NEW PERSONNEL HIRED — Wellsburg Council has approved the hiring of a new city manager and new legal counsel, both of whom are slated to start in January. -- Warren Scott

WELLSBURG — The City of Wellsburg will begin 2026 with a new city manager and new legal counsel.

Mayor Dan Dudley said council voted 5-0 to hire Erica Tamburin, former village administrator of Shadyside, Ohio and a Wellsburg resident, to serve as city manager.

Dudley said the move came at the second of two meetings held to interview candidates for the position, with Tamburin one of four selected for the final round of interviews.

Currently working as a real estate agent, Tamburin held the village administrator post for two years and served previously as a nutrition outreach coordinator for the Brooke County office of t

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