City Hall News: Week of November 2, 2025

Elkins, WV, October 31, 2025: City Hall is urging residents to sign up for emergency text alerts. Residents with mobile phones can receive important alerts including weather warnings, street closures, and water outages. They will also receive reminders about changes to city services due to holidays. Please sign up at https://cityofelkinswv.com/alerts/.

Save These Dates!

Our community partners, including Citizens Promoting Community and our local Chamber, would like you to add two “save the dates” in your calendars:

• Blue Christmas Celebration: Saturday, November 29, 5:30 p.m. in front of Elkins City Hall.
• “Jingle All the Way” Christmas Parade, Friday, December 5, at 6:00 p.m. downtown, followed by the official Christmas Tree lighting at Elkins Town Square.

Website Update

The City of Elkins has upgraded its digital infrastructure with its transition to a .gov domain. Our new online address is now https://cityofelkinswv.gov. Everyone may still email City of Elkins employees and access our website using the .com domain (suffix). The change to a .gov domain provides a more secure environment for the City’s conducting of business with its residents and vendors. Learn more about this change at https://cityofelkinswv.gov/elkins-dot-gov/.

We Want to Hear from Business Owners

Davis & Elkins College, the local Chamber, and the City of Elkins want to hear from local businesses on what can be done to strengthen the local economy. All responses to this D&E survey will be kept confidential; this is the link to get started: https://bit.ly/ElkinsSmallBizSurvey

Sanitation Department Updates

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

For November:

• Monday: Monday, November 3
• Tuesday: November 11
• Wednesday: November 19
• Thursday weekly trash: November 28
• Friday weekly trash: November 28

*Note: Bulk pickup regularly scheduled for Thursday and Friday pickups in November both will occur on Friday, November 28 because of the Thanksgiving holiday.

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/.

During Thanksgiving week, customers who have their regularly scheduled garbage pickup on Wednesday and Thursday will have it collected Wednesday morning, Nov. 26, due to the Thanksgiving holiday.

Street sweeping ended on Thursday, October 2. Leaf collection started on Monday, October 13. Residents are not required to move their vehicles weekly until spring 2026. Please do your part to ensure leaves do not damage Elkins’ sewer system. More information is here: https://cityofelkinswv.com/leaf-collection.

Alternative Transportation Options

The City of Elkins reminds 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.

City Hall Business

City Hall will be closed on Thursday and Friday, November 27 & 28, for the Thanksgiving holiday.

The next Elkins City Council meeting is scheduled for Thursday, November 6, at 7:00 p.m. The agenda will be posted early next week.

The following committees meet this coming week:

• Public Safety: Monday, November 3, 2:30 p.m. Agenda TBD.
• Rules and Ordinances: Monday, November 3, 3:30 p.m. Items on the agenda include considering requests to change the speed limits on High and Bruce Streets.

There are no additional committee meetings on the City’s agenda until the Sanitary Board meets on Monday, November 17, 10:00 a.m., at the Phil Gainer Community Center.

All City Hall meetings are open to the public and are 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 now 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 & in-city fire fee bills were mailed out on October 31 and are due November 20. Utility shutoffs are scheduled for November 4 for unpaid water bills that were due on October 20.

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

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