City Hall News: Week of April 11, 2022
Meeting this week are council’s Public Safety Committee, Rules & Ordinances Committee, and ad hoc ARPA Advisory Committee.
Public Safety meets Monday at 10 a.m. In addition to hearing reports from the city’s public safety officials, the committee will consider a request from EFD to apply for a Leary Firefighters Foundation grant and hear about an LEA Mutual Aid Agreement.
The Rules & Ordinances Committee meets Wednesday at 9 a.m. to continue discussion of the need for regulation of parking in alleys.
Meeting Wednesday at 2 p.m., the ARPA Advisory Committee will consider community-submitted proposals for use of ARPA funds. More about City of Elkins ARPA funds, including expenditures to date: www.cityofelkinswv.com/arpa-funds.
This month’s regular meeting of the Personnel Committee, which usually meets on second Thursdays, has been cancelled.
All meetings are open to the public and, unless otherwise stated, held at Elkins City Call (401 Davis Avenue). Find agendas and other meeting information here: www.cityofelkinswv.com/council-and-committee-meetings.
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