City Council

December 9, 2025 The regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Fairmont was held at 7:00 p.m. on the 9th day of December, 2025, at the Public Safety Building located at 500 Quincy Street in Fairmont, West Virginia. Mayor Bolyard called the meeting to order. Roll call of members was taken by the City Clerk. Councilmembers present were: First District Joshua D. Rice Second District Anne E. Bolyard Third District Rebecca Moran Fourth District Anthony T. Horton Fifth District Charles “Chuck” Warner Seventh District Julia “Julie” Sole Eighth District Bruce McDaniel Ninth District Kandice “Kandi” Nuzum Absent: Sixth District Daniel “Dan” Weber Also present were: City Manager Travis L. Blosser City Clerk Janet L. Keller City Attorney Kevin V. Sansalone Communications Manager David A. Kirk IN RE: COUNCILMEMBER WEBER EXCUSED The Mayor made a motion to excuse Councilmember Weber from tonight’s meeting. The motion was seconded by Councilmember McDaniel. The Mayor declared Councilmember Weber excused by voice vote of Council. IN RE: OPENING CEREMONIES Pastor Marlene Mitchell gave the invocation followed by the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag led by Councilmember Warner. APPROVAL OF MINUTES IN RE: MINUTES FOR THE NOVEMBER 25, 2025 REGULAR MEETING 1 Mayor Bolyard noted that each member of Council had received a copy of the minutes from the Regular Meeting held on November 25th. She asked if there were any corrections, deletions, or amendments. Councilmember Rice moved to approve the November 25, 2025 Regular Meeting minutes as submitted. The motion was seconded by Councilmember McDaniel. The Mayor declared the minutes approved as submitted by voice vote of Council. PUBLIC HEARING S There were no public hearings scheduled for this meeting. ANNOUNCEMENTS IN RE: LOCAL CONCERTS Councilmember Moran reported that there will be a Park Community Band Concert on Monday night at East Fairmont High School. She also reported that the girl’s Tapestry will be performing Sunday afternoon at the First Presbyterian Church. IN Re: FLOOD DAMAGED BUILDING ON LOCUST AVENUE Councilmember Horton asked about the status of the repair and/or removal of the property on Locust Avenue owned by Fairmont State that was part of the flood damage from the June 15th flood. Mr. Blosser said that they are not owned by Fairmont State at the moment, but we are having active ongoing discussions as recently as today with all of the parties involved in that process. He added that hopefully we will have some news around that in the next couple of months. IN RE: TREE LIGHT ING AND CHRISTMAS VILLAGE Mayor Bolyard thanked everyone involved with the tree lighting and the Christmas Village including Main Street Fairmont, the Madrigals at Fairmont Senior High School, Professor Joel Dugan at Fairmont State University and his students in the Art Department bringing all of that to life. She also thanked Chuck Lenhart and the entire Lenhart family for sharing the gift of lights in celebration of the season. IN RE: FEAST OF SEVEN FISHES FESTIVAL The Mayor reminded everyone that this weekend is the Feast of the Seven Fishes Festival and the Hometown Holiday Market in downtown starting December 12th – 13th. IN RE: WREATHS ACROSS AMERICA 2 The Mayor announced that Wreaths Across America will occur on Saturday at 1:00 p.m. at the Maple Grove Cemetery which is a way to honor those that have given to this country the greatest sacrifice. IN RE: CHRISTMAS PARADE Mayor Bolyard reported that the Christmas Parade and the Blessing of the First Responders will be held on Saturday, at 5:00 p.m., at 4th Street. CITIZENS PETITIONS There were no citizens petitions for this meeting. CITY MANAGER ’S REPORT IN RE: CHRISTMAS SEASON Mr. Blosser encouraged the community to get out there and take advantage of kicking off the Christmas season. IN RE: BUDGET SEASON The City Manager said that the City is kicking off the budget season. He told Council to be prepared to start seeing some dates sent out to them around that budget process. IN RE: THIS WEEKEND ’S EVENTS Mr. Blosser thanked all of the folks involved in putting on the different events that will be happening this weekend. IN RE: NEXT COUNCIL MEETING The Manager reminded Council that the next Council meeting will be held next Tuesday, December 16th. He noted that this agenda and the next agenda will be light and the purpose of that is because it is toward the tail end of the year and things will wrap back up into the new year. CONSIDERATION OF COUNCIL BUSINESS IN RE: ONE RE-APPOINTMENT, BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS, THREE- YEAR TERM TO END JANUARY 1, 2029 Mayor Bolyard entertained a motion for a re-appointment to the Board of Zoning Appeals for a three-year term ending January 1, 2029. 3 Councilmember Warner moved to re-appoint David Knapp to the Board of Zoning Appeals for a three-year term ending January 1, 2029. The motion was seconded by Councilmember Nuzum. Roll call was taken by the Clerk. The Mayor declared David Knapp re-appointed to the Board of Zoning Appeals for a three-year term ending January 1, 2029 by unanimous vote of those Councilmembers. IN RE: ONE RE-APPOINTMENT, FAIRMONT SANITARY SEWER BOARD, THREE-YEAR TERM TO END JANUARY 1, 2029 Mayor Bolyard entertained a motion for one re-appointment to the Fairmont Sanitary Sewer Board for a three-year term ending January 1, 2029. Councilmember McDaniel moved to re-appoint Jeffrey Boyles to the Fairmont Sanitary Sewer Board for a three-year term ending January 1, 2029. The motion was seconded by Councilmember Sole. Roll call was taken by the Clerk. The Mayor declared Jeffrey Boyles re-appointed to the Fairmont Sanitary Sewer Board for a three-year term ending January 1, 2029 by unanimous vote of those Councilmembers present. ADJOURNMENT The Mayor entertained a motion for adjournment. Motion: Councilmember Nuzum moved to adjourn the meeting. The motion was seconded by Councilmember Rice. The Mayor declared the meeting adjourned by voice vote of Council at 7:09 p.m. 4