Council Asked to Consider $1.5 Million Replacement Project for 50-Plus-Year-Old Water Line Under I-79
By Jeff Toquinto on June 14, 2022
- Approved the grade/step salary schedule for city employees, which is a standard annual item.
- Authorized Fox as a voting delegate at the annual business meeting of the West Virginia Rural Water Association event August 15, while making Jared Cummons, the superintendent of utilities, the alternate delegate.
- Gave preliminary approval for an alley abandonment request by Shawn and Lyndsay Jackson of Jones Avenue.
- Formally ratified and affirming the State First Memorandum of Understanding and the West Virginia Local Government Election and Release Form executed by Mayor Andy Lang June 1. Newton says this involved a settlement the state has with various part of settlements involving opioids by the state. Bridgeport is expected to be part of at least three settlements with this one being roughly $40,000. The money has to go toward treatment, education, and other approved opioid related matters.
- Reappointed Doug Marquette to the Bridgeport Development Authority for a three-year term.
- Reappointed Dan Ferrell to the Bridgeport Library Board for a term of five years.
- Reappointed Jack Merinar to the Bridgeport Utility Board for a term of five years.
- Gave approval to General Fund Budget Revision 5. The revision would allow the police department to move $9,378 in extra vehicle fund money to help provide funding for equipment updates in the emergency services department’s command center, according to Finance Director Sharon Hinkle.
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