Morgantown

Top issues

The five most-discussed unresolved issues, ranked by recorded discussion time (a measure of importance and contention), then by how many meetings they came up in.

Issues on upcoming agendas

Issues linked from the meetings scheduled in the next 10 days.

Recent updates

Issues with new information found in the last 7 days, newest first.

Upcoming meetings

Recent meetings

One page per meeting, summarizing every record we have of it (agenda, minutes, video and transcript).

Issues with near term decisions

Long running topics

No actions pending

Completed

Sources

Where the data comes from

• City website: https://www.morgantownwv.gov (City of Morgantown, Monongalia County).
• Agenda Center for all boards: https://www.morgantownwv.gov/AgendaCenter. About 40 bodies are listed by category; agenda PDFs have text, while minutes PDFs are scanned images.
• Meeting video: City of Morgantown YouTube channel, https://www.youtube.com/@CityofMorgantown (videos and streams tabs). City agendas say meetings are broadcast live there. Video dates on the pages come from the video titles.
• Collected 2026-11-04 (added at Dewey's request).

Governing body

• Mayor Danielle Trumble; Deputy Mayor Mark Downs; Councilors Joe Abu-Ghannam, Jodi Hollingshead, Louise Michael, Jenny Selin and Gail Taylor (Seventh Ward, sworn in 2026-10-06). Ward assignments of the other councilors are unverified.
• City Manager Jamie Miller; Assistant City Manager Emily Muzzarelli; City Attorney Ryan Simonton; City Clerk Christine Wade.
• Development Services Director Rickie Yeager; City Planner Seth Cardwell; Zoning Administrator Sailor Thompson.
• Planning Commission: President Peter DeMasters, Vice President Bill Petros. Board of Zoning Appeals: Chair Chris Benison, Vice Chair Heidi Cook.
• Schedules are inferred from observed dates, not from an official schedule page: City Council regular meetings on the first and third Tuesdays at 7:00 PM, Council Chambers, 389 Spruce St (a special meeting often precedes; a work session or exploration session may fall on a fifth or fourth Tuesday); Planning Commission second Thursday; Board of Zoning Appeals third Wednesday at 6:30 PM; Land Reuse and Preservation Agency around the fourth Thursday.

Data quality notes

• Minutes are scanned images. Only the 2026-10-06 Council minutes were read in full (visually), and the 2026-10-05 Board of Zoning Appeals minutes were read on pages 1, 4 and 7 of 7. Council agendas were read for the listed dates, but votes were not read for 2026-09-01, 2026-09-15, 2026-10-20 or 2026-10-27.
• About 20 other boards are listed by date only.
• Source inconsistencies: the 2026-10-06 minutes name different ICC Building Code Board of Appeals appointees in the special and regular meeting minutes; the surveillance systems ordinance first reading appears on both the 2026-10-06 and 2026-11-10 agendas; the 2026-10-05 Board of Zoning Appeals minutes mention a variance (VAR26-088) that is not in the agenda text.
• Videos have captions pending. Placeholders dated after 2026-11-04 are unverified. Cancelled: Board of Zoning Appeals 2026-09-16 and Planning Commission 2026-10-08 (no pages).
• Meeting pages begin with 2026-09-01. Zoning cases are cited by case number only.