, you actually have to go on someone else's property; that becomes an issue. Traffic Commission has adjusted the signs and then the residents appeared before the Commission and them reversed, this resulted through a different set of residents. We have been through this several times. Brae Bryant said that what they, the drivers for Public Works, would like to see parking on one side of the street. He has driven the trucks out there, so he does know the problems with accessing that street. At the bottom of the street there is parking on both sides of the street, and that makes it very difficult if your driving just a personal vehicle through there, let alone try to get a plow through that area. Parking on one side of the street would allow tremendous access for them. Mrs. Hans continued that Mr. Brown is right in part of what he said. They did go, two years ago, and the City did put signs up, but they put them in the wrong place. In fact, putting these no parking signs on the north side was going to resend parking on the south side. The biggest parking problem is with the apartment building. It has a 37'-50' wall in front of the building and that is where we want the "No Parking" signs. This is basically an alley, and people pull in front of their door and the rear of their car sticks out, and then people park next to the wall and you cannot get through. She has brought pictures to Council of her pickup, showing the amount of room on each side of it as she was trying to get through. Councilman Moore asked Mrs. Hans, which side should the no parking be on? She commented that the law now states that there is to be no parking on the south side at all, which most people do adhere to, except on rare occasions. Most people do not complaint about that, but when the people at the apartment complex pull in front of the porch, the rear of the vehicle sticks out about six (6) feet into the roadway. Then someone else will park next to the wall and no one else can get through. If we had "No Parking" next to the wall, which is all that we wanted from the very beginning, it would alleviate probably 95% of our problems. There is additional parking behind the apartments and those buildings each have their own access, but the people don't want to walk in their back door, so they park all along the front and wall. John Brown said that the last ordinance that was passed, was practiced, and he believes that they need to research the last ordinance that was passed… Mayor Miller has made a recommendation to Mr. Brown, Mr. Bryant, and Chief Scott to enforce what was originally set up, which was parking on one side of the street. He also asked Mrs. Hans to write a letter with details of her suggestions on possible solutions to handling this situation, so nothing is contradicted in the results of what the Council decides to do. That way you will have service with police, fire, and first response vehicles. You have an issue and he thinks it is time that the Council addresses it, as this has been going on for three (3) years. The Mayor will sit down with Public Works Director, Mr. Brown, and Councilman Moore and they will all be involved in finding a solution to this problem. Mrs. Hans has most of the ordinances that she found on the website pertaining to this area. That is when they found out that there was no parking on the south side of Morningside Court, so they do want to keep those ordinances, but to include no parking by that wall. The Mayor said for her to write up what they want and to give him two (2) weeks to work on this. Mrs. Hans will get that information to the Mayor during this time and they will go from there. Jodi Kraina, Marland Heights, she addressed some questions on the AMPS Wireless Resolution. She asked if she was correct in that, at the last meeting, it was pulled from the agenda, so it never made the first reading. Then at the second meeting, it was advertised in the paper that that was to be a Public Hearing, but it turned into an Executive Session, so there was no Public Hearing on this issue. Mayor Miller said that it was an information meeting. Ms. Kraina commented that tonight it was on the agenda again, which would make it the first reading this evening? Mayor Miller explained that tonight it was on the agenda as a Resolution, which requires no second reading. He explained further that in an Ordinance, it is required a first and second reading to pass, and in a Resolution, it is one that Council wants to pass and requires that it be passed through a Council Session with approval coming from the Council members, and it only takes one reading. Ms. Kraina is looking for verification that Council has checked this company out thoroughly by looking at their Profit and Loss Statements? Mayor Miller said that it was up to Council to check these things out, as the Mayor does not vote on these. Councilman Moore acknowledged that they do have copies of the P&L and Tax Statements. Ms. Kraina had stated that with the $500,000 that AMPS owes in back taxes to the Federal Government, they are also another $2.5M in debt. She asked if that was old debt or current debt? It was acknowledged that it was current debt. She asked if we know who this debt is owed to or is it by chance to any other city that might be like the City of Weirton? Councilman Moore commented that he has a complete list of their debt and it is with no other municipality. Some are current liabilities and some are involved with lines of credit. Ms. Kraina expressed the fact that a law firm from Pittsburgh is who is pushing this, but she was questioning the amount of money that Council was going to vote on that night. For clarification she asked if they were voting on the $100,000, which was reduced from the $250,000 original amount. She asked if the contract involved the same thing that the first contract did and that it will be reduced by $6,944 and change, every month that the company is in business in the City, so that it would reduce the total that the City are liable for, which is about $83,000 in the first year? Councilman Moore said that it would reduce by equal payment of roughly… There is a $100,000 guarantee over a 24-month period ending 12-31-06, reduced by an equal amount each month, including the month of January, which just passed. Mr. Moore further explained that $100,000 divided over a 12-month period would reduce it by $4,000 each month, for every month that it is in operation, as long as the company remains current with the liability to the Economic Development Association loan. Ms. Kraina asked how many employees that this company is bringing in? Councilman Moore commented that there is a set of steps before they actually get the loan, which is in increments of $100. There are milestones that they must meet before the money is given to them. This includes units sold, outside capitol raised, and a formal agreement with the IRS to payoff their debts. So they are not getting $500,000 tomorrow. They get it in increments of $100,000 at a time throughout 2005, as they meet certain milestones that are measurable. Councilman Moore continued that the proposal is that at five (5) dates during the year there will be a set fee, as they meet the required milestones, then the$100,000 will be released in one of five increments throughout this year. The only stipulation for employment has to do with the initial startup of the company. Ms. Kraina stated that it doesn't sound as bad as it did originally, and she understands that opening a communications network can be an extremely expensive proposition based on the Cingular Wireless owing $5B in debt, and they had 5,000 employees, so these numbers can be huge, but then I would question, why a City that has never done this before consider a $100,000 to them. Why not give it to other companies in this city, like Gus' Goodies, who purchased a piece of equipment for $50,000 to run a contract. This is just one example as there are other businesses… Mayor Miller commented that this is a start of what the City is trying to do, and we are calling it Economical Development, regionally, with Hancock County Commissioners and the City. We want to pull a $500,000 revolving fund, to bring in economic development; to help businesses in the City, and to help shore up what is here. We have to start somewhere and essentially, in order to start a partnership with the County Commissioners, it is up to the decision of the Councilmen what we do. Hancock County is 12% unemployment rate and Brooke County is 11% so we have to start somewhere. This is not a bad situation when you take a look at it. Ms. Kraina continued that on the Internet, this company states that it is an assembly facility, so how are six (6) people going to assemble these items? She knows it is a start but why would the City start with an outsider who has $2.5M in debt and $500,000 in back taxes? It doesn't look good. It may turn out to be good, but there is big risks involved, but why take that kind of risk when you can give it to people here in the city? Councilman Miller commented that they did try to assist her, when Rob Riccelli was Economic Development Director, that he and Councilman Miller made numerous contacts and you were encouraging us in that you were going to move back here and bring your cookie factory and employ 75 people. That was almost 2 years ago and it has not happened. Ms. Kraina commented that was 12 months ago. Councilman Miller continued that they need time to do what she and the Mayor are both talking about, "new and existing" businesses, to help them grow and prosper, and that is not beyond the realm of possibility, if they have the tools to raise the money through development councils to invest in these companies that want to grow. So we are looking at that. George Velegol, 125 Fairway Street - He has more of an update in which it was voted to do away with the parking meters downtown. Someone had mentioned to him that citations are still being issued in the parking lots. Councilman Miller commented that this issue has been on going since they took office, and the City had a 5-year contract with AMPCO. First of all, they have to be in violation of the contract before they can get out of the contract. They have brought no revenue to the City; they have been an expense to the City. We have to maintain the parking lots, as well as, carry liability on them; yet receive no income from them. They did violate the contract in that they did not report necessary reporting information, and they didn't have any way of tracking down the violators and collect the money on the tickets. The City eliminated some positions, because of the financial situation, and one of the persons that they eliminated was the person who did research on the tickets and sent the letters out and the information to Cleveland, so that they could collect the fines from those individuals. It was never brought to Council as a Resolution and voted on. It is still under consideration. They have met with the Chamber of Commerce and they have done a lot of studies and surveys of the businesses downtown. They are looking at the parking lots on West Street. The City owns fifteen (15) lots that are connected to individual businesses, and other people also are interested in those pieces of property. So he thinks that in the next month or two this will come before Council to be voted on. The Chamber is very supportive of the action, which is 2-hour courtesy free parking, and hopefully, businesses themselves will police and advise the City of violators who are abusing this effort. Councilman Moore commented that they have a liability insurance bill that is $150,000 at 30%, and they are trying to find a more competitive bid, which is why it is not on tonight's agenda. There are fifteen (15) parking lots that we need to find a way to transfer or dispose of these lots. If not, it is just going to add to that liability. We don't want to do anything that is going to incur any additional cost to the City. Right now we are working in that direction, but we are trying to find a way to properly transfer/dispose some of those off site parking facilities, so they don't give us more liability. You know how insurance is in this state! If we go to quickly, it will fall in our lap. Councilman Moore said it isn't just the parking lots that are the problem. Bill McKenzie, 400 Three Springs Drive - He was confused why the second reading of the B & O Ordinance is on the agenda, when there is a meeting scheduled for Wednesday afternoon to go over the proposal. It seemed to him that the meeting should have been before the second reading, not after. He also commented on the displeasure of ISG with the format of the B & O as it is, which targets ISG to pay 99.99% of the tax burden. They want to be good corporate and community citizens and they are willing to pay their fair share, but he doesn't think that this percentage is fair. What he was asking is to delay the second reading until they have an opportunity to meet on Wednesday afternoon, and/or a restructuring of the B & O proposal so that other businesses have to contribute materially, not just a couple of pennies here and there. Councilman Moore commented that he thought he saw communication that this amount in the B & O, of $1,050,000, was an agreed upon amount from ISG-Weirton. This was also the Mayor's understanding. City Manager, Gary DuFour, commented that they did receive such a letter, but they also received a second communication that discussed trying to restructure the credit, for the potential B & O. It ends up coming full-circle, how do they give credit for a B & O that doesn't exist? So, in order to be with the agreement they have to have something that is paid in lieu of tax, and we have a situation as we did before, where they had no guarantee of it, and that was the response to it. We are trying to have some means to guarantee and the B & O was the means to do that. And through the pilot agreement, which is exactly that, payment in lieu of a tax. Mr. McKenzie responded that if that agreement were read carefully, you would see that that $1,050,000 would be their portion, and understanding when they said that, other businesses would contribute materially. They did not realize that the $1,050,000 was it, that no other businesses would be talked about this. That was the understanding that they had from that letter. OLD BUSINESS Second Reading of Ordinance No. 1434 Ordinance regulating the siting of Wireless Telecommunications Facilities. It was moved by Councilman Moore and second by Councilman Dalrymple to accept this ordinance. It was accepted unanimously Councilman Moore made the motion to amend this ordinance. With the recommendation of the Weirton Planning Commission, he would like to amend page 4, section 6.C to read as follows: Any repair, maintenance, or in-kind replacement of a Wireless facility does not require the application for a Special Use Permit. Mr. Lauttamus actually brought this forth as he has had a tower for a couple of years, because if he had to repair or replace it, would he have to go through the entire process? Therefore, it was suggested by the Planning Commission to include "in-kind replacement", so that Mr. Lauttamus would not be subject to the entire process. It was moved by Councilman Moore and second by Councilman Miller to accept the ordinance as amended. It was approved unanimously. Second Reading of Ordinance No. 1437. Ordinance amending Chapter 3, Articles 791.01 and 791.04 of Code of Ordinances of the City of Weirton, West Virginia and making same retroactive to July 1, 2004. It was moved by Councilman Miller and second by Councilman Dorich to accept this ordinance. Councilman Moore commented that he looks forward to working with ISG to find levels of employment and investment to reduce the liability to ISG. He looks forward to finding agreements on those levels of reinvestment by the company in the facility, as being the primary employer in this town. They do have two B & O's in place, so there are businesses that do contribute to the running of the City through the B & O taxes. We had a pilot agreement with Weirton Steel and it gave us very little legal room, and we found that out the hard way. They are looking for a number that is workable and acceptable. Right now they have to protect the City, and have a legal binding document. Councilman DeMasis commented that all they talk about is economic development. Now we bring a business in here, such as ISG, and the first thing they want to do is chop off their nails. He doesn't believe in it and is strictly against this ordinance. Councilman Miller commented that what they are concerned with a stable tax that will protect the City, and that is the way they tried to structure the whole thing. They have also discussed that once it is place and is structured to protect the City, that they can look at it again by looking at the other businesses, then make adjustments wherever they think it is more equitable. They did ask ISG to check with their legal staff to see if there was a way that they could come up with to protect the community without doing a B & O, but had no response. He doesn't think that there is a different response except this. It is patterned by what the City of Follansbee did with Wheeling Nisshan. It is identical with the B & O that they have. Councilman Dorich commented that this happened last year where we gave credit for it, after they paid so much. Mayor Miller called for a Roll Call Vote: Councilman Veltri - Yes Councilman Dalrymple - Yes Councilman Kondik - Yes Councilman DeMasis - No Councilman Moore - Yes Councilman Miller - Yes Councilman Dorich - Yes Motion carried 6-1 vote. Second Reading of Ordinance No. 1438. Ordinance making it Unlawful to Fail to Pay for Fuel. It was moved by Councilman Dalrymple and second by Councilman Moore. This ordinance was approved unanimously. Second Reading of Ordinance No 1439. Ordinance to amend Ordinance No. 1313 establishing the salaries of Municipal employees within the City of Weirton General Fund. It was moved by Councilman DeMasis and second by Councilman Veltri to approve this ordinance with a 5-2 vote, with Councilman Dorich and Councilman Veltri against. NEW BUSINESS Resolution Authorizing City Manager to enter into contract for the Purchase of Four (4) Mobile Radios for the Fire Department Utilizing Homeland Security Funding. It was moved by Councilman DeMasis and second by Councilman Dorich. This resolution was approved unanimously. Resolution Authorizing City Manager to enter into contract for the Purchase of 20 Portable Radios for Weirton Fire Department utilizing Homeland Security Funding. Gary DuFour, City Manager commented that it was at a cost of $13, 700. It was moved by Councilman DeMasis and second by Councilman Dalrymple. Councilman Moore asked if he was correct in that these were Homeland Security Funds, and if these funds are not used by the end of April they will become unavailable to us? Mr. DuFour said that it was correct. It was approved unanimously. Resolution Authorizing City Manager to enter into contract for the Purchase of a Generator for the Marland Heights Fire Station Utilizing Homeland Security Funding. It was moved by Councilman Kondik and second by Councilman DeMasis. Councilman Dorich asked if this was for one (1) because in the newspaper it stated that it was for two (2) generators. Chief Cole responded to that question stating that under Homeland Security they originally put out for bid a generator for Marland Heights Repeater. That is what controls our radio system. Due to the funding that was available through the Homeland Security, an amendment was presented to the State of West Virginia, within the allowable amount of money; they were able to purchase two (2) generators. The one would be for the repeater and the second would be for the Marland Heights Fire Station. It was approved unanimously. Resolution Authorizing City Manager to enter into contract for the Purchase of a Hazard Material Suits for Weirton Fire Department Utilizing Homeland Security Funding. It was moved by Councilman Dorich and second by Councilman Veltri. It was approved unanimously. Resolution to enter into Agreement with Hancock County Economic Development Authority (HCEDA) for a Loan Transaction for AMPS Wireless Data, Inc. (AMPS) It was moved by Councilman Veltri and second by Councilman Moore. Councilman Kondik commented that they have been discussing this for months, and whenever something like this is looked at, there is always a positive side. Anyone who wants to sell something to someone there is always a way of orchestrating a loan payback by looking at their profit before they take their profit and give us profit on a scale based within the next 24-months. We did a $5,000 grant to the AmeriHost for the lighting program. Several years ago we gave $75,000 easement to Roll Coater. Those were things that were not really taxpayer's money, but they were taxpayer's money. This $100,000; he wouldn't have a problem endorsing a company like this, but looking at their financials and looking at the fact that they do owe, the State of Arizona, $600,000 in back taxes and they are in the hole $2.6M, and that bothers him. Those are the kind of things that a bank looks at and sends up a red flag. The potential for this company is probably terrific, but he is not in a position and will not go for taking $100,000 of taxpayer's money, on not a small risk, but on a large risk. Mayor Miller responded that he didn't think it was taxpayer's money, but Video Lottery money. Councilman Kondik retorted, that Video Lottery money is taxpayer's money. Mayor Miller ordered the discussion to stop several times, but the discussions continued between Councilman Kondik and Councilman Moore. Mayor Miller said it had been moved and second and they would have a Roll-Call Vote: Councilman Dorich - No Councilman Miller - Yes Councilman Moore - Yes Councilman DeMasis - No Councilman Kondik - No Councilman Dalrymple - Yes Councilman Veltri - Yes Motion carried 4-3 Resolution to enter into Contract for Repairs to Fire Alarm Deficiencies in the Weirton City Building. The motion was made by Councilman DeMasis and second by Councilman Dorich. It was approved unanimously. Resolution establishing City of Weirton Fire Department Explorer Post. The motion was made to accept by Councilman Dalrymple and second by Councilman Miller. It was approved unanimously Appointments to various Boards and Commissions Holly Glaspell, 3624 Brightway, Weirton, WV 26062, was appointed to the position of Deputy Municipal Clerk. It was moved by Councilman Dalrymple and second by Councilman Veltri to accept this motion. It was unanimously approved. Administrative Reports from various Departments Police Department, Chief Scott - None to report Fire Department, Chief Cole - None to report Public Works, Brae Bryant - None to report Utilities, Butch Mastrantoni -We are not on water conservation any longer. It was reduced last Friday. Inspection, Rod Rosnick - There are still 120 Business Licenses with delinquent letters out in the community. This is the last month for those delinquent letters. We will next start knocking on doors. Library, Rick Rekowski - None to report Parks and Recreation, Cody Shingle - None to report Finance, Valerie Means - Absent, but sent report and presented to Council for approval. It was moved by Councilman Moore and second by Councilman Dalrymple to accept the report. Approved unanimously A motion was presented to pay the bills. It was moved by Councilman Dorich and second by Councilman DeMasis. The motion was carried unanimously. Prayer Adjournment
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