City Council - Regular Meeting

the Municipality as an Employer, Municipal Services, Law Enforcement, and Leadership on LGBTQ Plus Equality. CCCC Program Specialist Julia Myers and Assistant Director Ty Beduna will speak on the work of the center and its programs to support LGBTQ plus community. And Andrew Schneider, the Executive Director of Fairness West Virginia, will speak on Don't Stop Believing. Dr. Kim Scott, Director of WVU choirs will conduct a choir of Morgantown folk, as well as a few folks from the Pittsburgh Pride Choir, which she also conducts. The program will be live streamed through WVU. We'd like to thank the city for partial funding of this program. Thank you.

Thank you. Thank you so much.

Our next item of correspondence this evening is the fiscal year 25 audit report.

Yes, thank you, Mayor. As you are aware, annually we are required to complete an audit of our financials. We have our interim finance director, Jennifer Street, here, who will present to you the results of the fiscal year 25 audit report, which is in your packet.

This year, I'm sorry, the 25 audit report was completed by BHM CPA Group. I believe that's also who completed our 24s. The audit was conducted in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards and government auditing standards ensuring a comprehensive and independent review of the city's financial statements and compliance obligations. The audit sends an opinion letter. Their opinion was unmodified. It states In their opinion, based on the audit and the reports of other auditors, the financial statements present fairly in all material respects in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. This report represents the highest level of assurance an independent auditor can provide and indicates the city's financial statements are free from material misstatements and conform to generally accepting accepted auditing standards. The next section of the massive auditing book you guys were provided with is the report on internal controls over financial reporting and compliance. Again, reportable instances of noncompliance and material weakness and significant deficiencies were not identified. We did not have any. reporting on compliance with major federal programs. In the auditor's opinion, the City of Morgantown complied with all material respects with the compliance requirements referred to above and could have direct and material effect on each of the major federal programs if the year ended in June of 25. One instance of noncompliance we did have is the timeliness of the single audit. The city is required to submit the data collection form and reporting package within 30 calendar days of the receipt of the auditor's report or nine months after the end of the audit period. This finding did not modify the auditor's opinion of the city's major federal programs. The city does agree that the noncompliance finding related to not submitting, I'm sorry, not submitting the audit report package to the federal audit clearinghouse within the timeframe required, that was our issue. The delay was due to unanticipated turnover of key financial department personnel in the spring of 25. The staffing turnover was unrelated to any fraud or misconduct, but resulted in delays to year-end fiscal processes. The city's corrective action included appointing a new finance director and promoting the compliance manager to assistant finance director to restore operational continuity and leverage institutional knowledge within the finance department. Internal controls and audit timelines were reviewed and reinforced to ensure future compliance. With these measures in place, city leadership expects full compliance with single audit submissions required going forward. For the airport PFC, no reportable instances of noncompliance, significant deficiencies or material weaknesses were identified. In the auditor's opinion, the city of Morgantown complied with all material respects with the requirements referred to the above that are applicable to its PFC program for the year ending June 30th of 25. So in all, the city received an unmodified clean audit opinions. No material weaknesses or significant deficiencies were identified. And the only minor compliance issue was the timeliness due to staff turnover. preparing the city's books and records for annual audit was collaborative effort and I want to extend my appreciation to everyone in the finance department who contributed to this process. The staff continues to strive to improve the timeliness completion of the audit for these coming years. The 25 audit was completed slightly faster than the 24. A special note of thanks goes out to John Ferguson, Denise Stefanese, Courtney Latosha, and Brandon Oliver for their outstanding contributions and dedication to getting the 25 audit completed. City leadership remains committed to maintaining high standards and financial management and compliance. the result of this audit reflects the resilience and professionalism of the finance department for the city's dedication to sound fiscal governance we appreciate and continue the continued support of city council and look forward to building a strong foundation in this fiscal year thank you are there any questions for jamie or jennifer on the audit report

Just appreciation that you all deal with this and that you provide this report that helps us to satisfy the requirements that are needed to be satisfied and keep our fiscal house in order. Thank you so much. Thank you.

Next item on the agenda is report of proclamations. First West Virginia Council of International Programs Day, 2026 proclamation had been submitted. I attended a reception on Sunday afternoon and presented that proclamation. We welcomed two German social work participants, Kim and Andrea. And two other participants will be arriving this week from other areas of the world. I also attended Young Eagles Day at the Morgantown Municipal Airport on Saturday and presented a proclamation. The weather was fantastic and many youth had the opportunity to participate take what I'm sure for most of them is their first flight, and that was, I think that's some of the best weather we've had, and it was fun all around. They were allowed to do some exploration of aircraft in the airport, and there were a couple of other organizations set up with activities, so fun day. Um, we have no public hearings this evening. The only item of unfinished business is boards and commissions. I do not believe we have any action to take on that. So we will just move into our public portion subject to rules established by council adopted by resolution, generally approach the podium, state your name and some form of address. You're given four minutes to speak. We do have a sign-up sheet. You do not have to be signed up to speak, but we will start here. The first person, sorry, the only person on the sheet is Annie Cronin-Yorick.

Good evening, friends and others. It's been a while since I've been here, so I have a lot of stuff to talk about. I am no longer affiliated with the city of Morgantown. I make that clear to anybody who asks, especially when I'm speaking in public. I know there's a complaint about me explaining the MEI to a Rotary Club. So thanks. There's no announcement that I left the Human Rights Commission. I did that in June. And it's now in the hands of Stephanie Hunt, and I'm doing my best to help her out, and I wish her the best of luck. There's a lot to do. So some dumb administrative maybe talk to Damien about these items. The power switch for the handicapped accessible door downstairs does not work outside. Usually works inside but outside not so much. Today it did not work. Secondly, Damien had Gotten a white stripe painted down the side of Pocahontas for a pedestrian lane because the school buses dump off students there every day. Morning, they pick them up and they take them off to walk home at night at the bottom of University, the top from Collins Ferry. So to put that white line there with the pedestrian lane was very important. A lot of people use it, but the line has been run over and it's gone now. And we never did get any signs up or pavement markings that that's what it's there for. So people drive over it anyway, not sure why it's even there. Is that a bike lane? No, it's on the wrong side of the road to be a bike lane. But it is meant for pedestrians and for safety school children, and I'm very glad he did it and hope he'll do it again and put some signs up. Several of my doctors at the eye center Since it became a little twinkle of somebody's eye that there's going to be a new eye center, ask me to ask council to please have the city build a bridge from the new eye center to the hospital building. I don't really think that's even engineering feasibility. It's a long distance. But there will be a lot of techs and nurses and the like who have to walk back and forth between the eye clinic and the hospital facility. So the sidewalk from the bottom of Elmer Prince Drive up to the roundabout is not great. So if we could improve that, that may be helpful. Then again, that may be WVU's problem. Up to you. or anything for her. Somebody recently sent me a copy of a letter written by the ACLU to a city council in West Virginia, so it's West Virginia's ACLU, citing about 10 to 12 cases saying you can't tell people they can't make personal attacks during a public comment session. And I was 100% on board with that rule when it was made. No more personal attacks. This is ridiculous. We're wasting time. But the Supreme Court says otherwise, and apparently they have done it for quite a while. I'll let Ryan look into that, and I'll try to get him a letter if I can. If you're doing changes to the words of boundary maps, I know that the people in the area of Rotary and Pocahontas, the parts west of Collins Ferry Road, would prefer to be in the fourth ward because we have been sold our houses as being in Suncrest. And part of one of the rules was to keep the communities together and the neighborhoods together and be in the seventh. It feels like we're kind of broken away from the rest of Suncrest and not a part of things. So I prefer that you don't redraw the maps every two years. Every 10 is great by me. But if you're going to do it, please put us in the fourth ward. Thank you. Probably best.

Is there anyone else wishing to speak this evening? Seeing none, we will close the public portion. We have no special committee reports. Move on to the consent agenda. There's only one item on the consent agenda. So unless anyone wants to remove this from the consent agenda, we would vote with no deliberation on the item. Item a consideration of approval of a resolution amending the fiscal year, 2026, 2027 budget revision for the Morgantown general fund, which is revision number two.

We moved to approve. Thank you.

Second.

Thank you.

Yes. Joe Boone.

Yes.

Jody Hollingshead. Yes. Weezy Michael.

Yes.

Jenny Selene? Yes. Deputy Mayor Downs?

Yes.

Mayor Trumbull? Yes. Passes 6-0. Moving on to new business, we also have one item of new business this evening, the City Council 2027 meeting calendar.

Yes. Thank you, mayor. Each year, uh, council deliberates on the upcoming year's calendar for city council meetings. Clerk Wade is going to walk you through, uh, the item in your packet tonight that looks at different options for dates that specifically related to the workshops may conflict with our standard schedules, um, based on travel and other items.

So before you, um, is the 2027 council calendar. We do have two options for you and four separate sections on the calendar. And those options are because we have two West Virginia Municipal League conferences and two National League of Cities conferences. Those dates are on the bottom of your calendar. So before you, options one, on those particular months, February March August and November you have two options option one is including the first and third meetings as council is set their meetings option two is moving down that to the second and fourth Tuesday so that if council choose to travel, they can go to those conferences. And then likewise with the workshop to the right, you'll see that the workshops, the first option is the last Tuesday of the month. The option two is moving to no workshop so that you can accommodate the drop down to the second and fourth Tuesday for option two.

Discussion? I generally attend conferences. I would opt for option two on these dates, but same? Yeah.

I agree.

Is there a motion before additional discussion?

I make a motion to approve.

Second.

Yeah, option two.

Thank you. Additional discussion.

When we say option two, we're also talking about the regular meeting and the workshop meeting.

Option two moves the regular meetings so that there is no workshop meeting. So everything in yellow on here reflects option one. Everything in red reflects option two.

But in February, it goes from the second to the ninth if we go to option two. and from the 16th to the 23rd.

So the 23rd would normally be our workshop, but we wouldn't have a workshop. That would now be a regular meeting. Option one is essentially keep the first third last Tuesdays as it stands, and half of us in these months would not be attending. Option two is have no committee of the whole those months and shift everything by a week to the second and fourth Tuesday. Did I explain that correctly?

Chair Greg Musil That's correct. Chair Greg Musil Yeah. I mean, the thing I don't love about option two is that, you know, it cuts our I mean, the schedule cuts not just option two, but the whole schedule cuts our opportunities to have workshop time in half.

I think we could certainly do like we did in August and schedule an hour before the meeting to use as workshop time.

Okay. Yeah. Usually we do a combined version because it's needed. That sounds good. You know, as we need to. Yeah. Yeah.

I do want to point out that that is also around the budget time, so likely we would bring forward and ask potentially a special meeting that may be off cycle from a Tuesday on a different day. So we do anticipate that there could be additional meetings scheduled during those months to specifically focus on budget as well.

Sounds good.

We are used to that. Yes.

Any additional discussion?

Clerk White?

Yes. Joe Bugannam?

Yes.

Jody Hollingshead? Yes. Wheezy Michael?

Yes.

Jenny Saline? Yes. Deputy Mayor Downs?

Yes.

Mayor Trumbull? Yes. Passes sevens, no, six zero. It's going to take a, by the time I'm used to that, we'll hopefully have a seventh. City Manager's report.

Yes, Mayor, just a couple of things. I do want to briefly comment on a couple of items that were on the agenda tonight. I do want to reiterate, and Jennifer's left, but appreciation for our finance team and the work that goes into preparing that audit. I know that that's a large list every year, so certainly pleased with the results of an unmodified opinion on that. And as Ms. Street commented, we continue to improve those processes and build that foundation. Shout out to staff on that. One of the items that remain a focus for us when it comes to our fiscal sustainability is related to our health insurance costs as those continue to escalate and we're making sure that we're appropriately budgeting those and having additional items. So we did have an additional subcommittee meeting where we have a working group that continues to work through options related to health insurance. So as we head into Our new plan year that would begin January 1, we are actively having conversations. I believe that there will be changes this year, as well as future discussions will continue on that topic. So that is something that remains a priority for us. We did have some fantastic events this last weekend. Mary, you mentioned the Young Eagles event. I believe we had over 150 participants in that and kudos to the airport because it really our airport is a community asset as a whole and so being able to invite people from the community into the airport to enjoy that is a really special opportunity so it was glad to see staff put that on And then we also had our final Ruby Summer Concert Series, so I know we will hear from Vincent in an upcoming meeting to talk about that like we normally do. As we head into this weekend, it is a first home football game for WVU. I certainly want to recognize the coordination and effort that that takes from a staff perspective, working jointly with a lot of entities to make sure that goes off as smoothly as possible. Last thing that I have for you all tonight is just a reminder that offices are closed on Monday, September 7th in observance of labor day.

Thank you. Thank you. Report from the city clerk.

Yes, ma'am. I would like to take a few minutes to, um, recognize an individual who has been a part of our public service and our volunteer for a long time. And that's Jenny Densmore. She served as a member of the transit authority board of directors board of directors since December 19th, 1995. That means she's dedicated more than 30 years of volunteer service to our community. And currently she serves as the president of the board. Um, the mountain line transit authority is responsible for providing public transportation throughout Montague County. At the heart of this board's mission is a simple but incredibly important responsibility, making sure people throughout our city and Monongalia County have access to public transportation. Serving as a volunteer board member for more than 30 years is an extraordinary accomplishment. It represents thousands of hours of meetings, discussions, decision making, and community service. It also represents an incredible level of dedication and commitment to the people of Morgantown. And to have served in that capacity since 1995 through more than three decades of changes and growth in our community and to serve as president of the board is something that deserves to be recognized. So congratulations to Jenny Dinsmore. I would also like to recognize a member of our Morgantown Fire Department for an important milestone in his career. Yesterday, many of us had the opportunity to present Firefighter First Class Robert Wolf with a letter of recognition in honor of his 20 years of service. The letter was presented on behalf of the Morgantown Fire Civil Service Commission. 20 years of service in the fire service represents an incredible commitment to public safety, teamwork, and service to others. Firefighters are often called upon to serve our community during some of its most difficult and challenging moments, and their dedication does not go unnoticed. On behalf of the Fire Civil Service Commission and the City of Morgantown, we congratulate Firefighter First Class Wolf on 20 years of service and thank him for his continued dedication to protecting and serving our community. Lastly, I would like to remind our residents that we're now accepting applications for poll workers for the April 27th, 2027 municipal election. If you're interested in serving as a poll worker on election day or during early voting, please visit the city of Morgantown website and search city council, election information, and then volunteer to find a link to apply. Residents may also contact the city clerk's office for additional information or assistance with completing an application. Serving as a poll worker is an important way to support our local elections and contribute to the democratic process in our community. We encourage anyone interested in serving to consider applying. That concludes our report.

report from the city attorney.

Thank you, Mayor. We are scheduled to finalize the transfer of the city's property to DOH for the Greenback Road Improvement Project on Thursday of this week, subject to prior approval of council. Development Services and their consultant, Wendy Muller, Compass Point Planning, have some working draft materials of the forthcoming sign code. We'll be assisting them with legal review of that as they move forward with preparing those materials and I think introducing them to the Planning Commission in the near future. Also, I believe you've scheduled the fall meeting with the local legislators in advance of next year's legislative session. Staff has met to begin planning to support those efforts. If you have questions as you approach that meeting or have questions about legislation in general, feel free to reach out. I'm happy to assist with any research materials or background documents and also to coordinate efforts with the Municipal League.

do also through your representation that is all i have to report thank you report from council members would you like to start today yeah sure i don't mind um yeah absolutely so uh i just wanted to recognize ongoing uh progress uh towards paving around the city um i've gotten a lot of compliments lately about how that's going and how good the roads are looking and it's just very much appreciated. It didn't get done last year so I think people are just extra appreciative of seeing folks out there, the crews out there working. In terms of, and then some updates for fellow council people and the public, in terms of fiscal sustainability, had the occasion to have a good meeting with the Secretary of State's office, with Manager Miller and staff. regarding potential for a compliance system and kind of an automated audit system for validating our city business licensing system. So I think it has a lot of potential and so we're working on a proof of concept of the approach. The police department, I want to give kudos to the police department for progress towards meeting civilian police review and advisory board requirement or ask request for data. They provided a preliminary report based on the board's request and, you know, It goes a long way towards solving that kind of gap that's existed in terms of what the board's been asking for from a data standpoint and what the police department's able to provide without a whole lot of labor. Jody and I are sitting down with one of the board members to review that kind of preliminary report and get some initial feedback. But it's just really, really appreciated because I think having that data starts to give the board more opportunity to report to report proactively and in a more timely fashion on the state of how the police department is doing, how our community is doing. So it's a very, very good thing. The parking authority, we've got a ‑‑ the board agreed that a parking study should be commissioned. the last parking study that the parking authority did was 1985, believe it or not. And, um, you know, they, they, it's a very, very good, very good organization, very well run organization. But, um, but you know, I don't think, uh, I don't think, uh, 41 years is, is soon enough to, or it's too long to wait. Uh, so, uh, so we're gonna, we're gonna, we're gonna, uh, we're going to refresh that and see what comes out of that. And I'm looking forward to how that may influence, you know, decisioning around, around parking operations, um, land and reuse, uh, land reuse, uh, had, uh, had a good meeting, um, last week, uh, discussion around over the prospectus for the lower Greenmont development. And, you know, I think there's good progress being made in that endeavor and optimistic that, you know, that's going to be coming to council soon to have a look and see the good work that's being done there. as well as publicly. The last thing that I'll, I guess the second to last thing I'll mention is that the the Norwood neighborhood associations been stood down for a little while and And I've been trying to get in touch with the past chair And and finally successfully did so over the weekend had the opportunity to sit down with with Faye and and She handed me off the folders and the contacts and the minutes that she was holding onto. So looking around for folks in Norwood that might be interested in spinning up the neighborhood association again because that's really foundational to community building. The last thing I'll mention is the South Hills block party is on September 13th from 4 to 7. I know all of council and several staff were invited, but keep that on your calendar. You can attend. Thank you.

I just want to comment at lots of really great activity with Bow Park this year and lots of projects wrapping up in almost every park. And to thank Greg Trevinsky and all of his staff for just working through all the different projects that are being completed. So it's playgrounds, Kreps Park, it's a bathroom, Also, some pavilions, Wiles Hill and Kreps, and playground at Jack Roberts Park that's probably not, I'm looking at Joe, probably not done yet.

I mean, if you like playing in a big pile of dirt, then it's ready to go. But equipment-wise, there's still a little bit more time.

Yeah. Yeah. That's my understanding. A week ago when I looked at it, it was not up. Anyway, it's not scheduled to be up yet either. So I just have appreciated also when the pool shut down, then there's further improvements at the new pool. Also, I imagine there'll be some more improvements this year at the CREPS pool. But it's... It's been a lot of projects in a pretty short period of time. And I'm sure that over the next couple of years, it may slow down a bit just because we had a bond. And so then we had funds to make a large number of improvements this year. Anyway, the lower Merla is fun to look at as they're taking everything out and just starting the basis of putting things, putting all the improvements back in. And also, wonderful collaboration with the city with, for instance, at Kreps, the path coming into the larger pavilion was paid by the city to help come within costs. Things are all much more expensive to complete the last couple years, just due to materials costs, but also labor and other costs. So it really helps when the city and the boat park can work together on, they're all working on city property, so it only makes sense that they're collaborating. Also, Right below the mayor's ward, there's a new action park. What do they call this? Pump track. Pump track. Anyway, there's a pump track. And my son... wrote on it the other day when we were going by. I'm not certain if it's officially open yet. It is not. Probably not. Sorry. It is not. It looked very open and there was nothing closing it off. But I was thinking it hadn't had an opening yet. And it's just pretty much every area of the city has been touched by something from Beaupark. And it really makes a difference. Parks hold community together. It gives... all different people of all ages a place to sit, recreate, bring their pets, relatives, neighbors, and just enjoy the wonderful weather, because winter's coming. I like winter, but it's just not quite as conducive for outside for many people. So enjoy while we can.

That's me. I'm people. I hate the winter. You know that. You are people. If it's over 50 degrees, I don't go outside.

No problem. I love the winter. But in general, enjoy your parks now when you get a chance. And if you see a parks worker or a city worker, lend a kind word because they have been really putting themselves out this year.

I'm going to jump on that train and just thank, particularly at Marilla, all the staff involved in keeping the splash pad open free of charge through October, as long as weather permits. That's a big deal to have something so fun and so free for the community. And we actually went on Sunday for a couple hours, and it was just a nice time. And I saw some new faces that I didn't see at the pool sometimes. I'm just really thankful to staff for facilitating that. Okay, bear with me, I have a few events. First, a span met just last night and everything is a go for our block party. It's always a good time, all are welcome. It's September 18th, 5.30 to 8 p.m. at Eaton Park. on Park Street in South Park. The marching band will be there. That's always fun. The fire truck comes and the kids love that. So that is all ready to go. I wanted to briefly mention an event that already happened on Sunday. West Virginia Vintage Fest that Gallery 304 hosts. I believe the next one is downtown. So definitely check out their socials because those are always fun too. I got this shirt there. The Historic Landmarks Commission had their first meeting with our two new members and I just wanted to give a shout out to that commission. They do a lot with a little. And the two new members are going to be great assets. I'm really excited about the new folks. So that's encouraging. Let's see. Danielle, you'll probably talk about bulk cleanup, right? The citywide fall cleanup is September 18th? 19th. Thank you. So why don't you? You can take it. We have another meeting before then.

Just save the date for the afternoon of September 19th. We're doing a city cleanup.

There you go. Thank you, Mayor. Another event, two sort of public forums that are coming up, Cocktails and Conversations. The West Virginia Women's Alliance is hosting sort of a public forum with Delegate John Williams and Senator Oliverio at Mountain State Brewing Wednesday, September 9th. at 6 p.m. Please attend. We've got important elections coming. And then County Commission candidate Julie Knight is hosting a public forum on the topic of flock cameras on September 16th, 6 to 8 p.m. at 198 Foundry. And I believe that concludes my report.

Thank you.

I just let you guys do all the events. I did see something at the 1, 2, 3. the Hispanic Latino Heritage Festival.

The evening of September 15th when we'll be in council.

Taco Tuesday fundraiser. Taco Tuesday.

I don't really have a lot. I do have a PSA, I guess, in some sorts. We're having a lot of break-ins in our third ward. In the past 30 days, we've had 12 car break-ins. We've had some vandalism. I just want to assure my ward that we are on this. We have been from day one because this has been going on for several months. The target, I'll talk to you over here so you could get this message back to the kids, that a lot of the break-ins are student cars, although we have had some long-term residents broken into as well. So just want to warn everybody, please keep your eyes open. Report anything that looks unusual. We always want our neighborhoods to be safe. But we will get who this is. You can assure us. We're after this. So anyway, I think that's all. And I just want to last note, the game's coming up this week. So of course, my OCD here. of making sure our city looks really good and great for all our visitors coming into Morgantown. So we'll be doing a few litter pickups on the boulevard starting tomorrow, just some light weed eating around some of the main entrances. And I think that's all I have for tonight. Thank you.

I will say thank you to Caitlin Lewis for organizing the citywide cleanup. She reached out to me, so I'm putting together a group of high school students that are looking to get their community service hours to come participate from 1 to 3 September 19th. I've had to say that.

Thank you.

Eight times already. Thank you. Eight period, class period, yeah. So it's been ingrained in my head. And then, yes, Taco Tuesday is a month-long kickoff for the Sister Cities Commission. As well as October 4th, they're going to have the Fiesta at the Farmer's Market Pavilion. Both are free and open to the public and always looking for donations, particularly with the Taco Tuesday fundraiser. Hopefully we can find someone to bring us some tacos. And our neighborhood meeting is September 28th, where we will talk about Halloween. Also, thank you to the city for approving our permit to shut down Madigan Avenue for our neighborhood to be able to trick or treat. It's been really helpful the past few years, especially with those with strollers and wheelchairs and the elderly not having to go up and down the different curbs. So it is much appreciated. And I will stop there.

Are we assuming that Halloween is on Halloween?

We voted last year to make it so.

Forever.

Unless Jamie says otherwise. She likely wouldn't dare. In case of emergency, she has the ability, if we have another polar vortex or something crazy.

Just layer up and trick or treat.

We have made it from 6 to 8 p.m. on Halloween standing. And now, Star City and Grenville have followed us in that endeavor. They have both set theirs at least semi-permanently as well. We're all on the same page. In addition to Young Eagles Day and the Council for International Programs, I also attended the Morgantown Area Partnership Business After Hours slash Merchant Mixer, which They partner with Main Street and host an event specifically for some of the downtown merchants. That's always a fun event. I was happy to attend that last week. I also attended the Community Health Coalition meeting at the Mon County Health Department. This is a group of community leaders and stakeholders who are meeting semi-regularly to discuss look at ways that the health department can implement some of the findings from their community health improvement plan. So we came up with a few action items that they are going to work on and I believe we plan to meet again in late November or early December we decided. So certainly let you know when that is. This Friday is first Friday for the arts in downtown, but I specifically want to mention an event at Tanner's alley studio, Charlie McEwen, who is the proprietor of that establishment is celebrating 50 years in downtown Morgantown with his Shop, so that is certainly a huge accomplishment real perseverance and tenacity on his part I can also mention a week or two ago the grime celebrated 30 years. So we have a lot of long-term And everyone else who's continued it we will be doing a a celebration for Charlie. I think Main Street is hosting a ribbon-cutting reception for him Thursday at 2 p.m., but he is also having a special event during that First Friday for the Arts on Friday. from 6 to 9 p.m. I'm told that he's going to have alligator bites to celebrate some of his most popular items. Alligator what? Alligator bites like alligator nuggets. That's what he told me he's going to have because alligator leather is one of his most popular things. So he's... He's tying it all together. The Woodburn Association of Neighbors, tis the season, Woodburn Association of Neighbors is having their neighborhood picnic Friday, September 11th at 6, 8 p.m. at the Woodburn Park below the community complex there. And... Oh, Bow Park is hosting a neighborhood night the evening of September 15th, also at the Wiles Hill Community Center. There will be live music with Chris Haddix and some samples available from Eureka. I think some other activities going on. So I'll be here, but other people should stop in there. I think that's all I have. I believe the only other item we have is an executive session. Correct me if I'm wrong, but we're not in need of item A. So is there someone willing to read us into executive session? Item executive. Do you want to do it? Okay.

I can do it. Do it. Oh, wait a minute. Yeah. This is very good.

B. Oh, wait. Yes. Yes, that's right.

Okay. Interviews with candidates for vacant seventh ward council seat. It is anticipated this matter may be discussed in Executive Session as permitted by West Virginia State Code Section 6-9A-4B-2A. Second. Thank you. All in favor?

Yes. All right. We will take a short recess and enter Executive Session.