2026-09-29 - City Council Special Meeting
Summary
Built from the City's posted agenda and YouTube auto-generated captions of the full meeting (about three minutes). No minutes are posted.
- Called to order at 7:00 PM with five members present: Mark Downs (Deputy Mayor), Danielle Trumble (Mayor), Jodi Hollingshead, Louise Michael and one other member (name garbled in the captions). The one item of new business was consideration of a Seventh Ward council member. See Seventh Ward Council Vacancy.
- A motion to appoint Gail Taylor as the Seventh Ward council member was seconded and passed 5-0 on a roll call. Taylor will be sworn in at the next meeting.
- Taylor thanked the council, spoke of getting people of all ages and abilities out on the area's trails, and was welcomed to the team.
- Adjourned at 7:03 PM.
Agenda
Agenda PDF posted; see Sources.
Sources
- Agenda Center: https://www.morgantownwv.gov/AgendaCenter
- Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nr2XdPEmK-I (City of Morgantown YouTube channel)
Transcript
These are auto-generated captions; names and numbers may be misheard.
Transcript
01:59Mhm.
02:19>> 7:00.
02:21All right.
02:22Let's go on.
02:25Well, call this meeting to order. This
02:27is a Morgantown City Council special
02:29meeting. It is Tuesday, September 29th
02:32at 7:00 p.m. Clerk Wade, would you
02:34please call the roll?
02:35>> Yes, Joe Bo Gannum.
02:37>> Present.
02:38>> Jody Hollingshead.
02:40>> Here.
02:42>> Weezie Michael.
02:43>> Here.
02:45>> Jenny Selin.
02:47Deputy Mayor Downs.
02:48>> Here.
02:50>> Mayor Trumble.
02:51>> Here.
02:52>> We have one item of new business for
02:54this special meeting, consideration of
02:577th Ward City Council member.
03:00>> I I move that we appoint Gail Taylor as
03:04the City Council member for the 7th
03:06Ward.
03:06>> Thank you.
03:07>> Second.
03:07>> Thank you.
03:09Discussion?
03:12Clerk Wade.
03:14>> Yes, Joe Bo Gannum.
03:15>> Yes.
03:17>> Jody Hollingshead.
03:19>> Yes.
03:21>> Weezie Michael.
03:22>> Yes.
03:24>> Deputy Mayor Downs.
03:25>> Yes.
03:27>> Mayor Trumble.
03:28>> Yes. Passes 5-0.
03:32Uh Gail, would you like to say anything?
03:35Not obligated. You will do your official
03:38swearing-in, if you accept, at the next
03:40meeting. But, if you would like to say
03:43anything, you are welcome to come to the
03:45podium.
03:46>> And congratulations, by the way.
03:48>> Well, thank you very much. And um it's
03:53I'm excited to join you in this journey
03:55and I
03:57am thinking about all of the wonderful
03:59people that I
04:02meet every day when I'm going
04:04about errands
04:06in the city and
04:09in the county as well. I see people at
04:11the grocery store. I see people
04:16at the gas station
04:18and at the library. Those are my
04:21main spaces where I interact with people
04:25and I know that there is so much that we
04:29have in common and so many great
04:31conversations that we will have and we
04:35will be
04:36doing a lot together
04:38when we get the young people
04:42people of all ages, people of all
04:45abilities out and about after we've
04:49survived a lot in the last few years.
04:53The trails are calling us and this
04:56council has the right stuff to get
04:58people back into the beautiful nature
05:02that this city and county welcomes every
05:05day. So, thank you very much. I very
05:07much appreciate the appointment.
05:09>> Thank you so much. Look forward to
05:10working with you.
05:13>> Welcome to the team.
05:15>> [laughter]
05:16>> Uh, move to adjourn.
05:18>> Second.
05:19>> Thank you.
05:21Adjourned at 7:03.
05:49>> Mhm.