Increased costs cited in city's fire fee hike
Bluefield officials approve a fire protection fee increase to 1984 levels. The ordinance raises the fee 10 percent effective July 1, with residential charges from 20 to 80 dollars based on building size and commercial rates scaled by total square footage. City leaders defend the move as restoring funding needed to balance the budget despite prior reductions.
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Bluefield
Richard Poe
Burton
Paul Oliver
City extends contract period for Princeton street workers
Princeton researchers report the contract period for the street and sanitation employees has been extended to August 1 to allow more bargaining time. Acting City Manager Virginia Wohlford said a three hour meeting with United Steelworkers Local 14809 produced progress but key issues remain unresolved. The union, representing 17 workers, sought a wage increase the city cannot fund, with a counter proposal under discussion.
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Princeton
Virginia Wohlford
Wohlford
United Steelworkers of America Local 14809
Jim Cannon
George Tussy
Ashland
Cannon
Tulsy
Judy Joyce
Donzie Kessinger
Charles Shockley
Donald Walls
Kenny
Insurance firm cleared in Haun Motors case
A jury found Celtic Life Insurance Inc. not liable in a civil suit brought by Jim Haun and Haun Motors over a $34,000 medical claim. Haun alleges nonpayment due to pre existing conditions not disclosed on the application. Haun's attorney criticized the verdict and planned to seek post trial court action.
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Celtic Life Insurance Inc
Jim Haun
Haun Motors
Haun
Charles Pace
Pace
William O. Bivens
Bridge to Bluefield motorists face yearlong closure
A bridge linking Princeton Avenue to Bluefield Princeton Road remains closed after inspectors deemed it structurally deficient. The 44 year old 225 foot span will be renovated at an estimated cost of 300,000 with work expected to finish in fall 1987. Traffic was about 600 vehicles daily with a three ton limit, causing residents to seek alternate routes and petitions for immediate road work.
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Norfolk Southern Corp
W & H Contracting Company
Wayne Frankin
William S. Ritchie
Princeton Avenue
Bluefield
Princeton Road
Gallagher
Dan Boroff
Debbie Goins
Bluefield-Princeton
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