Shinnston City Manager Says Resignation Comes At “Right Time”

SHINNSTON, W.Va. — The city manager in Shinnston has announced he will step down to take the same position in the Northern Panhandle.

“It’s the right time because of the fact that this is a great opportunity for me and my career with Weirton,” Travis Blosser said. “They have an enormous amount of potential.”

Blosser first came to the city as an assistant city manager in October 2013 before assuming the city manager’s position at the beginning of the year when Debra Herndon stepped down.

During his tenure, the three items Blosser says he takes the most pride in are putting the city’s finances back in the black, replacing the filters at the city’s water treatment plant and the city receiving home rule status.

“I think there’s an enormous amount of potential for Shinnston, given the fact that they have all three of those things and those three things have been accomplished.”

He made his official resignation know during Monday’s city council meeting.

Even though he is unsure of when his start date will be, he is looking forward to the opportunity.

“It’s the sixth-largest municipality in the state, based on census data,” Blosser said. “I think it’s a great place and a strategic location being upwards of 30 minutes from the city of Pittsburgh, 25 minutes away from the Pittsburgh International Airport.”

City council will meet Friday morning to accept the resignation and name an interim city manager.