City Hall News: Week of August 9, 2021
Elkins, W. Va., August 7, 2021: Meeting this week are council’s Public Safety Committee and ARPA Advisory Committee. City hall will be closed Friday.
On Monday at 10 a.m., the Public Safety Committee will hear a request to lower the speed limit on Boundary Avenue. The committee will also begin prioritizing dilapidated structures for enforcement action during fiscal year 2022 and hear reports from the city’s public safety officials.
The ad hoc ARPA Advisory Committee meets Tuesday at 1:30 p.m. to continue consideration of possible uses for funds received by Elkins under the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA). The city has been awarded approximately $3 million, half of which has been received and half of which will be disbursed next summer.
Elkins City Hall will be closed on Friday for electrical work being performed as part of the parking-lot project. As a result of this electrical work, the building will be without power all day. For more information about the parking-lot project, see: www.bit.ly/ElkinsCityHallParkingLot
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