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Vienna Utility Board members held their monthly meeting to discuss current issues and the future of infrastructural changes in Vienna. (Photo by Jenna Pierson)
VIENNA The Vienna Utility Board met Friday to discuss newly passed legislation that impacts the water and sewer departments and potential options for the future use of American Rescue Act money.
Board member and Vienna Mayor Randall Rapp discussed three new bills that are set to impact the utility board.
West Virginia House Bill 2370 makes it mandatory public service districts allow anyone with a swimming pool to be given monetary credit for sewer services.
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VIENNA Vienna City Council met Thursday to discuss potential police department raises, as well as upcoming plans for their term involving major projects and ordinances.
Vienna Police Chief Mike Pifer approached council for the consideration of a raise for officers from $18 to $20 an hour.
“I don’t want the city of Vienna Police Department to become a training ground,” Pifer said. “Our police department does an excellent job in my opinion, I think it’s deserving.”
The pay raise, which will be considered by council at the next meeting, would reflect a desire to maintain retention of officers and bring Vienna up to date with the pay grade of other cities in West Virginia.
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VIENNA Vienna City Council met on Thursday to discuss business pertaining to the appointment of councilmember Jim Leach to the Vienna Utility Board, the sale of eligible city property and the status of the city’s camera system, as well as the future of how council plans to address community feedback.
The meeting began with public forum comments pertaining to hopes for issues the newly elected council will address, ranging from flooding, the police fee and animal control to the ordinance that failed in the last council to include public comments in meeting minutes.
Vienna citizen Greg Frazier also posed concerns to the proposed appointment of councilmember Jim Leach to the Vienna Utility Board.