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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. (Photo by Tyler Bennett) PARKERSBURG — Parkersburg City Council heard the last of the city’s budget ...

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 during a council budget hearing Monday at the Municipal Building. (Photo by Evan Bevins) Parkersburg...

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 Memorial Bridge funds — for the fiscal year starting July 1 will be reviewed in a series of budget...

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 Virginia government agencies — that would exempt non-residents of cities with user fees from paying t...

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 the revisions are adjustments to conservative revenue estimates made in light of the uncertainty crea...