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The Morgantown Fire Civil Service Commission will be administering examinations to establish the list from which future vacancies on the Morgantown Fire Department will be filled.

REQUIREMENTS FOR APPLICANTS:

1. Must pass Agility Testing. Release form signed by physician that applicant is medically fit to participate in testing must be present at Agility testing or candidate will be disqualified. Forms and testing instructions will be mailed to candidates after returning their applications. There will be an Open House on Sept 19th, 2015 and October 3rd, 2015 at the North Side Fire Station to help prepare for the agility test that will be on October 10th, 2015.  More information on the Open House will be sent to all interested applicants.

2.   Must be at least 18 years old.

3.   Must have a high school diploma or GED.

4.   Must be a citizen of the United States.

5.   Must pay a $25.00 application fee for testing materials

6.   Must establish and maintain a permanent residence within a 15 air mile radius of 228 South High Street, Morgantown, WV after serving a one year probationary period, if hired.

7.   Must successfully complete and pass various mandatory examinations.

8.   Veteran Preference Points will be awarded per WV Code 6-13-1.

9.    Will prepare for test with study manual.

Applications may be obtained at the City Clerk’s Office, 389 Spruce Street, Room 10, Morgantown, WV, 26505 by paying the $25.00 fee. In order to be eligible for the upcoming agility test on October 10th, 2015 and the written test on October 17th, 2015 applications must be post marked by September 10th, 2015 and return to the City Clerk’s Office.  If you have any questions please call Mrs. Tucker or Mrs. Carl at (304) 284-7439.

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Municipal Home Rule Board accepting applications for 14 additional cities

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- The Municipal Home Rule Board is now accepting applications for 14 new cities, towns and villages to join the 20 that have already been granted home-rule status.

The Municipal Home Rule Pilot Program was created in 2007 and began with four cities: Charleston, Huntington, Wheeling and Bridgeport. The initial pilot program lasted five years and granted those cities authority to enact ordinances, acts, resolutions, rules and regulations without regard to state law with several exceptions. Home-rule municipalities must still comply with the constitutions of the United States and West Virginia, and some state laws, such as criminal and controlled substance laws, are still off-limits.

Based on its initial success, the 2013 Legislature moved to continue and expand the program to 16 more cities. In October 2014, the Home Rule Board accepted the following cities into the pilot program: Bluefield, Buckhannon, Charles Town, Clarksburg, Dunbar, Fairmont, Martinsburg, Milton, Morgantown, Nitro, Parkersburg, Ranson, Shinnston, South Charleston, Vienna and Weirton.

On March 14, 2015, the West Virginia Legislature expanded the program for a second time when it passed Senate Bill 323, permitting the addition of 14 more municipalities. The bill specified that four of the new municipalities must be class IV, which is the designation for towns or villages with populations of fewer than 2,000 people.

Municipalities seeking home-rule authority may submit applications to the board any time, and there is no deadline to apply. The application must include a written plan outlining which state laws, policies, acts, resolutions, rules or regulations are preventing the municipality to carry out duties in the most cost-effective, efficient and timely manner, as well as specific problems created by the laws and proposed solutions.

The application as well as guidelines and a checklist are now available online at www.wvcommerce.org/homerule. More information about the program is also available there, as well as applications submitted by existing home-rule municipalities.

Home Rule Board Announces 16 New Cities

By Ashton Marra 
WV Public Broadcasting

Home rule legislation was first adopted in the state as a five year pilot program for four cities. In 2013, the program was extended through 2019 and expanded to an additional 16 cities.

Twenty-two cities applied for the 16 spots in May and board members have been reviewing the applications.

Home rule extends certain authority to municipalities they wouldn’t normally have under the state’s Constitution, bringing more power to the local level.
Clarksburg City Manager Martin Howe said Monday now that his city has been accepted, there are two ways his city council plans to use the new authority in the near future.

“One would be how we can go about collecting for demolition fees that we’ve done in the past as well as implementing a one percent sales tax to reduce the burden on some of our retailers and businesses within the city.”

In order to establish a one percent sales tax, cities must reduce their business and occupation taxes.

Including Clarksburg, the 16 new Home Rule cities are Bluefield, Buckhannon, Charles Town, Dunbar, Fairmont, Martinsburg, Milton, Morgantown, Nitro, Parkersburg, Ranson, Shinnston, South Charleston, Vienna and Weirton.

They join the original four cities of Bridgeport, Charleston, Huntington and Wheeling.

America’s Best Communities Prize

Frontier Communications and DISH Network have launched the America's best Communities Prize contest, a ground-breaking campaign, with over $10 million in cash and other rewards - that will drive economic development, revitalization and sustainable growth in small towns and rural communities.

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You've got questions. We've got answers.

Whether you’ve already registered, or you’re still on the fence, we’ll answer all your Community Leadership Academy queries. Join the “Ask the Expert” Live Chat session on Wednesday, September 17 from noon to 1 p.m. on the WVU Extension Service Facebook page.

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