Municipal Home Rule Board

The Municipal Home Rule Board is charged with selecting up to five cities to participate in a five-year pilot program. It consists of six members: The governor or a designee; the West Virginia Development Office director or a designee; the chairmen of the Senate and House government organization committees; and representatives of the state Business and Industry Council, AFL-CIO and certified planners. The governor appoints representatives for the Business and Industry Council, AFL-CIO and certified planners.

The members are:

• Nick Sparachane, Wheeling mayor (governor's designee)
• Jon Amores, deputy secretary of commerce and former Kanawha County delegate (Development Office director's designee)
• Delegate Jim Morgan, D-Cabell
• Sen. Ed Bowman, D-Hancock
• Floyd McKinley Sayre, Martinsburg (Business and Industry Council representative)
• Brian Jones, Professional Firefighters of West Virginia, Morgantown (AFL-CIO representative)
• Chris Fletcher, planning director for city of Morgantown (Certified Planners representative)