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The addendum of 2018/06/25 was arranged and its contents list created by AmeriCorps worker(s) and volunteers prior to its donation. Some boxes are described at the folder level, some at the box level. Some boxes described at the folder level do not contain foldered materials; some boxes described at the box level contain foldered materials. Series titles were derived from the original "box description".
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Morgantown Municipal Records, A&M 3304, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.
Collection includes microfilm copies and original municipal records of the city of Morgantown, West Virginia, from the office of the city clerk.
Sixty-one microfilm reels of Morgantown municipal records kept by the city clerk include city council journals of meetings (1838-2013), ordinance books (1905-2013), resolution books (1990-2013), municipal election records (1979-2013), and deed books (1916-2013). The deed books include not only deeds but also contracts, leases, and agreements. There are records of street annulments, private property sold to the city, and about infrastructure facilities such as traffic lights, buses, the airport, and the water treatment plant.
Addendum of 2018/06/25 includes paper records from the office of the city clerk, and some records which appear to be from the office of the city manager. Types of records include reports, correspondence, publications, financial records, and more. Subjects include Community Development Block Grants, Housing and Urban Development, utilities, sidewalks, the Morgantown Municipal Airport, the Beechurst Power Plant, complaints on a variety of subjects, West Virginia University, state government, transportation, City Council, and a variety of other city functions and services.
It is not clear how much overlap exists between the original accession of microfilm reels and the physical content in the addendum; record books are not present in the addendum.
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Includes material regarding Police Dept., Antenna Site, Budgets, Correspondence, Computer Maintenance Cost, DMV, Police Pension Relief Fund, Litter Cleanup Minutes, Weed Removal, Airport, Annexation Study, Performance Bonds, Parking Districts, Police Dept., Police Computer System, Hartfield, Unsafe Dwellings, Zoning, Housing Authority, Beechwood Park Project, Northern WV Convention and Visitors Bureau, West Run Drainage Basin, WV Agenda, Sale Of Property On Posten Ave, Civil Service Commission, Mgtn Housing Authority, Board Of Education, Municipal Court Ordinance, Morgantown Parking Authority, Parking Study Reports, City Planner Backup City Planner, Zoning, Buffer Zone Ordinance, Street Light Replacement, Personnel And Employee Relations, Public Transportation Division
Includes material regarding Surplus Equipment For Auction, Landfills, Permits, Traffic Commission, Region 6 Planning And Development Council, Police Civil Service Commission, Radio Consol Systems, Bankruptcy Court, Jerome Park Neighborhood Association, Employee Retirement And Benefit Fund, Main Street Historic Preservation, Election Precinct Records, Apmm/ Wvcma Conference 1987, Finance Dept. Tax Records, Traffic Commission, Fire And Police Commission, City Engineer, Building Inspection And Planning, Safety Manual, Sidewalk Improvements, Public Safety Building, Parking, City Code Violations, Waterworks Sewage System, Revenue Bond, Morgantown Sanitary Board, City And Bridge Changes, Ada Compliance, Water Damage Claims, Paving Program
Code Violations, B&O Taxes, Trash Debris, High Grass, Health Code Violations, Code Review, Proposed Sewage Plant, Firefighters, Police Dept. Promotions, Sidewalk, Airport, Mason Dixon Festival, Drug Raid, Abandoned Vehicles, Department Of Highways, Report Of Available Fire Flow To Airport. MUB 1989 Financial Statements, Public Library Budget 89-90, Airport Improvements, Financial Statement Of City 1988, Morgantown Beautification Commission, Budgets, Parks And Rec, Mountaineer Balloon Festival 1989, Student Administration, Taxes And Expenses Correspondence, Historic Tax Credit, City Budget, Rape And Domestic Violence Center 1980-1989, Mainstreet Morgantown, Monongalia Arts Center, General Fund Budget, Broadband Communications, Permit And Gaming On WV River Boats, Transit System, B&O Tax From Power plant, Complaints, Summer Youth Program, Small Cities Block Grant, Office Of Advocacy, Urban Community Development Action Grant, Mason Dixon Festival, MHS Athletic Field Improvements, Janitorial And Window Washing Services Bid Call, Street Opening Permit Manual, Infrastructure Improvements, Public Works, Citizen Complaints, MHS Storm Drain Improvement Bid Call, Design Furnish And Install Heating System Valley Crossing Building Project Manual, Settling Confiscated Weapons, State Grants For Transit System, Police Fireman Fund, Municipal Transit System, Beechurst Power Plant, Morgantown Airport Water Tank
EPA Report White Industrial Park, Watershed Improvement, Sidewalk Construction, WV Government Ethics Act, Telephone Company, Fema, Clintons Underground Bistro/Liquor License, Parking, Consolidated Investment Finds, Business And Occupational Tax, Building Inspection Department, Code Enforcement, Local Apprenticeship For Firefighters, Fire Department Business, Friendship Manor, Public Library, Mason Dixon Festival, Mon County Schools, Municipal, Parade Permits, Parking Meters, Complaints, Training Programs, Colleges Courses For Fire Fighters, Fire Fighter Certification, Overpayment Of Benefits, Workers Comp Insurance, Sick Leave Requests, Abandoned Vehicles, Shelter Homes, Flood Concerns, Annexation Survey Summary Report, Burroughs Street Apartments, Parcel In 7Th Ward, Review Of Court System, Enforcement Of Code, Public Auction Of Property, Alcohol Control Commissioner, Police Budget, Towing Vehicles, Drug Control Grant Program, Rental Rehabilitation Program Grant, Mason Dixon Festival, Riverfront Development Taskforce, Accident Summary, Sanitation Department, Recycling Grant Program, Garbage Collection Regulation, Janitorial Services, Rock Salt Bids, Traffic Control, Road Condition Problems, Surplus Property Auctions
Johnson & Higgins Employees Retirement And Benefit Fund, Proposed Annual Budget 1986-87, City Council Agenda Memos 1985, 1986, And 1987, Proposed Zoning Ordinances, Personnel Rules, Foster Higgins Actuarial Employees Benefit Fund, Employees Assistance training Manual, Memorandum Of Recommendations For Improvements In Accounting Procedures And Internal Accounting Controls, Financial Statements 1982, Employees Assistance Program Administrative Manual And Morgantown City Police Dept., Retirement And Benefit Fund, Employee Group Benefit Health Program, 1988 Claims Filed, 1987 Claims Filed, 1986-87 Claims Filed, Time Reports
Vacation And Sick Summaries, Time Reports, Pension And Retirement Fund Papers, Grievances, Xerox, MUB, Appropriations, Computer Data System, Personnel Rules, Survey On Non-Discrimination Requirements, Employee Retirement And Benefit Fund Booklet, Sidewalk Waivers, Light Installation, Flood Plain Ordinance Appeal, Removal Of Property, Parks And Recreation, Fire Dept., Steam Plant, Complaints And Grievances, Eda Planning Grant, Bartlett House, Complaints, Fire Civil Service Commission, Overtime, Fire Code Violations, Public Safety Building And Parking Garage, Zoning Appeals, Utility Board Minutes, Traffic Hazards, B&O Tax, Morgantown Planning Commission Agenda, Accident Numbers, Sale Of City Real Estate, Solid Waste Disposal Application, Directory Of Urban Public Transportation Service 1988, WV Application Packet 1989, City Of Morgantown Safety Manual, Use Of Bulk Rock Salt For Ice Melting Agent, Morning Talk show Guests, Larry Murray/Ralph Jenkins Wajr Cassette Tape,
Includes Finance Committee, Charter Revision Committee, City Solicitor, Committee Of A Whole, Building And Zoning Committee (1967-1977), Airport And Transportation Committee, First Ward Councilmen, Second Ward Councilmen, Third Ward Councilmen, Fourth Ward Councilmen, Fifth Ward Councilmen, Sixth Ward Councilmen, Seventh Ward Councilmen
Includes Comprehensive Plan For The City Of Morgantown; West Virginia And Its Urbanizing Area 1961; Proposed Revisions For Morgantown Zoning Ordinance; Maps; Morgantown Recreation Improvement Summary Sheet; Documents About Ventilation Systems; Submittal Sheets For Knepps Park Pool 1976; Contract Agreements; Contracts And Correspondence Relating To Knepps Park Pool; Drawings; Specifications For Equipment And Work At Krepps Park Pool 1974; Whalen King, Architect; Recreation Improvement Project; City Park Master Plan (1974); Highways; Specifications For General Construction Morgantown City Garage (1975); Water; City Garage; Community Development; Block Grant; Federal Department Of Housing And Urban Development (1974); Landfill; Morgantown Ice Skating Rink Report (1976); Application For Federal Assistance For Ice Skating Rink; Canvass Related To Operation Of Ice Rink; A Study Of The Need For An Artificial Indoor Ice Skating Rink For Morgantown (1970); Recreation Survey Results; Parks And Recreation Improvement Levy