Council Takes Next Step in Passing "Brunch Bill" Law; Now Matter to Go Before State Home Rule Board
By Jeff Toquinto on September 27, 2016
- Appointed Shawn Angus Morgan to the Police Civil Service Commission for a term of four years. She was the recommendation of the Fraternal Order of Police.
- Agreed to make a recommendation to the Harrison County Commission for a replacement of Chris McCarthy on the Centra Board. Council recommended Council Member Jeff Smell to fill the spot. Smell’s recommendation has to now be approved by the Harrison County Commission and the Clarksburg City Council.
- Passed, on first reading, an ordinance that will amend exterior improvement incentives as recommended by the Bridgeport Development Authority. The changes involve the city’s façade improvement program.
- Authorized Greer to receive and administer a Justice Department JAG grant of $20,000 to help fund the city’s Police Resource Officer (PRO) position, and a second one of $46,000 for the Drug Task Force.
- Agreed to enter into a contract with Tri-State Turf to install turf on the new soccer/baseball fields to be utilized at the Bridgeport Recreation Complex. The contract is for $41,895 and comes from the city’s portion of the hotel/motel taxes. Haws anticipates work to start first of October and the grading of the baseball infields to begin by Oct. 15.
- Approved a contract with Protection Services, Inc., to do roughly 30,000 linear feet of striping or pavement marking for areas that include the Meadowbrook Mall, White Oaks, Charles Pointe, Woodland Drive, East Philadelphia Avenue and various U.S. Route 50 East intersections. The contract, which was approved as the only bid received from businesses solicited, was for $16,430.
- Approved an ordinance relating to cross-connection and backflow prevention. The measure, said Kerr, is for the city to have the same regulations in accordance with the West Virginia State Bureau of Public Health.
- Took under advisement a request by resident Tom Leonette to do a brick veteran’s wall near the existing – or in the area of – the new Bridgeport Veteran’s Memorial. The wall, which would be done the Bridgeport American Legion, would allow for individuals to buy bricks to honor a veteran – living or deceased. The wall would be similar to the one at Bridgeport High School in front of the school or the one at Adamston Elementary School in Clarksburg.
- Proclaimed October as both as Domestic Violence Awareness Month and as Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
- Recognized resident Mike Cook, a long-time youth league umpire considered among the best in the nation. Cook, a 1979 Bridgeport High School graduate, was seen recently on national television umpiring the Little League World Series at Williamsport, Va.
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