City Hall News: Week of September 21, 2025

Elkins, WV, September 21, 2025: The City of Elkins reminds its residents to sign up for emergency alerts. Residents with mobile phones can receive important alerts including weather warnings and water outages. They will also receive reminders about changes to city services due to holidays. Sign up at https://cityofelkinswv.com/alerts/.

Mountain State Forest Festival Update

The City of Elkins is currently partnering with the Mountain State Forest Festival’s organizers and additional community groups on ensuring that this year’s event, starting September 27 and ending on October 5, is a success. Maps tentatively showing areas of towns affected by events, street closures, and staging areas are posted online here: https://cityofelkinswv.com/interactive-map-for-the-mountain-state-forest-festival/.

Friday garbage service for October 3 is rescheduled for Thursday, October 2. The Sanitation Department will be helping to clean up the City for the parades on Friday and Saturday nights as the Forest Festival wraps up; plus because of the expected traffic, that week’s Friday garbage service is moved up a day. Please have your garbage out by 6:00 a.m. on that Thursday, October 2.

Safe A Life Day

The City of Elkins encourages residents to attend Save A Life Day on Thursday, September 25, at Elkins City Park. Starting at 9:00 a.m., this event is part of a nationwide effort to raise awareness about substance use disorder. Visitors will have opportunities to gather, hear from local organizations, and access information on health, recovery, and support services available in our area. The event ends around 5:00 p.m.

Alternative Transportation Options

The City of Elkins wishes to remind residents that Country Roads Transit runs two routes throughout Elkins Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. Please read https://cityofelkinswv.com/CRT/ for more information; you may also call 304-636-6472 or 1-877-636-6472.

Sanitation Department Updates

The City’s Sanitation Department announces that for September and October 2025, the free monthly bulk item pickup (one large item, such as an appliance, TV, or mattress) schedule is as follows:

• Thursday weekly trash pickup: Thursday, Sep 25
• Friday weekly trash pickup: Friday, Sep. 26

For October:

• Monday: Monday, October 6
• Tuesday: Tuesday, October 14
• Wednesday: Wednesday, October 15
• Thursday: Thursday, October 23
• Friday: Friday, October 24

This free service is for ONE ITEM only, such as an appliance, TV, mattress, or piece of furniture.

To schedule and pay for a Special Trash Pickup, such as a truck bed- or dumpster-sized load, please call 304.636.1414, ext. 1437.

 For information on Elkins’ bulk item pickup and monthly schedule: https://cityofelkinswv.com/bulk-pickup/.

Again, Friday garbage pickup service the first week of October has been moved up a day to Thursday, Oct. 2 because of the Forest Festival.

City Hall Business

The Regional Task Force on Homelessness, Addiction, and Mental Health meets on Wednesday, September 24, at 1:00 p.m. at the Phil Gainer Community Center. The agenda has not been finalized as of press time. This month’s change in schedule is due to Save a Life Day being held on Thursday, September 25.

The next City Council meeting is scheduled for Thursday, October 2, 7:00 p.m., at the Phil Gainer Community Center.

All City Hall meetings are generally held at the Phil Gainer Community Center, 142 Robert E. Lee Avenue Extension, in Elkins, unless noted otherwise.

Keep informed of all upcoming meetings by visiting https://cityofelkinswv.com/agenda-center/. Residents may also set up email alerts to remind them about upcoming meetings.

All upcoming City Council and Committee meetings, along with their agendas and locations, can be viewed here: https://elkinswv.portal.civicclerk.com/.

The City Hall building at 401 Davis Avenue has been closed for renovation since September 2024. Contractors are currently working on a $4.1 million project to repair and prevent future damage from flooding; install modern HVAC systems; improve safety, accessibility, and security; and update and modernize workspaces.

For updates on City Hall construction and renovations: https://cityofelkinswv.com/renovations/.

For departmental contact information: https://cityofelkinswv.com/directory/.

Utility shutoffs are scheduled for October 7 for unpaid water bills that were due on September 18.

To pay bills online: https://cityofelkinswv.com/online-payments/.

To pay bills in-person: 10 Eleventh St., Suite 3, Elkins, West Virginia, 26241.