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Municipal Home Rule Board

December 21, 2007 @ 10:13 PM

BRYAN CHAMBERS

The Herald-Dispatch

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)