* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [1. Call to Order] [00:00:04] CALL THIS JEAN IF YOU, UH, SORRY. ROLL CALL PLEASE. . EVERYONE'S PRESENT. I WANT GO THROUGH IT. ALL RIGHT, CHASE, CAN YOU DO THESE PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE? THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA? INEQUALITY STANDS. REVEREND LORD, WATCH OVER DECISIONS TO SEE THAT YOU WATCH EVERY GUIDE. ALL OF OUR, UH, OUREMPLOYEES, UH, FIRST RESPONDERS. WELL, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MAKE SURE YOUR MICROPHONES ARE ON. WE ARE BEING RECORDED. IS THAT CORRECT? ANDY . OKAY. UH, WE HAVE NO PRESENTATIONS. PETITIONS FROM CITIZENS. PETITIONS FROM CITIZENS. SEEING OR HEARING NONE WILL MOVE ON. RECEIVE AND FILE REPORTS. MINUTES CORRESPONDING AND THE FOLLOWING ARE NONE. REPORTS [8. Reports of Council as a Whole Committee] OF COUNCIL AS A WHOLE COMMITTEE APPROVE AND DENY. MARCH 13TH, 2025. COUNCIL AS A WHOLE COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES. MOVE TO PROOF. SECOND. FIRST. SECOND. ANY QUESTION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED REPORTER, [9. Report of Mayor] THE MAYOR. I'D LIKE TO SCHEDULE A SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON APRIL 15TH ON MY ANNIVERSARY 2025 AT FI. WHEN DID THAT COME UP? START THE WHOLE AIR . APRIL. IT'S MY 25TH. IT'S MY 25TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY. , EVERY CITY COUNTY AWARD MEETS THAT NIGHT. SPECIAL. WHAT IS A SPECIAL SCHEDULE? A SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON APRIL 15TH, 2025 AT 5:00 PM TO OFFICIALLY LAY OUT THE 20 25 20 26 LEVY AS REQUIRED BY THE WEST VIRGINIA CODE. 11 DASH EIGHT DASH 14 A AND OTHER BUSINESSES NEEDED BOARD OF CITY ATTORNEY. NOTHING. REPORT YOUR HONOR. BOARD OF CITY MANAGER, NOTHING UNFINISHED [12. Unfinished Business] BUSINESS. THIRD AND FINAL READING OF ORDINANCE 2025 DASH OH TWO. TO ACCEPT THE PETITION OF ANNEXATION BY THAR LLC FOR ANNEXATION OF UNINCORPORATED TERRITORY LOCATED IN BERKELEY COUNTY INTO THE CORPORATE BOUNDARIES OF THE CITY OF MARTINSBURG. SO, MOVE BY TITLE ONLY. SECOND IT THE MORNINGS TO ACCEPT THE PETITION TO ANN STATION BY LLC FOR ANY STATION OF UNINCORPORATED TERRITORY LOCATED IN BERKELEY COUNTY INTO THE CORPORATE BOUNDARIES OF THE CITY OF ATO. ALL IN FAVOR? A. AYE. OPPOSED? OPPOSED. NEW [13. New Business] BUSINESS PROVEN DENIED. 26 MILLION. $11,071 GENERAL FUND BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025. 2026. MOVE TO APPROVE THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET. SECOND. ANY QUESTIONS? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED, APPROVE AND DENY. 82,000 COLD SEVERANCE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025. 2026. MOVE TO APPROVE. SECOND. ALL. ANY QUESTIONS? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. THOSE OPPOSED APPROVE AND DENY $1,000,100. FIRE EMS BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025. 2026. MOVE TO APPROVE. SECOND. ANY QUESTIONS? DID YOU WANNA SAY THAT UP ALL THE WAY? 1,804,661. DOES THAT MATTER? NO, THIS WAS THE FIRE. THIS IS THE FIRE. EMS. YOU SKIPPED A POLICE, SIR. OH 1,100,000. I'M SORRY. SORRY. OH, THAT'S OKAY. OKAY, SO WE, SO WE'RE VOTING ON 13 D NOW. OKAY. THANK YOU. MM-HMM . I HAVE A MOTION. I HAVE A SECOND. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? MOVING BACK TO 13 C, PROVEN AND DENY $1,000,804 AND $66 AND 1 6660 $1. POLICE LEVY FUND BUDGET. YEAR FISCAL YEAR. 2025. 2026. MOVE TO APPROVE. SECOND. ANY QUESTIONS? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? SO WE MOVE ON TO C NOW, CORRECT. A-A-A-A-E I'M LOSING MY EYES TOO. APPROVE AND DENY 7,250,000 SALES TAX FUND BUDGET FOR TWO FISCAL YEAR 2025. 2026. [00:05:02] MOVE TO APPROVE. SECOND. ANY QUESTIONS? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? APPROVE AND TO DENY $11,250,000 WATER SEWER FUND BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025. 2026. MOVE TO APPROVE. SECOND. ANY QUESTIONS? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. THOSE OPPOSED PROVEN DENY $2,850,000 SANITATION FUND BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025. 2026. MOVE TO APPROVE THE SANITATION FUND BUDGET. SECOND. ANY QUESTIONS? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED PROVEN DENY 310,000 PARKING FUND BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025. 2026. MOVE TO APPROVE. SECOND. ANY QUESTIONS? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED PROVEN DENY 2,265,000 STORMWATER BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025. 2026. MOVE TO PROOF. SECOND. ANY QUESTIONS? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? NO DENY $643,006 $643,636 AND 43 CENTS. MORAL HOPE FUND BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025. 2026. MOVE TO APPROVE. SECOND. ANY QUESTIONS? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED. PROVEN DENIED RESOLUTION 2025 DASH OH ONE EMPLOYEE WAGE SCALE AND POSITION CLASSIFICATION ADJUSTMENTS INCLUSIVE OF 3% COLA EFFECTIVE FISCAL YEAR 25 26. MOVE TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION 20 25 0 1 EMPLOYEE WAGE SCALE. SECOND. ANY QUESTIONS? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED PROVEN DENIED PURCHASE OF TIMCO SWEEPER HEAD FOR STREET SWEEPER $17,169 AND 88 CENTS. MOVE TO APPROVE. SECOND. ANY QUESTIONS? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED PROVEN TO DENY REVISED PURCHASE AGREEMENT AND RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL WITH BERKELEY. POST NUMBER 14, AMERICAN LEGION INC. AS AUTHORIZED BY ORDINANCE 2024 DASH OH NINE. MOVE TO APPROVE. SECOND. ANY QUESTIONS? YEAH, COULD SOMEONE EXPLAIN, SUMMARIZE MORE THOROUGHLY? ALRIGHT, SO AS, AS WE ALL RECALL WHEN WE INITIALLY WERE GOING TO PURCHASE THE PARCEL A IN THIS, IT WAS OUR BELIEF THAT THE LEGION WAS GOING TO USE THE PARCEL BEING AND PURCHASE THE CHURCH AS THEIR, UH, SETTLE. UH, WITHOUT US KNOWING AND WITHOUT COMING TO US ABOUT THE REMAINING OF THE PROPERTY. THEY HAD ENTERED INTO AN AGREEMENT TO SELL THE PROPERTY TO A ROOFING COMPANY THAT WAS GOING TO USE THAT AS A LAY DOWN LOCK, WHICH IS PROBABLY NOT, UH, ALLOWABLE UNDER OUR ORDINANCE. AND THEY WERE BY THE CHURCH. WELL THAT FELL THROUGH AND NOW WE'VE COME BACK AND WE HAD THE PURCHASE AGREEMENT, WHICH IS VERY SIMILAR TO THE FIRST ATTORNEY WE HAD BEFORE, BUT WE DID REQUEST TO WRITE A FIRST REFUSAL SO THAT WE WOULDN'T HAVE THAT ISSUE IF THEY TRIED TO SELL THAT OTHER PIECE OF THE PROPERTY. SO THIS IS ACTUALLY GIVING THE CITY A LITTLE BIT MORE PROTECTION ON CONTROL THAT PROPERTY THAN IT WOULD'VE BEEN OTHERWISE. THANK YOU. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED NO PROVEN DENY CONTRACT WITH GROVES CLEANING SERVICES FOR EIGHT 20 BOSTON STREET PUBLIC WORKS. $700 MONTHLY PREVIOUSLY BUDGETED. MOVE TO PROOF. SECOND. ANY QUESTIONS? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAVE ANYTHING FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION, DO WE? OKAY. UH, THEN WE ARE ADJOURNED, SIR, YOUR HONOR. UH, COULD THAT BE THE SHORTEST MEETING EVER? * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. 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