Wheeling council approves multiple water and sewer contracts and authorizes revenue bond terms
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Summary
Council approved ordinances awarding contracts and purchases for water and sewer operations, authorized flood‑damage invoices and repairs, and ratified a revenue bond sale to the West Virginia Water Development Authority.
WHEELING, W.Va. — The Wheeling City Council on June 3 approved a series of ordinances authorizing funding and contracts for water and sewer system work and ratified terms for a revenue bond to be sold to the West Virginia Water Development Authority.
Council adopted an ordinance authorizing the city manager to expend $40,000 with James Wake Construction Company (Weirton) for an extension of the Valley View storm and sanitary sewer project charged to ARPA. City staff commented the measure responds to complaints about material entering the storm sewer and is intended to fix the reported problem.
The council also voted to authorize $27,000 to Centrus (Kenosha, Wis.) for purchase/rental services for a centrifuge charged to the Water Pollution Control Division; $168,251 to Southern Corrosion (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) for a water storage tank maintenance program (charged to the water department); and $148,340 to May Engineering (St. Clairsville, Ohio) for Phase 1 Nettle Avenue sewer improvements to be charged to WPCD, regular RCIP, and congressional directed spending allocation. Additional ordinances authorized routine chemical purchases for water operations and a range of abatement and demolition contracts, including:
• $148,533.76 with Semper Fi Paving for 2025 street reconstruction (CDBG). • $39,006,600 with Atlas Environmental Management for painting flood‑damaged walls charged to the Water Pollution Control Division (amount as stated in meeting minutes). • $498,000 with Reclaim Company LLC for abatement of Clay School (EPA grant: $374,375.96; regular RCIP: $123,624.04). • $193,000 with ETCO of Lansing, Ohio for abatement and demolition (charged to ARPA). • $160,235.70 with Miller Pipeline LLC for retiring 237 services citywide (water department).
Council approved a resolution authorizing payment of invoices related to flood‑damage services for the sewer plant repair and replacement project. In separate action, the council adopted a supplemental resolution that sets principal amount, maturity, redemption, interest and payment dates, and other terms for the combined waterworks and sewage system revenue bond Series 2025A and ratified the loan agreement and sale to the West Virginia Water Development Authority; the motion also designated a registrar, paying agent, and depository bank.
Most ordinances and resolutions were moved, seconded and approved with no extended debate recorded in the meeting minutes. Public Works staff member Bob spoke briefly about the Valley View sewer work, saying the ordinance will address material that had made its way into the storm sewer and fix the issue.
Several contract amounts and funding sources were read into the record; the meeting transcript lists each contract with its funding source (for example, ARPA, CDBG, RCIP, EPA grant, Water Pollution Control Division). The flood‑damage painting figure appears in the transcript as $39,006,600; the council record shows the amount as read but contains no additional discussion on that specific line item.
