McCallister v. Nelson

BROTHERTON, Justice:

This appeal is before the Court on the issue of whether a municipal charter provision, which provides the mayor with the power to veto ordinances and resolutions of city council, is a valid exercise of municipal power under W.Va.Code § 8-1-7 (1990).

On October 23, 1989, a member of the Huntington City Council introduced a proposed ordinance in council entitled “An Ordinance Protecting the Proposed East-West Corridor from 17th Street to 1st Street.” The ordinance stated that:

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON, CA-BELL AND WAYNE COUNTIES, WEST VIRGINIA,…