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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 policies and procedures. “The public trust is something I take very seriously, and yet another cl...
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 Joyce and Personnel Director Sondra Wallace. (Photo by Evan Bevins) Randy Jay Riffle Susan ...
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 budget revision for council deals primarily with increasing the estimate for the 1 percent sales tax reve...
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 Building. (Photo by Evan Bevins) Mayor Tom Joyce discusses a new position proposed for the Development Depa...