All the time in a hurry so we can use the money by cattle to give them money out.

Thank you.

Please rise.

Let us pray that we all may work together for the betterment of our city, respecting each other's perspectives and striving for fairness.

Let us seek wisdom and understanding as we make decisions that will impact all residents.

Let us pray for our city to have compassion and unity for all well-being.

Amen.

I want to allegiance to the United States of America.

Justice Raw.

Mr.

Asaro.

Here.

Ms.

Kane?

Here.

Mayor McGreter.

Here.

Mr.

Palmer.

Yeah.

Mr.

Siler.

Here.

Mr.

Slavonakis?

Here.

Mr.

Thorngate.

Yeah.

Quorum is present.

Thank you.

Uh, we have the minutes before us of uh March 3, 2026.

Is there a motion to accept those as submitted?

So moved.

Second.

Any discussion, changes, comments?

If not, all those in favor, signify by saying aye.

Aye.

Those opposed.

And the minutes will be accepted as received.

Uh mayor's report.

Pretty pretty brief tonight.

A couple things.

First and foremost, uh, happy St.

Patrick's Day to everybody.

Uh it's a it's a big one, March 17, but more importantly, today, we get to return here to our digs.

It's it's city council.

It's been a long time, so I think we're all very happy to be back here tonight, and hopefully, we'll know how to record our votes once again.

Uh one other thing, I I would like to offer our sincere uh uh championship attitude to the Wheeling Park speech and debate team.

Not only have they won the championship, think about this.

This is the 46th consecutive year that the folks from Wheeling Park High School have won that award.

So I can tell you that here in the next few weeks there'll be a proclamation with uh with the members here before us.

But again, congratulations to a spectacular job.

Uh that really concludes the mayor's report for this evening.

Uh clerk's report.

There's no clerk's report this evening.

On finished business, an ordinance authorizing the city manager to expend funds in the amount of 101,430 with Woltz and Windford Inc.

of Heidelberg, Pennsylvania for the purchase of two 2026 Ford Super Duty one-ton pickup trucks for the operations division to be charged to regular RCIP.

I would move to adopt the ordinance.

Second.

Is there any discussion?

If not, I'd ask you to please record your votes.

That motion is approved.

An ordinance authorizing the city manager to expend funds in the amount of $77,354 with Bolton Winford Inc.

of Heidelberg, Pennsylvania for the purchase of purchase of a 2026 Ford F-250 truck for the vehicle maintenance division to be charged as follows.

50,000 to the project fund, 13,677 to water, and 13,677 to sewer.

I'll move to adopt the ordinance.

I second.

Is there any discussion?

Yes.

What year was we replacing with this vehicle?

Uh 2007.

All right, thank you.

Thank you.

Any further questions?

If not, please record your vote.

That motion is approved.

An ordinance authorizing the city manager to expend funds in the amount of $15,724 with C2G Engineering Inc.

of Huntington, West Virginia for purchase of telemetry system for tank levels and alarms to be charged to water pollution control division.

Second.

Do we have any discussion?

Hearing none again, I'd ask you to record your vote, please.

Motion approved.

An ordinance authorizing city manager to enter into an agreement with top notch landscaping and supply LLC of Wheeling, West Virginia to provide grass-cutting services and further authorizing the city manager to expend funds in the amount of 90,222 to be charged to the general fund.

Oh move to adopt the ordinance.

Second.

Any discussion?

Once again, hearing none, I ask you to record your votes.

An ordinance authorizing the city manager to expend funds in the amount of 201,455.74 cents with Caston Baker of Cannonsburg, Pennsylvania for CBBG Street Reconstruction of Grandview Street and part of 12th Street to be charged to CDBG.

I make a motion to adopt the ordinance.

All seconds.

Hearing none, please record your vote.

Motion approved.

An ordinance authorizing the city manager to expend funds and amount of 45,561 dollars with Whiteside of St.

Clairsville, Ohio for the purchase of a 2026 GMC Sierra pickup truck for the water department to be charged to water vehicle replacement fund.

Move for adoption of the ordinance.

Any questions or discussion?

Please record your vote.

Motion approved.

An ordinance authorizing the city manager to expend funds an amount of $29,391 with Whiteside of St.

Clairsville, Ohio for the purchase of a 2026 Chevrolet Trail Belezer for the water department to be charged a water vehicle replacement funds.

I would I would move to adopt the ordinance.

A second.

Please record your vote.

Motion approved.

An ordinance authorizing the city manager to expend funds in the amount of 459,300 with raise international ink of Shady Side, Ohio for demolition of Clay School to be charged as follows.

$319,440 to the West Virginia D Lap grant and $139,860 to the project fund.

I'll move to adopt the ordinance.

I second.

Is there any discussion?

We should just take a brief moment to enjoy this vote.

Other than that, let her rip.

Any further discussion?

Yeah, Mr.

Handers, there are a timetable idea.

Yes, we have a deadline with the DLAP program.

I believe it's September 1st.

Is that right?

The project has to be underway by May 17th and completed by September 1st.

Okay, thank you.

Any further questions?

Please record your vote.

And that motion certainly is approved and welcomed.

Thank you.

And that concludes unfinished business.

Thank you.

We do have the Hall of Fame minutes from January 13, 2026 that we've held over.

Is there a motion to accept those as received?

So moved.

Second.

Any changes, discussion?

If not, all those in favor signify by saying aye.

Aye.

And those opposed.

And the minutes will be uh accepted as received.

Uh remarks from city council, and we will start tonight with the vice mayor.

Nothing this evening there.

Counselor Farngate.

Yeah, mayor.

I just like to wish good luck to the Wheeling Park uh hockey team as they are in Minnesota for nationals.

Um just a quick rundown of their schedule.

They play tomorrow at 11 45 a.m.

against the Spokane Chiefs.

They play Wednesday at 6 15 against the NWA Ice Hawks.

And uh Thursday, they will play the Gillette Grizzlies at 3 45 p.m.

So good luck to them and hope they bring us back a national championship.

Absolutely.

Councilor Palmer.

Thank you, Mayor.

Uh tomorrow evening will restart the uh Crime Watch meetings in Ward 6, 5 30 p.m.

at the Elm Grove Civics.

Also, I'd like to take a moment to uh regretfully report you know, we all know Charlie Blues passed away.

Charlie was a great guy.

He loved the city of Wheeling.

I was fortunate enough by chance encountered to meet his niece um over the weekend.

And um they just spoke, you know, his family just spoke about his love for the city of Wheeling.

And Charlie will definitely be there.

I just wanted to take a moment to recognize Charles.

God bless you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Councillor Sarah.

Uh nothing to miss even.

Councillor Seidler.

Nothing's not counselor Kane.

Nothing tonight.

Quiet evening at St.

Patrick's Day.

Um, we have no committee reports this evening.

Uh that brings us down to the report of the city manager, Mr.

Heron.

Uh, thank you, Mayor.

Under original propositions, item number four, uh, the Arnold uh fire equipment uh ordinance.

This is for uh turnout gear for the uh Wheeling Fire Department.

The city has received a FEMA grant uh for this uh purchase.

Unfortunately, with the government shutdown, we have not been able to process that grant, but we do have city invoices that we'd like to get paved paid.

Um, and so therefore I would respectfully request that council consider two readings on this ordinance this evening.

Uh it is a uh uh reimbursement, it's included in the ordinance.

So we uh obviously FEMA will at some point in time be back in business, in which case we'll we will receive funding for this, but we do need to get moving uh forward with this uh purchase at this time if if council is so inclined.

Um, as the mayor indicated, we're happy to be back in the uh council chambers this evening.

Uh they look great.

Appreciate the uh county uh staff and their work uh in getting new carpeting painting and obviously the new ceilings and lights and uh HVAC is all uh working out very nicely.

Uh, we do anticipate that the finance department will be able to move into their uh space within the next two to three weeks.

So uh we're uh seeing the finish line of this project.

Uh I think the last two areas are the uh uh water utility uh and accounting uh department as well as the finance department, and there's just some tweaking that needs to be done there, but they should be back here in the next uh few weeks.

And then uh comment was made about the Clay School and the West Virginia DLAP program.

Very happy to report that the state legislature included in their budget 10 million dollars for this program.

The governor has signed that budget, so there will be another allocation of DLAP money available for the entire state.

Uh so you know, we you know it has to be divvied up around the state, but the city of Wheeling has been a huge benefactor of this program.

We've had, I think, three residential uh demolition contracts utilizing DLAP funding.

The Wheeling Inn was demolished with uh DLAP funding, and now the Clay School has been is going to be demolished with uh with uh DLAP funding.

So we're very thankful that A, we've had those funds, but B that the state legislature saw the value of that program as well as the governor and has funded it for another year.

Uh so and we do anticipate submitting an application for additional funding as well.

You do, yes, and then in uh breakout.

The highest priority is residential because they have a statutory requirement that uh like the 10 million dollars would be divided so many ways, and the average demolition would be 12,000, which is a residential.

So the focus clearly is on residential, but as funds they they do have a carve out, or they had a carve out with the original program for commercial uh uh properties.

I don't recall what that was overall, but it was statewide, and we were fortunate enough to get two projects in and that's my report, Mayor.

Thank you.

Any questions of the city manager?

Thank you, Mr.

Harry.

Under the report of other officers tonight, we have three board minutes from motion to uh accept those as received.

Um we want to hold them over or accept them as received.

I'll make a motion to hold those over.

Oh okay.

I'm sorry.

Second second discussion.

All those in favor single saying aye.

Aye, those opposed.

We will hold those over the next meeting.

There are none.

There are none.

Original proposition an ordinance authorizing the city manager to expend funds in the amount of 85,050 with Metron of Boulder, Colorado for new cell cellular registers for water meters to be charged to water, an ordinance authorizing the city manager to expend funds in the amount of 19,221 dollars with TS Elliott LLC contracting of Wellsburg, West Virginia for carport enclosure for screw press to be charged to water pollution control division, an ordinance authorizing the city manager to expend funds on the amount of $38,500 with ICR equipment at the Air Ohio for a telehandler for water pollution control department to be charged to WPCD replacement vehicle funds, an ordinance authorizing the city manager to expend funds and amount of $76,563 and 23 cents with Arnold Fire Fire Equipment LLC of Honey Brook, Pennsylvania for fire protection gear to be charged to public safety.

I'll make a motion for a second reading.

Those opposed, we'll have a second reading.

An ordinance authorizing the city manager to expend funds in the amount of $76,563.23 cents with Arnold Fire Equipment LLC of Honeybrook, Pennsylvania for fire protection gear to be charged to public safety.

Move for adoption of the ordinance.

Any discussion.

A resolution of the council of the city of Wheeling approving the fiscal year 2026-2027 general fund budget.

I would motion for a second read.

Should be a motion for so we have a motion to adopt.

I'm sorry, a motion to adopt the resolution.

Is there any discussion?

Once again, hearing none, I'd ask you to please record your votes.

My resolution is approved.

A resolution of the council of the city of Wheeling approving the fiscal year 2026-2027 coal severance budget.

I make a motion to adopt the ordinary resolution.

Once again, hearing none, I'd ask you to please record your votes.

And that concludes the original proposition.

Thank you.

We have uh no one signed up this evening.

So we're going to order the business on your agenda.

Is there a motion for adjournment?

I'll make that motion.

So those in favor.