PARKERSBURG — The finance committee has sent the budget revision to the full council displaying the plans on how to allocate the $2,044,175 carryover from the 2017-18 fiscal year. Finance Director Eric Jiles said the $2,044,175 carryover is the result of business and occupation tax revenue, particularly for contracting, and sales tax revenue coming in over budget. That’s not entirely unexpected, he said, as those figures are estimated conservatively in the budget to guard against overspending. “Whenever you create a budget, you always want to leave yourself a cushion on the ...