Feb. 10, 2009
State of the City Address Friday; Council Prepares for Hard Decisions
By Tony Rutherford
Huntingtonnews.net Reporter
Huntington, WV (HNN) – Huntington City Council on Monday, Feb. 9 approved reprinting of the City of Huntington’s Codified Ordinances, approved continuation of three modest leases of city property by Pepsi, and approved resolutions on use or pass through of grant monies.
However, the unanimous and amicable body received a request from Council Chairman James Insco: Let me know about your availability for budget discussion sessions, whether in the evening(s) or on Saturday morning(s).
Mayor Kim Wolfe delivers the State of the City address Friday, Feb. 13 at 4 p.m. in council chambers. In addition, Wolfe will bring forward an ordinance for the constituent liaison at the February 23 council meeting.
Councilman Steve Williams, a former Huntington City Manager, requested that the presented budget be one “with a forward vision.”
Specifically, Williams asked that the mayor answer three questions regarding financing of city departments: Where we have been, Where we are now, Where [they] intend to take us.” Williams advised that the “Mayor and department heads be prepared to speak where [their] budget places us five years down the road.”
Prior to posturing for the upcoming State of the City address, council approved a rule waiver to add three law enforcement grant purchase requests. The Huntington Police Department in conjunction with other agencies will be installing notebook computers in cruisers which will be cell phone linked to the internet. Officers will be able to have immediate access to DMV and NCIC without having to relay data and wait for responses from 911 dispatchers.
A third grant of approximately $25,000 will provide overtime pay for officers working in the designated high crime Weed and Seed locale. The U.S. Attorney’s office assisted in finding this grant’s availability.
Council approved a grant to the City Mission for $36,000, which originally designated freezers and generators. Bids came in with the generators at $36,000. As Brandi Jacobs-Jones, director of administration and finance, explained: “when the power goes out we have to empty the Mission.” Thus, council agreed unanimously to purchase the generators and remove the freezer from the resolution.
Finally, the first reading of an ordinance to approve renewal of SEG as BSSA management was withdrawn for the tweaking of minor legal wording.
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State of the City Address Friday; Council Prepares for Hard Decisions
By Tony Rutherford
Huntingtonnews.net Reporter
Huntington, WV (HNN) – Huntington City Council on Monday, Feb. 9 approved reprinting of the City of Huntington’s Codified Ordinances, approved continuation of three modest leases of city property by Pepsi, and approved resolutions on use or pass through of grant monies.
However, the unanimous and amicable body received a request from Council Chairman James Insco: Let me know about your availability for budget discussion sessions, whether in the evening(s) or on Saturday morning(s).
Mayor Kim Wolfe delivers the State of the City address Friday, Feb. 13 at 4 p.m. in council chambers. In addition, Wolfe will bring forward an ordinance for the constituent liaison at the February 23 council meeting.
Councilman Steve Williams, a former Huntington City Manager, requested that the presented budget be one “with a forward vision.”
Specifically, Williams asked that the mayor answer three questions regarding financing of city departments: Where we have been, Where we are now, Where [they] intend to take us.” Williams advised that the “Mayor and department heads be prepared to speak where [their] budget places us five years down the road.”
Prior to posturing for the upcoming State of the City address, council approved a rule waiver to add three law enforcement grant purchase requests. The Huntington Police Department in conjunction with other agencies will be installing notebook computers in cruisers which will be cell phone linked to the internet. Officers will be able to have immediate access to DMV and NCIC without having to relay data and wait for responses from 911 dispatchers.
A third grant of approximately $25,000 will provide overtime pay for officers working in the designated high crime Weed and Seed locale. The U.S. Attorney’s office assisted in finding this grant’s availability.
Council approved a grant to the City Mission for $36,000, which originally designated freezers and generators. Bids came in with the generators at $36,000. As Brandi Jacobs-Jones, director of administration and finance, explained: “when the power goes out we have to empty the Mission.” Thus, council agreed unanimously to purchase the generators and remove the freezer from the resolution.
Finally, the first reading of an ordinance to approve renewal of SEG as BSSA management was withdrawn for the tweaking of minor legal wording.
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