[5:20] I pledge allegiance to the flag of the

[5:23] United States of America and to the

[5:26] republic for which it stands, one nation

[5:30] under God, indivisible, with liberty and

[5:33] justice for all.

[5:37] » We'll call this meeting to order. This

[5:39] is Morgantown City Council regular

[5:41] meeting for Tuesday, February 17th at

[5:44] 7:08 p.m. We will ask Clerk Wade to

[5:46] begin by calling the role.

[5:48] » Yes. Joe Vanam.

[5:51] » Jody Hollings Head

[5:52] » Here.

[5:54] » We Michael

[5:55] » Present.

[5:56] » Jenny Seline

[5:57] » Here.

[5:59] » Mark Towns

[6:00] » Here.

[6:01] » Deputy Mayor Butcher

[6:02] » Here.

[6:04] » Mayor Trumbull

[6:05] » Here. First item on the agenda is

[6:08] approval of minutes. We have the

[6:09] February 3rd, 2026 regular meeting

[6:11] minutes. February 3rd, 2026 special

[6:14] meeting minutes. Were there any

[6:15] additions or corrections?

[6:17] Seeing none, approved by consensus.

[6:19] » Yep.

[6:20] » Great.

[6:22] We will move into correspondence. We

[6:24] have the National Cancer Prevention

[6:26] Month proclamation. And it is my

[6:29] understanding that we have a few Health

[6:31] and Wellness Commission members here

[6:34] tonight, Amarici and Abigail, as well as

[6:37] Jenny Ostein Ostein from the WVU Cancer

[6:41] Institute.

[6:45] » Come on up, Abigail.

[7:00] Whereas cancer continues to affect

[7:03] individuals, families, and communities

[7:05] across the city of Morgantown. Whereas

[7:07] many forms of cancer are preventable

[7:09] through healthy lifestyle choices, some

[7:11] safety, recommended vaccinations,

[7:13] participation in routine screening to

[7:15] support early detection. And whereas

[7:17] cancer prevention month provides an

[7:19] opportunity for residents, healthcare

[7:21] providers, community organizations, and

[7:23] local government to work together to

[7:24] promote education, prevention, and

[7:26] wellness. And whereas the board of parks

[7:28] and recreation commissioners, FOART, has

[7:31] demonstrated its commitment to community

[7:32] health by supporting cancer prevention

[7:34] month with the donation of sunscreen to

[7:36] promote sun safety and cancer prevention

[7:38] awareness. And whereas the Wu Cancer

[7:41] Institute located within the city of

[7:43] Morgantown and across the state plays a

[7:45] critical role in protecting and

[7:47] improving community health through

[7:48] patient centered cancer care, innovative

[7:50] research, education, and outreach

[7:52] efforts that benefit residents of

[7:53] Morgantown and the surrounding region.

[7:56] And whereas the city of Morgantown

[7:57] values community partnerships that

[7:59] strengthen public health and improve

[8:01] quality of life for all residents. Now

[8:03] therefore, I, Danielle Trumble, mayor of

[8:05] the city of Morgantown, on behalf of

[8:06] city council, do hereby proclaim that

[8:08] the month of February 2026 is hereby

[8:11] designated as cancer prevention month in

[8:14] the city of Morgantown. We encourage all

[8:16] residents to engage in cancer prevention

[8:18] practices, seek recommended screenings,

[8:20] support public health efforts, and

[8:22] promote awareness of actions that reduce

[8:24] cancer risk and advance early detection.

[8:26] The city of Morgantown further

[8:28] recognizes and appreciates the

[8:29] collaboration of community partners

[8:31] whose support and participation help

[8:33] advance cancer prevention, education,

[8:35] and public health awareness throughout

[8:37] our community.

[8:43] » Thanks, Holly.

[8:46] [clears throat]

[8:50] By taking this piece of property and

[8:52] selling it out from the development,

[8:55] you've taken all that away. Now, what we

[8:57] have is a simple development on the

[8:59] hillside. Maybe a boutique hotel, 30,000

[9:03] ft of retail. Maybe this is not the

[9:05] vision that I ever thought. And we're

[9:06] sold to you all. Please be patient with

[9:08] me. Please be patient with me.

[9:10] » You can have a few more seconds to wrap

[9:12] up, but we have a full agenda to get

[9:15] through.

[9:16] » Okay. So that being said, okay,

[9:20] this sale should be voided.

[9:23] This property needs to go back into

[9:24] development. If you don't want it to go

[9:27] back into development and it's not of

[9:29] interest to the development, then I

[9:31] would have loved to have the right to

[9:32] bought it. Okay,

[9:34] how it was done, the price that was

[9:36] placed on it. So at the detriment of the

[9:38] development now 18 months later the

[9:42] supposed developer of this project

[9:44] before sells to a third party Sam Chico.

[9:48] This is incredibly crazy. Okay really it

[9:50] is. So in any case I'm going to give you

[9:53] the information the documents of the

[9:55] deed exchanges deeds of trust changes

[9:59] sales of property disclosures and how

[10:02] all these things went down. So, thank

[10:04] you.

[10:04] » Here you go.

[10:06] » There. There. And I would like these

[10:08] placed on the record. Okay. I appreciate

[10:12] your time

[10:14] and I hope that we can move this forward

[10:16] to do the right thing for everybody

[10:20] so that we make this right because what

[10:22] has happened has been really wrong.

[10:24] Okay?

[10:26] And my only interest ever, ever, ever,

[10:29] ever to all of you was to do something

[10:33] wonderful and create something longterm

[10:35] that would be a legacy for all of us.

[10:38] And that's what I still want. Okay. So,

[10:41] my intentions is to get this thing

[10:43] moving forward into the fast track to

[10:46] get it taken care of. 6 years is too

[10:48] long. Thank you so much.

[10:50] » Is there anyone else wishing to speak?

[10:55] Seeing none, we will move on. We have no

[10:59] special committee reports. We will enter

[11:02] our consent agenda. I will read all

[11:04] items. If there's anyone on council

[11:06] wishing to pull an item off of the

[11:08] consent agenda, they may do so.

[11:10] Otherwise, we will vote on the items

[11:13] with no deliberation. Item A,

[11:16] consideration of approval of bid call

[11:18] 2026-11

[11:19] asbestous abatement and demolition of

[11:21] 565 Clark Street, 612 Arlington Avenue

[11:25] and 2060 Lloyd Avenue. And item B,

[11:29] consideration of approval of second

[11:30] reading of an ordinance establishing and

[11:32] maintaining one-way roads and restricted

[11:34] turns. First reading, February 3rd,

[11:36] 2026.

[11:38] Is there anyone wishing to pull either

[11:40] of those items off? Otherwise, we can

[11:42] entertain a motion. Move to approve the

[11:45] consent agenda as

[11:47] » Second.

[11:48] » Thank you.

[11:52] » Yes. Jody Hollings.

[11:54] » Yes.

[11:55] » Weezy Michael.

[11:57] » Yes.

[11:58] » Jenny Seline.

[11:59] » Yes.

[12:01] » Mark Downs.

[12:01] » Yes.

[12:03] » Deputy Mayor Butcher.

[12:04] » Yes.

[12:05] » Mayor Trouble.

[12:07] » Yes. Passes 6. We have one item of new

[12:10] business this evening. Consideration of

[12:12] approval of first reading of an

[12:14] ordinance approving a gas line easement

[12:15] at 495 Falling Falling Run Road,

[12:19] Morgantown, West Virginia, 2650.

[12:22] Thank you, mayor. We have Damen Davis

[12:23] here, director of public works and

[12:25] engineering. Who will be presenting on

[12:26] this item?

[12:31] » Just one slide. The rest of it's just uh

[12:35] so

[12:38] [laughter] well that DIDN'T WORK. MY

[12:42] MY BAD.

[12:44] SORRY. [laughter]

[12:46] I'll leave that alone. Uh so here

[12:50] presenting a request for utility

[12:52] easement across the piece of property

[12:53] the city owns. Uh the city the property

[12:56] itself uh is uh vacant. Uh the city

[13:01] acquired it back in 1950 with the uh

[13:04] dissolution of the uh uh water

[13:06] Morgantown water commission. Uh

[13:10] currently,

[13:12] uh

[13:14] that's a little bit. There we go.

[13:17] So, the property itself sits between uh

[13:20] Frozzman and Falling Run. Uh it's a

[13:23] irregular shaped property. Uh currently,

[13:26] this dash line right here is an existing

[13:29] gas line to the previous house that was

[13:32] here. The gentleman bought this house,

[13:34] tore the house down, and has built a new

[13:36] uh new house.

[13:37] uh

[13:40] when they they uh demoed the house, they

[13:42] abandoned this line. Uh as you see, it

[13:45] cuts across the property, kind of makes

[13:46] it uh it it makes the property

[13:50] undevelopable. And so, originally, when

[13:52] we s started talking to this gentleman

[13:54] about this, we asked him to move the uh

[13:57] new line and new easement along the prop

[13:59] upper property boundary uh to minimize

[14:02] impact on the property. Since then, we

[14:04] we found uh that MUB does have a 8 in

[14:07] water line that runs the the length of

[14:08] this property. So, uh our interest in

[14:12] ever developing this property is, you

[14:14] know, uh uh

[14:17] can't nothing can really happen with

[14:19] that. Uh but again, with moving the the

[14:25] new easement uh across the upward

[14:27] boundary, it does limit uh the impact of

[14:30] Mub's water line. This one crossed their

[14:33] line and if there was already any issues

[14:35] there could be impact but now we're

[14:36] trying to move this up north. Um house

[14:40] has been built. Uh I think he's waiting

[14:43] on uh this event to be the final kind of

[14:46] uh to get

[14:48] uh his certificate of occupy into the

[14:51] house to have the final utilities in

[14:53] there. Um

[14:57] that's all I have. Any questions on

[14:59] that?

[15:00] questions for director. Looks pretty

[15:02] straightforward.

[15:03] » Yeah.

[15:04] » And necessary.

[15:07] » It helps one. I guess it helps with this

[15:09] too, removing this uh old easement

[15:12] across that private property uh owned by

[15:16] local landlords. Uh

[15:19] it helps make this property a little

[15:21] more developable too in the future if if

[15:23] anything ever would happen to that. Ours

[15:25] being undevelopable with the utilities

[15:27] already on it. Uh uh doesn't really

[15:30] impact it as much.

[15:32] » If I may add, mayor and council, this

[15:35] piece of property is already classified

[15:37] as utility vacant land. So, it was

[15:39] contemplated for for use for utilities.

[15:45] » Thank you.

[15:46] » All right. Thank you.

[15:49] » Is there a motion?

[15:50] » Move to approve. [laughter]

[15:52] » Thank you.

[15:52] » Second.

[15:54] » Further discussion on this or questions

[15:56] for manager Miller?

[15:59] Seeing that quickly.

[16:01] » Jody Hollings,

[16:02] » Yes.

[16:04] » We Michael,

[16:05] » Yes.

[16:06] » Jay Seline,

[16:07] » Yes.

[16:09] » Mark DS,

[16:10] » Yes.

[16:11] » Deputy Mayor Butcher,

[16:13] » Yes.

[16:14] » Mayor Trumble,

[16:16] » Yes. Passes 6. Brings us to the city

[16:19] manager's report. Yes. Thank you, Mayor.

[16:22] a couple of of good news items to share

[16:24] that I'm sure people are familiar with

[16:27] already, but want to make sure to call

[16:29] out uh the best of Morgantown results

[16:32] where some of our arts and culture

[16:34] facilities have received another nod

[16:36] this year and so we're extremely proud

[16:38] of them. Our rubric ruby summer concert

[16:41] series has been awarded the best

[16:42] festival. Uh, the Met has been awarded

[16:45] the best performing arts venue and our

[16:48] museum has received the award for bronze

[16:51] of the best museum in West Virginia. So,

[16:55] uh, we're extremely proud of everything

[16:57] that that department brings to the table

[16:58] and continues to bring forward to the

[17:01] community overall and enrichment related

[17:03] to arts and culture. So, um,

[17:05] congratulations to all of the staff that

[17:07] make that happen every day and thank you

[17:10] for the continued support for for those

[17:12] activities.

[17:14] We did receive a visit today from staff

[17:17] members from Senator Justice and Senator

[17:19] Capido's office today at the airport. Uh

[17:22] they spent several hours at our airport

[17:24] with us talking about our airport, our

[17:27] goals, um some of the objectives that we

[17:28] would like to accomplish. So, uh thank

[17:31] you to them for their continued support

[17:33] of our airport and the impact on the

[17:35] region. Uh so was pleased to report on

[17:38] the progress of that meeting. uh staff

[17:40] does have a meeting with the division of

[17:43] highways staff tomorrow to talk about

[17:45] how we can continue to develop

[17:47] partnerships with the DO. So looking

[17:49] forward to continuing to make that

[17:50] collaboration stronger as well. As a

[17:53] reminder, next week before our committee

[17:56] of the whole meeting at 6:00 p.m. we are

[17:59] holding a workshop to discuss what the

[18:01] future of the committee of the whole

[18:03] andor workshops could look like. Um and

[18:06] then the last item that I would like to

[18:08] bring forward just as a a

[18:12] some awareness uh we met with members

[18:14] from the WVU team on Monday uh to

[18:18] discuss the um upcoming St. Patrick's

[18:20] Day celebration. So the students are

[18:22] planning for a March 7th St. Patrick's

[18:25] Day celebration and and so certainly

[18:26] pulling together uh all of the members

[18:29] of the community whether it be uh WVU

[18:31] our police department just making sure

[18:33] that we are communications so that we

[18:35] are prepared to encourage uh all

[18:38] celebrations be done responsibly. So we

[18:40] are making sure those efforts are

[18:42] coordinated. That concludes my report

[18:44] today.

[18:45] » Thank you. Report from city cl.

[18:48] » Yes, mayor. Um, April 25th, the Police

[18:51] Civil Service Commission will be holding

[18:52] entry level police officer uh, exams.

[18:55] That's a Saturday at 9:00 am at 300. No,

[18:58] I'm sorry. We've moved that. That will

[19:00] be at the um Morgantown public safety.

[19:05] Forget the last part of the formal name,

[19:08] the the former defense and depth in

[19:10] Saberton. So, um, that is April 25th

[19:14] entry level police officer exams. um in

[19:18] March on March 13th, we'll be having

[19:20] fire lieutenant promotional exam. So,

[19:22] we'll be uh promoting uh another fire

[19:26] lieutenant and congratulations to those

[19:28] who are eligible and um we'll see what

[19:30] comes from that. And uh that concludes

[19:32] my report.

[19:33] » Thank you.

[19:35] » Report from city attorney.

[19:37] » Thank you, mayor. Uh I've sent council

[19:40] drafts of forthcoming ordinances

[19:42] requested by council. uh one on revival

[19:44] of abandoned nonconformities, another on

[19:48] accessory dwelling unit regulations um

[19:51] that should be on your February

[19:52] committee of the whole meeting along

[19:54] with some other updates from development

[19:55] services related to affordable housing.

[19:58] Uh but please feel free individually to

[20:00] send me any uh comments and questions.

[20:01] I'm happy to address those. Um

[20:04] additionally noted on there is some

[20:06] pending legislation that could impact uh

[20:08] some of that legislation. So something

[20:10] we'll be monitoring and be aware of. Um,

[20:12] and that is all I have to say.

[20:14] » Thank you.

[20:17] Report from council. Council Michael.

[20:19] » I guess I'm first today. Um, I went the

[20:22] other way last time.

[20:23] » I know. Um, I just honestly I just I

[20:26] don't have a whole lot. I just wanted to

[20:28] thank uh uh the city for doing the

[20:30] proclamation uh the cancer proclamation

[20:33] and thank Abigail and Amariti for uh

[20:37] representing our health and wellness

[20:39] group. Um, as someone that's lost uh

[20:42] both a brother and sister recently to

[20:44] cancer,

[20:46] prevention is really important because,

[20:48] you know, we we believed our our family

[20:51] members could have uh, you know,

[20:55] survived if they had early detection.

[20:58] So, it's important to get early

[20:59] detection. And that's all I have to say.

[21:03] » Thank you.

[21:06] » Thank you, mayor. Just um a reminder

[21:08] that our span meeting is Monday,

[21:11] February 23rd with some social time

[21:14] starting at 6:30. The meeting will start

[21:16] at 7. That's at First Christian Church

[21:19] on Coen. Um we're going to be discussing

[21:22] um our Morgantown Mosaic Project. So if

[21:25] you want to have some input on that, um

[21:27] be sure to make it to that meeting. Um I

[21:29] also just wanted to shout out our city

[21:31] ambassadors. I went for a little

[21:32] walkabout with them um last last week.

[21:36] um with Caitlyn Frank and Shayen Carter

[21:39] couldn't make it. And um I learned so

[21:42] much about what they do and I'm so

[21:44] appreciative of that program and all of

[21:47] the energy they're putting into uh

[21:49] putting Morgan Town um making Morgantown

[21:52] as wonderful as we know it can be. So

[21:55] that's it.

[21:58] » Sleep. Um last Thursday I got to attend

[22:03] uh Marty Gro right here. I'm sure I'd

[22:05] rather go to the real Marty GR in some

[22:08] other state, but at 123 Pleasant there

[22:10] was a nice fundraiser for public

[22:12] theater. Um, and they had excellent food

[22:16] um from Meline Marie and um king cake

[22:20] and catfish and shrimp and grits, which

[22:23] I love theirs, and music and some people

[22:26] in costume. And it was uh very nice and

[22:30] they promised to keep making it bigger

[22:32] and better every year. So next year when

[22:34] you see Marty GR and you see it's a

[22:37] benefit for public theater [snorts] um

[22:39] consider going. Um and then

[22:43] there was another one of those lovely uh

[22:45] Tuesday events sponsored by B Park at

[22:49] Wilds Hill. Um, and it had lots of

[22:52] people participating in art projects and

[22:56] um, music with Chris Hadex and

[23:00] um, information about the rail trail and

[23:04] a nice movie related to that. And then

[23:08] it was fun because people were coming in

[23:09] and out that participate there and take

[23:12] classes um like some uh movement class

[23:17] and

[23:19] just a lot going on all in one open gym.

[23:22] A lot going on all in all in one place

[23:24] and it's part of a free program on

[23:27] Tuesdays and so keep and not every

[23:30] Tuesday but I think they're once a

[23:32] month.

[23:33] » Second Tuesday when we can go.

[23:35] » Second Tuesday when we can go. So

[23:38] » March will be an egg hunt.

[23:39] » There we go. So um it's pretty cool

[23:43] program and people were enjoying they

[23:45] were learning how to um use pottery

[23:47] wheel and they were throwing pot for the

[23:50] first time which is very tricky and then

[23:52] there was a program where people could

[23:54] make some glass trees and some other art

[23:57] projects. So anyway, that's enough from

[24:00] me and um thank you to Mub that came and

[24:04] made the presentation and everyone else

[24:08] that uh worked on the um cancer

[24:13] month proclamation.

[24:17] » Thanks Jenny. Yeah. Um I just you know

[24:21] thinking about you we um as the cancer

[24:25] proclamation you know this is very

[24:27] recent for you and again my condolences.

[24:30] It's um

[24:33] so uh uh I want to say happy Lunar New

[24:37] Year to everyone. Happy belated

[24:39] Valentine's Day and happy Marty Gro. Um

[24:45] uh I wanted to also um thank 123 and the

[24:49] and West Virginia Public Theater for for

[24:51] hosting their event uh in our downtown.

[24:55] Um it's the second second year that

[24:58] that's happened. as you said, I heard

[25:01] great I I wasn't able to attend, but I I

[25:04] heard great things and and uh and it

[25:07] plays, you know, events like that play a

[25:09] critical role in strengthening our local

[25:12] kind of arts um the fabric of our

[25:16] community and and and making

[25:18] connections. So, um I also want to thank

[25:21] uh MUB um the leadership of Star City

[25:25] staff and uh and my colleagues here uh

[25:30] for the work and and uh and due

[25:32] diligence that went into the approval of

[25:34] the acquisition of uh Star City. Um you

[25:38] know, partnerships like like this is how

[25:40] we grow and and uh you know, we they're

[25:45] difficult decisions certainly. We all we

[25:47] all weigh those our own way and and and

[25:50] we uh they're there [snorts] we have

[25:53] many challenges and opportunities in

[25:55] front of us that are that are coming

[25:58] coming up soon queuing up and that's uh

[26:01] that's a very good thing a good good

[26:04] thing for all of us and uh I just think

[26:06] if we keep that partnership mindset

[26:09] that uh we're going to achieve great

[26:11] things together. So thanks that's it.

[26:15] Thanks Mark. Um, as we're coming up to

[26:17] the end of winter season, I wanted to

[26:20] once again thank the city and uh the DO

[26:24] for keeping our roads clear. I think we

[26:26] did a good job this year overall. Um I

[26:29] think a lot of people were saw the

[26:32] difference uh in terms of contracting

[26:34] out um those uh scraping and salting

[26:38] services and um I had just a lot of

[26:41] positive comments this year for the most

[26:43] part um which is definitely different

[26:46] than most years just a lot of negative

[26:48] comments um and uh you know I'm excited

[26:54] to see um at our next committee the

[26:57] whole just what counselors are uh

[27:00] wanting to prioritize in terms of

[27:02] legislation and policy that they want to

[27:04] bring forward. Um and uh I hope that um

[27:10] we can work through those together and

[27:12] have good conversations about them. And

[27:15] um you know uh I've appreciated also the

[27:19] administration's kind of diligence on

[27:20] the budget and I know that we're going

[27:22] to have difficult and tough

[27:25] conversations about that going forward.

[27:27] So, I encourage everybody to lean into

[27:29] that. Um, and I guess finally, I just

[27:31] want to say um thank you, James, for um

[27:36] your words tonight and I I hope you

[27:38] understand that uh we are listening and

[27:42] um we take you seriously and so um yeah,

[27:46] that's [cough]

[27:46] I just wanted to acknowledge acknowledge

[27:49] that.

[27:52] » Thank you.

[27:54] Um, Jenny talked about all the stuff

[27:56] that I have written down. I was also

[27:58] going to Yeah, the neighborhood nights.

[28:01] That was a really great event. My son

[28:03] and I I was there a couple of times

[28:05] throughout the day, but my son and I

[28:07] went and he participated in the art

[28:09] activities and really enjoyed those.

[28:11] Bumped into a lot of folks that we know.

[28:14] I think that that was a very successful

[28:17] free event and look forward to the full

[28:19] schedule of those neighborhood nights

[28:21] moving forward. As I said, I [snorts]

[28:24] think it's March 10th. Yes, March 10th

[28:29] will be an egg hunt that is free, I

[28:32] think, at White Park. Um,

[28:35] guess I should have looked that up

[28:36] before we went. Just a reminder that

[28:39] with the new newly updated ice rink

[28:44] comes a newly updated ice schedule and

[28:48] the community use of that facility will

[28:50] be coming to an end in two or three

[28:53] short weeks right around the beginning

[28:54] of March. So if you have not yet visited

[28:57] definitely get out and see that. Um it's

[29:01] been well received by the users I

[29:03] believe. Um, speaking of Bow Park, uh,

[29:07] the volunteer group that Mark and I work

[29:09] with came and presented to Bow Park at

[29:12] our meeting last week about some

[29:14] projects that we intend to work on along

[29:17] the trail and near Stanley Spot park

[29:20] this coming spring and summer. And we

[29:23] already have a few art projects trail

[29:26] adjacent that um, are going in on

[29:29] private property. We already have

[29:31] permission from the property owner, but

[29:33] those come at a cost. So, we are having

[29:35] a disco dance night to raise funds at

[29:40] 123 uh next Friday, the 27th for our our

[29:45] co- volunteer Lisa's birthday. And all

[29:49] of the proceeds from that will go

[29:51] towards paying for those art projects.

[29:53] So, we're very excited. Um, thanks to

[29:57] Councelor DS for attending the airport

[30:00] meeting with us today. I thought that

[30:02] the the staffers from the senators were

[30:05] very engaged, very interested. Um, I

[30:08] think that was a good kickoff to the

[30:10] conversation that we will have when we

[30:12] visit again um with them in March, right

[30:15] around the time that the congressionally

[30:18] directed spending um applications are

[30:22] due. So yeah, look forward to more

[30:26] conversations there.

[30:29] Um,

[30:31] I don't have anything else. That sounds

[30:33] like a good amount. I'm I was upset that

[30:35] I did not get to attend Marty Gro and

[30:37] I'm only going to say it because he's

[30:39] here and I get one final ch. I had a

[30:42] planning commission meeting that night

[30:44] and I gave director Joerger a hard time.

[30:47] It was an extra long planning commission

[30:50] meeting agenda. I said, "Don't you know

[30:52] there's a fundraiser going on?" And I

[30:54] promise that's the last time I'll bring

[30:56] it up. Just another because you brought

[30:58] it up a little bit. Um,

[31:01] » But it was also a very good planning

[31:02] commission meeting. We got a lot done.

[31:04] So, um,

[31:06] » I'm sure they had no idea when they were

[31:07] planning Marty Gro [laughter] that you

[31:10] had a planning commission meeting and to

[31:11] work around it. They just didn't know.

[31:14] » They could have had it tonight. Look,

[31:16] it's

[31:17] » Opportunities to grow. [laughter]

[31:20] » Um, yeah, I think that's good enough.

[31:25] That's fine. Is there someone willing to

[31:27] move us into executive session if no one

[31:29] else has anything to add?

[31:30] » Yes. I'd move that pursuant to West

[31:32] Virginia State Code section 6-9A4B9,

[31:37] we move into executive session to

[31:38] discuss acquisition or development of

[31:41] real estate in the Saberton area and a

[31:43] discussion of matters related to

[31:44] development of property and/or

[31:46] investments of public funds in the area

[31:48] of Spruce Street, Willie Street, and

[31:49] Richwood Avenue. and also uh state code

[31:53] section 6-9A4B2A

[31:56] to discuss personnel matters considering

[31:58] new appointments for boards and

[32:00] commissions.

[32:03] » Second.

[32:05] » All in favor?

[32:06] » Yes.

[32:07] » We will take a short break and then join

[32:11] executive session.

Morgantown City Council - February 17, 2026

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