Civic history & representation

Greenmont’s Sixth Ward Representatives

A growing, nonpartisan record of the Morgantown City Council members who have represented the Sixth Ward and the Greenmont neighborhood over time.

Serving Greenmont today

Current Sixth Ward representative

Mark Downs
Sixth WardCurrent

Mark Downs

2025–2029 · Current

Mark Downs is the current Sixth Ward member of Morgantown City Council, serving the July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2029 term.

Mark Downs was elected to represent Morgantown’s Sixth Ward in the 2025 municipal election. The City of Morgantown lists his current term as July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2029.

The city currently lists Downs as serving on the Morgantown Monongalia Metropolitan Planning Organization, Morgantown Utility Board, and Parking Authority.

Civic record

Sixth Ward through the years

This is an evolving civic record. The association is continuing to research earlier Sixth Ward representation through municipal records, election archives, and other primary sources.

2025–2029 · Current
Mark Downs

Mark Downs

Current

Mark Downs is the current Sixth Ward member of Morgantown City Council, serving the July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2029 term.

2019–2025

Dave Harshbarger

Dave Harshbarger represented the Sixth Ward beginning in 2019 and won re-election in 2021.

Dave Harshbarger won the open Sixth Ward seat in 2019. He was re-elected in 2021, the same election in which Morgantown voters approved staggered four-year council terms. His service continued until the Sixth Ward seat next went before voters in 2025.

2017–2019

Mark Brazaitis

Mark Brazaitis represented the Sixth Ward from 2017 to 2019.

The City of Morgantown’s municipal-officials record for the year ending June 30, 2019 lists Mark Brazaitis among the council members serving the July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2019 term. Contemporary election reporting identifies him as the Sixth Ward representative and records that he did not seek re-election in 2019.

2015–2017

Jay Redmond

Jay Redmond represented the Sixth Ward from 2015 to 2017.

The City of Morgantown’s municipal-officials record for the year ending June 30, 2017 lists Jay Redmond as a council member serving the July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2017 term. Contemporary coverage identifies Redmond with the Sixth Ward.

2013–2015

Mike Fike

Mike Fike served as Morgantown’s Sixth Ward representative during the 2013–2015 council term.

City records for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2015 list Mike Fike among Morgantown’s elected council members. Other contemporary records identify him as the Sixth Ward representative. The association is continuing to document the full election record and exact term boundaries as the civic archive is expanded.

2009–2013

William “Bill” Byrne

Official city records document William “Bill” Byrne serving as the Sixth Ward councilor by 2009. He later served as mayor while continuing to represent the ward.

William “Bill” Byrne is documented by the City of Morgantown as the Sixth Ward councilor in 2009, when he participated in the city’s sister-city relationship with Guanajuato, Mexico. The association is continuing to research municipal election and council records to document the precise beginning of his Sixth Ward service.