Former Beckley Fire Chief, Treasurer, Billie Trump celebrates retirement

BECKLEY, WV (WVNS) — Billie Trump was honored at his retirement luncheon on Monday, June 24, 2024.

Well-wishers from the City of Beckley gathered at the Historic Black Knight Municipal Park to say good-bye to Trump, a retired.

Trump was already retired from Beckley Fire Department, with 24 years of service, and he is most recently retired from his service as treasurer for the City of Beckley.

Although he was retiring from public service, he said he would be happy to go back to work for the city as the interim city manager, starting July 1, 2024.

“Because the transition to city manager hasn’t gone quite as quickly as everyone would like, I’m going to stay on for maybe a couple months as city manager to ease that transition, and then, I will be fully retired,” explained Trump.

Beckley Common Council is expected to appoint a permanent city manager in the coming months, freeing Trump to return to retirement.

Trump said he has enjoyed serving the city, and he added he was looking forward to both official retirement and his actual retirement.

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