Kingwood requests a new zoning board chairman
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KINGWOOD – Kingwood City Council voted to set up a meeting with the local Zoning Board and ask that a new chairman be selected. The board lost its chairman when Joe Williams won a seat on City Council during the May primary election.
The Zoning Board is responsible for implementing and enforcing zoning regulations or laws. They review land use changes including building permits and variances.
Linda Huggins, representing the Cheat River Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, asked council to sign a Proclamation declaring Sept. 17 to 23 as Constitution Week.
"Dwight Eisenhower was president when on Aug. 2, 1956, Congress requested that he proclaim the week beginning Sept. 17 and ending Sept. 23 of each year as Constitution Week," Huggins said.
She said DAR members celebrate Bells Across America, an annual nationwide event where bells ring in unison on Sept. 17 at 4 p.m. to commemorate the signing of the U.S. Constitution, much as the church bells of Philadelphia rang when the U.S. Constitution was first signed at 4 p.m. Sept. 17, 1787.
Council signed the proclamation.
In other business, Aaron Johnson, head librarian at the Kingwood Public Library, said the library has had water problems, but believes the solution is the new pump that is being installed. He said the pump will be powered by a back-up generator that will automatically kick on if the electricity goes off and the pumps go down.
He also said the library is still waiting on its lottery funds.
"Fifty percent of our funding comes from the lottery funds," he said. "We were supposed to get them the first of July but we haven’t received them yet. We had to draw money from our savings for the past few months. This includes for some payroll."
Johnson said he is hopeful the funding will be received by the end of the month.
No further action was taken.
City Supervisor Craig Watkins said an incident that happened at the transfer station has been referred to the city attorney. He said a truck ran over the curb at the scale and an accident report has been filed.
As a gesture of employee appreciation, council members voted to give city employees Christmas Eve day off. Previously, the staff worked until noon and Christmas Eve was considered a half day holiday. Staff will still be on-call for emergencies.
The next meeting of the Kingwood City Council will be 6:30 p.m. Sept. 8.