City Council

September 28, 2021 The regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Fairmont was held at 7:00 p.m. on the 28th day of September, 2021, at the Public Safety Building located at 500 Quincy Street in Fairmont, West Virginia. Mayor Mainella called the meeting to order. Councilmembers present were: First District Joshua D. (Josh) Rice Second District Anne E. Bolyard Third District Karl (David) Kennedy Fourth District Richard (Rick) Garcia Fifth District Barry H. Bledsoe Sixth District Gia Deasy Seventh District Nicholas (Nicky) Cinalli Eighth District Thomas (Tom) Mainella Ninth District Donna M. Blood Also present were: City Manager Valerie A. Means City Clerk Janet L. Keller City Attorney Kevin Sansalone Fire Chief Ed Simmons Director of Planning Shae Strait IN RE: OPENING CEREMONIES Rev. Brad Bennett gave the invocation followed by the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag led by Councilmember Rice. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Mayor Mainella noted that each member of Council had received a copy of the minutes from the Regular Meeting held on September 14, 2021. He asked if there were any corrections, deletions, or amendments. Councilmember Blood moved to approve the minutes as submitted. The motion was seconded by Councilmember Rice. The Mayor declared the minutes approved as submitted by voice vote of Council. IN RE: PUBLIC APOLOGY FROM MAYOR MAINELLA Mayor Mainella stated that he wanted to address the ugly incident that he was involved 1 in on September 10, 2021. He said that it was 100% his fault, it was all on him, and he accepts the responsibility. He said that he wants to apologize to the Bombards, all of them, to the staff of the City of Fairmont who had to suffer through the hate calls and hate emails that they have received, to the Police Department that for some reason he involved them in that incident, and he also apologized to his family because they have received the same hate calls that we have all received. He said that he sincerely apologized to everyone at City Council, the staff, the Police Department, and to the Bombards and he was very sorry it happened. He added that it was terribly embarrassing and unbecoming for the Mayor of the City of Fairmont to act like that and he is sincerely sorry for what he allowed to happen. Councilmember Rice thanked Mayor Mainella for his apology. PUBLIC HEARINGS IN RE: AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FAIRMONT PROVIDING FOR AND AUTHORIZING THE TRANSFER AND CONVEYANCE OF A CERTAIN PARCEL OF REAL ESTATE SITUATE IN THE CITY OF FAIRMONT, FAIRMONT DISTRICT, MARION COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA, TO-WIT: PCL 1 OR LOT MONROE ST MAP 03-01 PARCEL 0234 FAIRMONT CITY DISTRICT, MARION COUNTY, WV FROM MAIN STREET FAIRMONT, INC., TO THE CITY OF FAIRMONT; AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AND DELIVER THE TRANSACTIONAL DOCUMENTS ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF FAIRMONT; RATIFICATION Pursuant to a notice duly published in the Times-West Virginian on September 17, 2021, a public hearing was convened to obtain citizen input on a proposed ordinance providing for the transfer of the AJ Building on Monroe Street to the City of Fairmont from Main Street Fairmont. The Mayor asked if anyone present desired to speak to the proposed ordinance. TIM LIEBRECHT , Director of Main Street Fairmont, spoke in favor of the proposed ordinance. He said it was an honor and a privilege to work with the City of Fairmont as we worked to complete common objectives and common ends and this has been a great process working together. He said this speaks to the great leadership and foresight of the City and the progressive stands that the City has taken on making sure that blight is addressed and this is an opportunity for us together to move the City forward. He noted that he was excited for the next phases with this building and the future life to come to Monroe Street. There being no one else to speak, the public hearing was called to a close at 7:07 p.m. 2 IN RE: AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FAIRMONT PROVIDING FOR AND AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE/TRANSFER OF A CERTAIN PARCEL OF REAL ESTATE SITUATE IN THE CITY OF FAIRMONT, FAIRMONT DISTRICT, MARION COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA, TO-WIT: 1.284 AC COAL RUN (PLAT 524-19) MAP 03-01 PARCEL 123 FAIRMONT CITY DISTRICT, MARION COUNTY, WV 102 BENONI AVENUE FROM THE ARC OF MARION COUNTY, D/B/A THE DISABILITY ACTION CENTER TO THE SANITARY BOARD FOR THE CITY OF FAIRMONT APPROVING THE FORM OF THE TRANSACTIONAL DOCUMENTS; AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AND DELIVER THEM ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF FAIRMONT; RATIFICATION Pursuant to a notice duly published in the Times-West Virginian on August 27, 2021, a public hearing was convened to obtain citizen input on a proposed ordinance providing for the transfer of the DAC at 102 Benoni Avenue to the City of Fairmont Sanitary Board. The Mayor asked if anyone present desired to speak to the proposed ordinance. Ms. Means spoke in favor of the proposed ordinance as the City Manager and as Chairman of the Sanitary Board and to let Council know that the Sanitary Board did also approve, through a resolution, this transaction. There being no one else to speak, the public hearing was called to a close at 7:08 p.m. ANNOUNCEMENTS IN RE: UPDATE CITY CHARTER REQUESTED Councilmember Bledsoe stated that the City Charter was ratified in 1976 and it has had some changes since then. He said that the City Charter is outdated and he believes there are a lot of things that need to be looked at to see if we need to change portions of it. He then suggested that a committee be put together to go over our Charter, line by line, and make recommendations to changes. He said that those changes would come to Council for approval but then be voted on in an election. He asked the City Attorney if he was correct. Mr. Sansalone said that it depends. He said if you are going the short-cut method, there are ordinances that you adopt modifying it and if no one objects at the public hearing or within ten (10) days after the date of the public hearing and they do not withdraw their objections, then it would be necessary to present the Charter changes to the public at the next municipal election, otherwise, they would just go into effect similar to the Charter change that was recently adopted with regard to the residency of the Clerk. 3 Councilmember Bledsoe said again he would like to see a committee put together to look at the City Charter and go from there. IN RE: DANCING WITH THE STARS FUNDRAISER Councilmember Deasy announced that the United Way Dancing with the Stars has been postponed but not cancelled. She said that hopefully they will be able to pull off that big fundraiser in January. IN RE: CHAMBER LUNCHEON REGARDING WVU MEDICINE Councilmember Deasy reported that several Councilmembers were in attendance at the luncheon hosted by WVU Medicine. She said that it was exciting to hear that the goals to improve medical opportunities across the state to be pretty state-of-the-art and to be delivered in rural areas as they are in Morgantown. She said that made everyone feel a little more comfortable in light of where we are with the pandemic and ensuring that all rural areas have good hospital care. IN RE: TRICK-OR-TREAT DATE Councilmember Cinalli stated that he had a few calls about the date for trick-or-treat but after talking with the City Manager and she mentioned that she only changes due to weather or high school football games so he was pretty sure that it was going to stay on Sunday, October 31st. IN RE: SPEED HUMPS REQUESTED FOR PEACOCK LANE Councilmember Cinalli said that he also received calls about lowering the speed limit and/or installing speed humps on Peacock Lane. IN RE: RECYCLING QUESTION Councilmember Cinalli stated that he was not aware that our recycling does not actually go to recycling, if he understood it right. Ms. Means replied no, just the yard waste, which is what she was asked about. She noted that there is recycling but she was asked about yard waste. She added that yard waste does not get composted or recycled. IN RE: DEVELOPMENT ALONG THE GATEWAY CONNECTOR REQUESTED Councilmember Cinalli said he had his drive around with the City Manager in which he learned so much about Fairmont that he didn’t know. He said that there are only 9 square miles in Fairmont and finally when they made it over to the Connector, he asked why the greenspace area along the Connector was not developed. He said that the Director of Planning was working on possibly a Comprehensive Plan Amendment to 4 possibly get some of that changed that could be worked on. Mr. Strait said that they have not begun the process yet but the Planning Commissioners have mentioned the same concern about zoning particularly around the Gateway, however, our Future Land Use Map which was adopted by City Council in 2018 does not show or request any zoning changes to that area. In order for us to justify, under State Law, the rezoning of any property within that area, we would then need to amend the Future Land Use Map and to do so would require the Comprehensive Plan Amendment. He added that it takes a lot of time because of the public input process to make sure we give as much time as possible for our citizens to comment on any potential changes and also conduct public hearings about it. Councilmember Cinalli noted that he was happy to hear that something could possibly be done with that. IN RE: HOME TOWN MARKET Councilmember Blood reported that October 23rd is the last Home Town Market for this season. She encouraged everyone to attend and visit the vendors. Councilmember Blood also mentioned that in conjunction with Home Town Market, Senator Manchin will be there for the Purple Heart Ceremony which will be at 10:30 a.m. IN RE: NOTEWORTHY SWEETS The Mayor reported that Fairmont lost another downtown business, Gwen and Mike Hoffmaster retired from Noteworthy Sweets. Their last day was one day last week. He extended congratulations to them on their retirement and said hopefully someone else will come in and do what they did. CITIZENS PETITIONS IN RE: CODE COMPLAINT ANTHONY HORTON , 914 Lewis Street, addressed Council to file a formal complaint for property that is across the street from Morningstar Baptist Church, located at 202 Grafton Street. He reported that the front of the building has fallen down and has been that way for three months. He noted that it was a simple property maintenance violation. He asked Code Enforcement to go out and cite these people and get this property cleaned up. Councilmember Bledsoe asked if he contacted Code Enforcement to report this structure before coming to Council. Mr. Horton replied no. Councilmember Bledsoe said that would be the way to go to contact them. He said that 5 Code Enforcement is very responsive. IN RE: MAYOR MAINELLA ’S APOLOGY SAMANTHA CHADWELL , Riverwood Circle, addressed Council regarding the video involving the Mayor from September 10th. She thanked the Mayor for apologizing. She went on to say that this is the third time that she has had to come to Council to talk to the other contemporaries about similar issues and she did not understand why we don’t have anything in our Charter or Rules on Conduct Unbecoming that states violations of social media and those types of things. She mentioned that Council needs to add something to the Charter for this rule and that the City can move past what has happened. IN RE: PAVING OF STREETS JONATHAN WORTZ, 930 East Park Avenue, addressed Council regarding the Street Maintenance Fee and the paving of the streets. He suggested that before the City repaves the streets maybe the utility department could look at the utility lines under the street instead of paving the streets and then digging up the road to make repairs. He said that Field Street was recently paved and then a couple month after that a sewer pipe busted and the newly paved street was dug up and then patch it. CITY MANAGER ’S REPORT IN RE: DEMOLITION BIDS Ms. Means reported that bids were opened for our 24 structures at a cost of $258,288. She noted that these structures will make up the bulk of what we want to do for this year according to our new policy and procedures. She mentioned that Council does receive every week a copy of the raze or repair report and a lot of the structures that end up on that demolition list come from that process. The Mayor told the City Manager that if the City decides to tear more houses down and you need the money, he thought Council would be agreeable for amending the budget to put some more in. CONSIDERATION OF COUNCIL BUSINESS IN RE: ADOPTION, AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FAIRMONT PROVIDING FOR AND AUTHORIZING THE TRANSFER AND CONVEYANCE OF A CERTAIN PARCEL OF REAL ESTATE SITUATE IN THE CITY OF FAIRMONT, FAIRMONT DISTRICT, MARION COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA, TO- WIT: PCL 1 OR LOT MONROE ST 6 MAP 03-01 PARCEL 0234 FAIRMONT CITY DISTRICT, MARION COUNTY, WV FROM MAIN STREET FAIRMONT, INC., TO THE CITY OF FAIRMONT; AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AND DELIVER THE TRANSACTIONAL DOCUMENTS ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF FAIRMONT; RATIFICATION Mayor Mainella entertained a motion for the adoption of an ordinance providing for the transfer of the AJ Hayes Building on Monroe Street to the City of Fairmont from Main Street Fairmont. Motion: Councilmember Rice moved for the adoption of the proposed ordinance. Councilmember Blood seconded the motion. Roll call was taken by the Clerk. The Mayor declared the ordinance adopted by unanimous vote of Council and the ordinance designated as Ordinance No. 1914 was duly adopted. IN RE: ADOPTION, AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FAIRMONT PROVIDING FOR AND AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE/TRANSFER OF A CERTAIN PARCEL OF REAL ESTATE SITUATE IN THE CITY OF FAIRMONT, FAIRMONT DISTRICT, MARION COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA, TO-WIT: 1.284 AC COAL RUN (PLAT 524-19) MAP 03-01 PARCEL 123 FAIRMONT CITY DISTRICT, MARION COUNTY, WV 102 BENONI AVENUE FROM THE ARC OF MARION COUNTY, D/B/A THE DISABILITY ACTION CENTER TO THE SANITARY BOARD FOR THE CITY OF FAIRMONT APPROVING THE FORM OF THE TRANSACTIONAL DOCUMENTS; AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AND DELIVER THEM ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF FAIRMONT; RATIFICATION Mayor Mainella entertained a motion for the adoption of an ordinance providing for the transfer of the DAC at 102 Benoni Avenue to the City of Fairmont Sanitary Board from Main Street Fairmont. Motion: Councilmember Blood moved for the adoption of the proposed ordinance. Councilmember Rice seconded the motion. 7 Discussion: Councilmember Bledsoe asked how much this purchase is going to cost and where the dollars are coming from. Ms. Means replied $300,000 and the cost will be shared between the General Fund at $100,000, the Sewer Board at $150,000, and Storm Water Fund at $50,000. Councilmember Bledsoe said the purchase is to do what eventually. Ms. Means said that the structure will be demolished and possibly some green space or a small retention pond. Councilmember Bledsoe said that the problem he has is that $300,000 is not a small amount of money. He said that we purchase it and then we have additional costs to tear it down and then we don’t do anything with it. He said that his other issue is that is a lot of taxpayer money to buy a piece of property that got flooded and they are able to move to another location, thankfully, but he doesn’t see us buying the bowling alley so he can move to another location and there are houses that have gotten flooded and we are not buying them so they can move to another location. It seems like we want to help them but maybe not an appropriate use of taxpayer money or City funds to bail out the situation just because it’s them and we are not bailing anybody else out. Roll call was taken by the Clerk and the following votes were recorded: Councilmember Bolyard Yes Councilmember Cinalli Yes Councilmember Deasy Yes Councilmember Garcia Yes Councilmember Blood Yes Councilmember Rice Yes Councilmember Bledsoe No Councilmember Kennedy Yes Mayor Mainella Yes The Mayor declared the ordinance adopted by majority vote of Council and the ordinance designated as Ordinance No. 1915 was duly adopted. IN RE: INTRODUCTION, FIRST READING, SET PUBLIC HEARING, AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR AN AMENDMENT TO THE CITY OF FAIRMONT ’S 2021-2022 ANNUAL BUDGET: GENERAL FUND Mayor Mainella entertained a motion and second for the introduction of an ordinance providing for a General Fund Budget Revision. Motion: Councilmember Rice moved for the introduction of the proposed ordinance. The motion was seconded by Councilmember Garcia. 8 The Clerk read the proposed ordinance by synopsis for the first time. The Mayor declared the public hearing set for October 12, 2021. IN RE: INTRODUCTION, FIRST READING, SET PUBLIC HEARING, AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FAIRMONT AMENDING AND SUPPLEMENTING ORDINANCE NO. 1900 DULY ADOPTED JUNE 8, 2021, WHICH ORDINANCE PROVIDES FOR THE CITY OF FAIRMONT ’S CURRENT PAY PLAN AND LIST OF OCCUPATIONAL CLASSES FOR ALL CLASS TITLES AND EMPLOYEES, TO ACCOMMODATE A REORGANIZATION OF THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND TO PROVIDE FOR A BASE PAY INCREASE FOR MUNICIPAL JUDGE Mayor Mainella entertained a motion and second for the introduction of an ordinance amending the City’s current Pay Plan to accommodate a reorganization of the Planning Department and to provide for a base pay increase for the Municipal Judge. Motion: Councilmember Rice moved for the introduction of the proposed ordinance. The motion was seconded by Councilmember Bledsoe. The Clerk read the proposed ordinance by synopsis for the first time. The Mayor declared the public hearing set for October 12, 2021. IN RE: INTRODUCTION, FIRST READING, SET PUBLIC HEARING, AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL FOR THE CITY OF FAIRMONT PROVIDING FOR AN AMENDMENT TO ORDINANCE NO. 1329, CODIFIED AS PART ONE- ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, CHAPTER SEVEN - BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND AUTHORITIES, ARTICLE 159 SANITARY BOARD, OF THE FAIRMONT CITY CODE AND MORE PARTICULARLY SECTION 159.01 CREATED; COMPOSITION THEREOF, TO AMEND THE QUALIFICATIONS OF THE MEMBERS OF THE SANITARY BOARD Mayor Mainella entertained a motion and second for the introduction of an ordinance providing for an amendment to the qualifications of the members of the Sanitary Board. Motion: Councilmember Blood moved for the introduction of the proposed ordinance. The motion was seconded by Councilmember Rice. The Clerk read the proposed ordinance by synopsis for the first time. The Mayor declared the public hearing set for October 12, 2021. 9 IN RE: ADOPTION, A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FAIRMONT CONSENTING TO AND APPROVING THE REORGANIZATION OF THE CITY OF FAIRMONT PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND THE CREATION OF THE POSITION OF ASSISTANT CITY PLANNER (PLANNER I) AND THE REDESIGNATION OF CITY PLANNER TO INCLUDE CITY PLANNER II, AMONG OTHER CHANGES Mayor Mainella entertained a motion for the adoption of a resolution approving the reorganization of the Planning Department and the creation of the Assistant City Planner position and the redesignation of the City Planner. Motion: Councilmember Kennedy moved for the adoption of the proposed resolution. Councilmember Bledsoe seconded the motion. The Clerk read the proposed resolution by synopsis. Discussion: Councilmember Bledsoe said that if we are doing an ordinance in Item #4, isn’t the ordinance we are doing almost the same thing as the resolution. He asked why would we do both. Mr. Sansalone said that under the City’s Personnel Rules, if a reorganization plan is approved by Council by resolution, then some of the positions within the reorganization plan can be filled by promotion. He said that in order to satisfy the Personnel Rules the resolution has been presented to Council for approval consistent with the Personnel Rules. He then said that under the WV Code, all of the City’s compensation plan has to be approved by Council by ordinance so we had to amend the Pay Plan consistent with the reorganization resolution to implement the increases and the new positions that are outlined in the Planning’s reorganization plan. In addition to that, although our budget is adopted by resolution, under our current scheme of things, any modifications that come through the fiscal year have to be approved by Council by ordinance. In order to implement the reorganizational plan, it actually took three Council items to put all of that into place, the modification of the Pay Plan by ordinance, the budget revision by ordinance, and the approval of the actual reorganizational plan by resolution. They are all three consistent with each other and are in tandem to put into effect the recommendations that Mr. Strait has come up to help his department run smoothly and to continue to provide the necessary services to the citizens. The City Manager noted that this is an excellent reorganizational plan and the benefits will see the department grow. Roll call was taken by the Clerk. The Mayor declared the resolution adopted by unanimous vote of Council. 10 IN RE: FAILED, A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FAIRMONT, WEST VIRGINIA REQUESTING THAT THE WEST VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, DIVISION OF HIGHWAYS, REMOVE THE TRAFFIC CONTROL SIGNAL (TRAFFIC LIGHT) AT THE INTERSECTION OF FAIRMONT AVENUE AND FIRST STREET Mayor Mainella entertained a motion for the adoption of a resolution requesting the State of West Virginia remove the traffic signal at the intersection of Fairmont Avenue and First Street. Motion: Councilmember Bledsoe moved for the adoption of the proposed resolution. Councilmember Kennedy seconded the motion. The Clerk read the proposed resolution by synopsis. Discussion: Councilmember Deasy said that the folks that contacted her that live in the apartment above Fox’s Pizza and the business of Rambling Root and some other ones are not requesting that the light be removed. She said the issue is coming up First Street from Walnut and having to cut across and coming out of Fox’s Pizza, a lot of folks coming onto the main road, she had eight different people contact her that said that is not what they are interested in seeing happen. Councilmember Bledsoe said that the people that has talked to him, he doesn’t know where they actually live, said that the light has been there forever but at one time, there were several other businesses there and more traffic coming out of the First Street onto Fairmont Avenue and most times when he travels Fairmont Avenue, if he gets stopped at that light, there is nothing coming out of First Street. Councilmember Rice asked if they were planning to put more apartments in that area. The Mayor said that the Partnership owns the Moose Club Building and, at some point, they will be putting some apartments in there. Councilmember Cinalli asked if there was a censor on the light. The Mayor replied no, it is not a computerized stop signal. Councilmember Deasy said that she comes out that way every single day coming from Walnut Avenue and she comes to that light in order to get out and come downtown. She mentioned that the wait at the light is not troublesome to her and she would rather wait at a light than try to duck out into traffic. 11 Roll call was taken by the Clerk and the following votes were recorded: Councilmember Rice No Councilmember Deasy No Councilmember Bolyard No Councilmember Cinalli No Mayor Mainella No Councilmember Kennedy Yes Councilmember Bledsoe Yes Councilmember Garcia No Councilmember Blood No The Mayor declared the resolution failed by a majority vote of Council. IN RE: FAILED, A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FAIRMONT, WEST VIRGINIA REQUESTING THAT THE WEST VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, DIVISION OF HIGHWAYS, REMOVE THE TRAFFIC CONTROL SIGNAL (TRAFFIC LIGHT) AT THE INTERSECTION OF LOCUST AVENUE AND BELL RUN ROAD Mayor Mainella entertained a motion for the adoption of a resolution requesting the State of West Virginia remove the traffic signal at the intersection of Locust Avenue and Bell Run Road. Motion: Councilmember Rice moved for the adoption of the proposed resolution. Councilmember Bledsoe seconded the motion. The Clerk read the proposed resolution by synopsis. Discussion: Councilmember Bledsoe said what he really was looking for at this light was for the State to do a study on it and maybe do a survey of people who live on Bell Run Road and the side streets. He explained that it was people on Bell Run Road that came to him and said they would like to see the light removed. He said again that he would really like to see a study on it before we vote on a resolution to remove or not remove the light. The Mayor said that after hearing what Albert Wright said about the future development of Fairmont Medical Center, it’s not going to be long to that parking lot is full of employee cars again and there is no traffic control signal at the bottom of the hospital hill. He added that light is computerized with detectors that detect traffic. He said that if no one is coming out of Bell Run Road, it just stays green on Locust Avenue and if a car pulls up to the censor on Bell Run, the light turns red on Locust and lets them out. Councilmember Bledsoe said from what they have told him, it doesn’t always work. He noted that a lot of people are going left and going through the parking lot to get out. He said again that he would just like to see a study and did not want to see that light removed without a study. 12 Councilmember Rice asked if we have ever gotten rid of a stop light. The Mayor said not that he knows of. He said again that the hospital is going to be spending $110 million dollars to renovate the hospital and they said an additional 600 employees within three years and that is going to be a busy area when that happens. The City Manager said that she would recommend that we wait a little bit to see what is happening with the hospital and not do a study now because it will be changing in eight months or a year. Roll call was taken by the Clerk. The Mayor declared the resolution failed by unanimous vote of Council. IN RE: ONE RE-APPOINTMENT, FAIRMONT BUILDING COMMISSION, FIVE-YEAR TERM TO END OCTOBER 31, 2026 Mayor Mainella entertained a motion for one re-appointment to the Fairmont Building Commission for a five-year term to end October 31, 2026. Councilmember Rice moved to re-appoint Jonathan Frantz to the Fairmont Building Commission for a five-year term ending October 31, 2026. The motion was seconded by Councilmember Blood. Roll call was taken by the Clerk. The Mayor declared Jonathan Frantz re-appointed to the Fairmont Building Commission for a five-year term ending October 31, 2026 by unanimous vote of Council. IN RE: ONE APPOINTMENT, FAIRMONT AIRPORT AUTHORITY, UNEXPIRED TERM TO END OCTOBER 1, 2022 Mayor Mainella entertained a motion for one appointment to the Fairmont Airport Authority for an unexpired term ending October 1, 2022. Councilmember Rice moved to appoint Nathaniel Fletcher to the Fairmont Airport Authority for an unexpired term ending October 1, 2022. The motion was seconded by Councilmember Blood. Roll call was taken by the Clerk. The Mayor declared Nathaniel Fletcher appointed to the Fairmont Airport Authority for an unexpired term ending October 1, 2022 by unanimous vote of Council. IN RE: ONE COUNCILMEMBER APPOINTMENT, FAIRMONT PARKS COMMISSION, TERM TO END WHEN COUNCIL TERM ENDS 13 Mayor Mainella entertained a motion for a Councilmember appointment to the Fairmont Parks Commission. Motion: Councilmember Rice moved to appoint Councilmember Garcia to the Fairmont Parks Commission for a term ending when his Council term expires. The motion was seconded by Councilmember Bledsoe. Roll call was taken by the Clerk. The Mayor declared Councilmember Garcia appointed to the Fairmont Parks Commission for a term ending when his Council term expires by unanimous vote of Council. IN RE: ADJOURN TO EXECUTIVE SESSION Mayor Mainella moved that Council adjourn to Executive Session as per WV Code §6- 9A-4(b)(2)(A) and City Charter 2.11 (a)(1)A – to consider matters arising from the appointment, employment, retirement, promotion, transfer, demotion, disciplining, resignation, discharge, dismissal or compensation of a City Officer. The motion was seconded by Councilmember Rice. The Mayor declared the meeting adjourned to Executive Session by voice vote of Council at 7:52 p.m. The Mayor noted that there are no further agenda items to deal with when coming out of Executive Session so no business will be conducted after that. IN RE: MEETING RECONVENED The Mayor declared the meeting reconvened at 8:22 p.m. ADJOURNMENT The Mayor entertained a motion for adjournment. Motion: Councilmember Rice moved to adjourn the meeting. The motion was seconded by Councilmember Garcia. The Mayor declared the meeting adjourned by voice vote of Council at 8:23 p.m. 14