For the City Council meeting on March 7, 2023.

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IMPORTANT NOTE: Due to renovations at Morgantown City Hall, all City Council meetings will be held in the Monongalia County Commission Chambers located on the second floor of the Monongalia County Building at 243 High Street.

• Consideration of APPROVAL of (First Reading) of An Ordinance Amending Section 365.12 of the City Code Describing Gate and Pull Ticket Violations in Parking Facilities  
  • Updates and clarifies the prohibition on avoiding payment for parking in garages by specifying that driving around a gate, or in unauthorized areas, to leave without paying is a violation.
• Consideration of APPROVAL of (First Reading) of An Ordinance Amending City Code Section 105.09 Providing for Election Rooms and Booths.
  • Allows the City Clerk to consolidate polling places when needed for election security or efficiency.
• Consideration of APPROVAL of (First Reading) of An Ordinance Amending the Membership Requirements for the Urban Landscape Commission.
  • Allows anyone who works in the City to serve on the Commission (before members had to be residents).
• Consideration of APPROVAL of A Resolution Authorizing Requests for Congressionally Directed Spending for Downtown Morgantown Crime Prevention.
  • This project would allow for an expanded camera network to deter crime in the downtown, such as vandalism, graffiti, fires, littering, and more.
• Consideration of APPROVAL of A Resolution Authorizing Requests for Congressionally Directed Spending for Morgantown Employee and Family Health Clinic.
  • The project would create a health clinic for City employees and their families to reduce healthcare costs.
• Consideration of APPROVAL of A Resolution Authorizing Requests for Congressionally Directed Spending for Morgantown Housing Creation and Blight Removal.
  • This project would focus on property acquisition in key areas. Properties then would either be rehabbed for low-income or workforce housing or become neighborhood greenspace.
• Consideration of APPROVAL of A Resolution Authorizing Requests for Congressionally Directed Spending for Morgantown Metropolitan Theatre.
  •  This would provide funding to improve lighting and sound improvements at the MET Theatre.
• Consideration of APPROVAL of A Resolution Authorizing Requests for Congressionally Directed Spending for Morgantown Municipal Airport Runway Extension.
  • Funding would support the efforts to extend the runway at Morgantown Municipal Airport.
• Consideration of APPROVAL of A Resolution Authorizing Requests for Congressionally Directed Spending for Morgantown River Trash Removal Initiative.
  • This project is to address the trash that accumulates at the river at the Morgantown Lock and Dam.
    
• Consideration of APPROVAL of A Resolution Authorizing Requests for Congressionally Directed Spending for Morgantown Rail Trail Lighting for Crime Prevention.
  • One of the biggest deterrents of crime is to increase lighting. This project would increase lighting along the most traveled part of the trail.

• Amending the FY 2022-2023 Annual Budget of the City of Morgantown as shown in the revised budget attached hereto and made a part of this Ordinance as the same applies to the General Fund
  • Allocates funds from the Contingency Fund to Municipal Court, City Clerk - Elections, and Fire Department.  Approximately 1.4M is remaining in the Contingency Fund after these allocations.
• Adoption of Annual Budget of the City of Morgantown for the Fiscal Year 2023-2024 
  • This is the required annual budget of the City, which Council must adopt between March 7 and March 28 and submit to the State Auditor.  The Finance Director projects stable revenues, with Business and Occupation Tax and Sales Tax collections at all-time highs, but with few large construction projects, which will limit the City's capital projects in this budget year.
• Letter of Intent to Participate in the 30 x 30 Pledge to Increase the Recruitment, Retention, and Promotion of Women in Policing
  • The initiative is to engage 30% of women in police recruit classes by 2030 and to ensure policing agencies are truly representative of the jurisdictions they serve.