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Morgantown council adopts hospital MOU, airport lease, industrial-waste change and budget revisions; appointments approved
Summary
At its Feb. 18 meeting the council passed multiple ordinances and budget revisions unanimously and approved a slate of board and commission appointments by acclamation.
Morgantown City Council on Feb. 18 approved several second-reading ordinances and budget amendments, unanimously adopting measures that authorize a memorandum of understanding for a WVU Hospitals project, a long-term airport lease, a lower industrial-waste arsenic limit consistent with the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection permit, and two budget revisions that fund library insurance needs and capital projects.
Key results
- Ordinance authorizing a memorandum of understanding among the City Building Commission and WVU Hospitals, Inc. — passed on second reading, adoption vote recorded as unanimous (7–0). The ordinance authorizes a transaction to facilitate construction of a new WVU Hospitals Eye Institute on Van Voorhis Road and relocates an access road to maintain access to the city’s north-side fire station. City attorney explained the ordinance will permit the property and access changes required for the hospital project.
- Ordinance authorizing a long-term commercial lease and operating agreement with Shaft Drillers International at…
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