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PARKERSBURG — The contractors who built new Parkersburg fire stations in 2019 and 2020 paid a combined $86,960.44 in business and occupation taxes — to the

editorial@newsandsentinel.com PARKERSBURG — For the second consecutive year, the City of Parkersburg received an audit with an unmodified opinion and no findings. That means the review of the city’s financial statements for fiscal year 2019-20 accurately presents the city’s financial positions, according to a report presented to the city’s Audit Committee on Monday. Parkersburg Mayor Tom Joyce praised the work of Finance Director Eric Jiles and other department heads in regard to fiscal...

Wilda L. Bungard Parkersburg Finance Director Eric Jiles explains a question raised by the West Virginia Auditor’s Office about the carryover estimate for the 2021-22 fiscal year budget during Tuesday’s Parkersburg City Council meeting at the Municipal Building. (Photo by Evan Bevins) Ryan Barber, center, is sworn in as Parkersburg’s development director after Tuesday’s Parkersburg City Council meeting, during which he was confirmed on an 8-0 vote. He is flanked by Mayor Tom...

ebevins@newsandsentinel.com PARKERSBURG — A proposed budget revision before Parkersburg City Council on Tuesday would boost anticipated revenue from the municipal sales tax to its highest level ever. Council will meet in regular session at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in its chambers on the second floor of the Municipal Building. That’s a week earlier than the usual fourth Tuesday of the month in order to comply with state code requirements to lay the levy rates for the upcoming fiscal year. The budge...

ebevins@newsandsentinel.com Mayor Tom Joyce discusses a new position proposed for the Development Department during a Parkersburg City Council budget hearing Thursday at the Municipal Building. (Photo by Evan Bevins) Parkersburg City Council President Zach Stanley speaks during a council budget hearing Thursday at the Municipal Building. (Photo by Evan Bevins) Parkersburg City Council Vice President Sharon Kuhl speaks during a council budget hearing Thursday at the Municipal Buildin...

tbennett@newsandsentinel.com Parkersburg Finance Director Eric Jiles, left, speaks Wednesday during a Parkersburg City Council budget hearing while Mayor Tom Joyce listens. (Photo by Tyler Bennett) Parkersburg City Council members Jesse Cottrille, left, and Robert Mercer listen to Mayor Tom Joyce on Wednesday night. (Photo by Tyler Bennett) Parkersburg Finance Director Eric Jiles, left, speaks Wednesday during a Parkersburg City Council budget hearing while Mayor Tom Joyce listens. (Pho...

ebevins@newsandsentinel.com Parkersburg City Council held the first of three planned budget hearings Monday in its chambers at the Municipal Building, maintaining social distance while reviewing the administration’s proposed 2021-22 spending plan. (Photo by Evan Bevins) Parkersburg Finance Director Eric Jiles speaks during a Parkersburg City Council budget hearing Monday at the Municipal Building. (Photo by Evan Bevins) Parkersburg City Councilwoman Wendy Tuck asks a question duri...

ebevins@newsandsentinel.com Parkersburg Finance Director Eric Jiles hands out copies of the proposed 2021-22 budget during Tuesday’s Parkersburg City Council meeting at the Municipal Building. (Photo by Evan Bevins) PARKERSBURG — B&O projections are down and sales tax is up in the proposed budget Mayor Tom Joyce submitted this week to Parkersburg City Council. The $38.2 million spending plan — a figure that includes the general fund as well as the user fee, parking, parks, sanitation and ...

sadams@newsandsentinel.com Delegates Shawn Fluharty and Erikka Storch speak shortly before Wednesday’s vote on HB 2256. (Photo courtesy of WV Legislative Photography) CHARLESTON — An amendment to a bill meant to exempt state workers from city user fees would now repeal all user fees, potentially putting cities in a cash crunch. The House Political Subdivision Committee approved an amendment Wednesday to House Bill 2256 — prohibiting cities from imposing user fees on employees of West Vir...

PARKERSBURG — Parkersburg City Council will consider a series of mid-fiscal-year budget revisions on Tuesday. The Finance Committee will review the requests from the administration during a 6:30 p.m. session in the executive conference room on the second floor of the Municipal Building. If referred by the committee, a resolution authorizing the revisions will be part of the agenda for the regular council meeting at 7:30 p.m. in council chambers. City Finance Director Eric Jiles said many of t...