Beginning on March 12, 2016 Alderson Police Department began notifying property owners within the municipality of various property violations that do not comply with the town's ordinances. Over the next month, our officers will be working with property owners and tenants to remedy the violations. This is a town wide notification. There is no one person or property being singled out. The goal is "Cleaning Up, Not Citations or Fines." We are in the process of having a couple of bins placed at the recycling site in town for tires, appliances, and metals. This will be a free service for our property owners and hopefully help give them an option for disposal of items they may not have been able to get rid of. Overgrowths of brush and yard waste can be burnt in town following the rules of the WV Division of forestry during burn season. Those rules can be found at www.wvforestry.comffirelaws

As part of this enforcement of ordinances, we are reviewing customers in our billing system who may own properties that have been vacated and have not been paying the municipal service fee on the property. This fee is not waived if the structure on the property is not lived in or is vacated. Properties that are in violation of the municipal service fees may have had liens filed previously on the property. Owners who have misplaced, overlooked, or not paid the service fee billings will be receiving those bills with the back due balance as well. If no payment is received, we will be filing the liens in the appropriate county to remedy these issues.

If you are part of a group that would like to assist property owners in need of remedying property issues please contact City Hall at 304-445-2916 and asked to be put on our list available for those asking for assistance.

Mayor Travis Copenhaver