WEIRTON — Weirton officials announced Monday that work continues to move ahead on a repair project to a portion of Pennsylvania Avenue, which has been closed since October.

During Monday’s Weirton Council meeting, City Manager Travis Blosser announced that while crews would miss the originally announced June 15 deadline, work should still be completed this month.

“This Thursday, they are set to start the milling work,” Blosser said. “That project is close to being finished.”

Blosser said he had visited the site, between North 10th Street and Angela Street, earlier Monday and the sidewalks had been poured, with only a few other portions of the project set to be complete.

During the business portion of the meeting, council approved, by a vote of 4-0, the second reading of an ordinance amending the city’s Unified Development Ordinance to allow the business classification of community center/school/nursery/kindergarten into a C-2 zoning district.

Voting on the ordinance were Councilmen George Ash, Tim Connell, Enzo Fracasso and Fred Marsh. Councilmembers Terry Weigel, Matt Provenzano and Doug Jackson were not in attendance. Also not in attendance was Mayor Harold Miller, leaving City Clerk Kathy Mrvos to run the meeting.

In other business, council heard from residents Charles and Amanda Bailey, who explained they have five chickens that are certified as service animals to assist their son, who has social anxiety issues and panic attacks.

They said they had researched city laws, and found nothing which would prevent them from having the chickens.

“When animal control came, we showed him the ordinance, and it matched his records,” Amanda Bailey said, noting the official later came back with another ordinance, which had been passed several years ago.

Ash asked what the city’s stance is on service animals, and if the chickens could qualify.

Blosser said he and City Attorney Vince Gurrera are reviewing the situations.

“There are sections of the Americans with Disabilities Act that we need to get into,” Blosser said.

Council also heard from Matt Wyatt, who returned for the third month to again ask council to rewrite Ordinance 2018, which had been passed unanimously on an emergency reading in March, and creates a criminal category for those appearing to be under the influence of drugs while in public.

“It is very vague,” Wyatt said. “Please rewrite it.”

Resident Yvonne Tuchalski also approached council, asking why the city had not posted any messages congratulating local high school graduates.

Council also approved a series of appointments to various municipal boards, including:

• Chuck Wright to the Hall of Fame Committee, for a term to last May 1, 2017 to April 30, 2020.

• Joe Stankiewicz, Fire Civil Service Commission, for a term to last July 1, 2017 to June 30, 2021.

• Kyle Wilson, Human Rights Commission, for a term to last July 1, 2017 to June 30, 2020.

• Molly Mosser, Mary H. Weir Public Library Board, for a term to last July 1, 2017 to June 30, 2022.

• Helen L. Jackson-Gillison, Police Civil Service Commission, for a term to last July 1, 2017 to June 30, 2021

• John Porco, Joseph Gurrera and Diana Smoljanovich, all to the Municipal Service Fee Appeals Board, for terms lasting from July 1, 2017 to June 30, 2019.

(Howell can be contacted at chowell@weirtondailytimes.com, and followed via Twitter @CHowellWDT)