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Mailing Address:
501 Virginia Street, E.
Charleston, WV 25301

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Charleston City Council represents the interests of their constituents by responding to inquiries, suggestions and complaints regarding City programs and services. They govern through legislative, administrative, and financial powers and have the ability to levy taxes, enact resolutions, and exercise budgetary and policy control over city departments.

The 27 Council Members are elected by ward for four-year terms with 21 members representing various wards as determined by ward boundaries and 6 At-Large members serving the entire City. Council has both Majority and Minority Leaders, who are selected by their respective parties during party caucuses. The President Pro-Tempore is elected by the entire City Council.

Charleston City Council meets on the First and Third Monday of the month at 7:00 p.m. and may hold additional meetings and all are open to the public. Meetings are published on this website along with agendas.

Standing committees include Finance, Planning, Parks and Recreation, Streets and Traffic, Environmental and Recycling, Urban Renewal, Public Safety, Ordinances and Rules, Council Committee on City Employees, Civil Service Procedures and the Cemetery Committee.

To request City Council or Committee meeting schedules, wards or any related information, please contact the City Clerk’s office at (304) 348-8179.

Ward Council Person Committee(s) Contact Information
1

Bobby Haas (D)
 
  • Environment & Recycling
  • Planning
  • Streets & Traffic

1586 Sugar Creek Dr.
Charleston, WV  25312
H: (304) 345-2236 bobbyhaas1586@yahoo.com
2

William Kirk (R)
  • Environment & Recycling
  • Facilities
  • Public Safety

1779 Craze Drive
Charleston, WV  25312
H: (304) 343-4020 jubi10@suddenlink.net
3

Joe Deneault (D)
  • Finance
  • Ordinance & Rules
  • Streets & Traffic, Chair

1502 Grandview Drive
Charleston, WV  25302
H: (304) 343-3636 JDeneault@gmail.com
4

Rev. James Ealy (D)
  • Ordinance & Rules
  • Public Safety
  • Urban Renewal

1402 First Avenue
Charleston, WV  25312
H: (304) 343-6360
O: (304) 343-5240
F: (304) 343-5250 jamesealy@hotmail.com
5

Mike Nichols (D)
 
  • Facilities
  • Environment & Recycling 
  • Streets & Traffic 

316 Grove Ave 
Charleston, WV  25302
H: (304) 346-0014 mike.nichols@cityofcharleston.org
6

Edward Talkington (D)
  • Environment & Recycling, Chair
  • Facilities
  • Finance

612 Hall Street
Charleston, WV  25302
H: (304) 342-4020
O: (304) 558-2261 x. 3114
F: (304) 558-4211 ed.talkington@cityofcharleston.org
7

Mike Stajduhar (R)
 
  • Parks & Recreation
  • Planning, Vice-Chair 
  • Urban Renewal

127 Swarthmore Ave 
Charleston, WV  25302
H: (304) 342-8816
W: (304) 348-7214
stajduharmichael@gmail.com

 
8

Bob White (D)
  • Ordinance & Rules
  • Public Safety, Chair 
  • Streets & Traffic

2014 Preston Street
Charleston, WV  25302
H: (304) 344-1958 bobwhite1@suddenlink.net
9

Cubert Smith (I)
  • Environment & Recycling
  • Streets & Traffic
  • Urban Renewal

907 Scenic Drive
Charleston, WV  25311
H: (304) 342-1335 cuberts@yahoo.com
10

Robert Sheets (D)
  • Environment & Recycling
  • Public Safety
  • Urban Renewal

1517 Jackson Street
Charleston, WV  25311
H: (304) 346-1319 robertesheets@aol.com
11

Marc R. Weintraub (D)
  • Streets & Traffic
  • Planning
  • Urban Renewal, Chair

1592 Quarrier Street
Charleston, WV  25311
C: (304) 549-7488 mrweintraub@gmail.com
12

Shannon Snodgrass (D)
 
  • Parks & Recreation
  • Public Safety
  • Urban Renewal

501 Virginia Street, E 
Charleston, WV  25301
W: (304) 545-2032 snodgrassshannon@aol.com
13

Susie Kortz Salisbury (R)
  • Parks & Recreation, Chair 
  • Finance 
  • Urban Renewal

906 Gordon Drive
Charleston, WV  25303
H: (304) 744-4038 susiesalis@aol.com
14

Jack E. Harrison (D)
  • Finance, Vice-Chair
  • Ordinance & Rules, Chair
  • Planning

1116 Shamrock Road
Charleston, WV  25314
H: (304) 345-1177
O: (304) 346-7000
F: (304) 344-9692 jeh@goodwingoodwin.com
15

Courtney Persinger (R)
 
  • Ordinance & Rules
  • Parks & Recreation
  • Planning

1005 Oakmont Rd. 
Charleston, WV  25314
W: (304) 553-1335         H: (304) 344-1265
courtney.persinger@jarrett-construction.com
16

Samuel Minardi (D)
 
  • Environment & Recycling
  • Facilities 
  • Streets & Traffic

526 Bedford Rd. 
Charleston, WV  25314
H: (304) 342-4685          W: (304) 343-4045
sam.minardi@gmail.com
17

Bobby Reishman (R)
  • Facilities, Chair
  • Finance, Chair
  • Public Safety

1409 Somerlayton Drive
Charleston, WV  25314
O: (304) 346-4643
F: (304) 352-5118 robert@reishman.com
18

John H. Miller, Jr. (R)
  • Parks & Recreation
  • Public Safety
  • Finance 

3508 Virginia Avenue
Charleston, WV  25304
H: (304) 925-6486
C: (304) 545-7428 Jhmiller7@yahoo.com
19

Rick Burka (R)
  • Streets and Traffic 
  • Ordinance & Rules, Vice-Chair
  • Facilities

6534 Roosevelt Ave., SE
Charleston, WV  25304
H: (304) 925-3548
O: (304) 348-1147x501     F: (304) 348-1155   rburka@frontier.com
20

Brent Burton (R)
 
  • Planning 
  • Facilities
  • Parks & Recreation

340 MacCorkle Ave,    Suite 200 
Charleston, WV  25314
H: (304) 541-0991          W: (304) 345-8000 x151
brent@ciswv.com
21

Mike Clowser (D)
  • Environment & Recycling, Vice-Chair
  • Ordinance & Rules 
  • Urban Renewal

42 Quarry Ridge
Charleston, WV  25304
H: (304) 345-0066
O: (304) 342-1166
F: (304) 342-1074 mclowser@cawv.org
At-Large

Mary Jean Davis (D)
  • Finance
  • Planning, Chair
  • Public Safety

1527 Dogwood Road
Charleston,WV 25314
H: (304)-342-8303
C: (304)-546-5902 
mjdavis1527@yahoo.com
 
At-Large

Tom Lane (R)
  • Facilities, Vice-Chair
  • Finance
  • Ordinance & Rules

600 Quarrier Street
Charleston, WV  25301
H: (304) 346-4478
O: (304) 347-1111
F: (304) 343-2867 tlane@bowlesrice.com
At-Large

Andy Richardson(D)
 
  • Parks Recreation
  • Planning
  • Facilities 

445 Kessinger Rd. 
Charleston, WV 25314
H: (304) 343-1530
W:(304) 556-1102
anr57@aol.com
At-Large

Chris Dodrill (R)
 
  • Planning
  • Ordinance & Rules
  • Public Safety, Vice-Chair

500 Lee St. E, Suite 800 
Charleston, WV 25301
W: (304) 345-7250
chris.dodrillwv@gmail.com
At-Large

Jerry L. Ware (D)
  • Finance
  • Parks & Recreation, Vice Chair 
  • Urban Renewal, Vice-Chair

702 Gordon Drive
Charleston, WV  25303
H: (304) 345-6319
C: (304) 421-1946
F: (304) 353-6332 wareatlarge@suddenlink.net
At-Large

Kasey Russell (D)
  • Environment &  Recycling
  • Parks & Recreation
  • Streets & Traffic, Vice-Chair 

134 Whispering Woods Rd. Charleston, WV  25304
H: (304) 542-1994
russell.kasey@gmail.com