Legal Notices

NOTICE At a meeting held on January 28, 2026, the Town Council of Gilbert, Mingo County, West Virginia, approved, on first reading, a Home Rule Ordinance authorizing the Mayor to submit a Home Rule Pilot Program Application to the West Virginia Municipal Home Rule Board. In accordance with 8-1-5(h)(1) et seq., of the West Virginia Code, notice is hereby given that the Town of Gilbert’s Home Rule Ordinance and Home Rule Pilot Program Application will be available for public inspection starting January 28, 2026, at Gilbert Town Hall, located 5 Wharncliffe Avenue, Gilbert, WV 25621. A Public Hearing regarding the Home Rule Ordinance and Home Rule Pilot Program Application, to be immediately followed by a second reading by the Gilbert Town Council, will be held on March 11, 2026, at 6:00 p.m., at Gilbert Town Hall (same location and address as above). The Town of Gilbert’s Home Rule Pilot Program Application will include proposed ordinances for (1) Authority to impose a Municipal Sales and Use Tax, (2) Authority to abate eyesores and dilapidated and/or unsafe properties and to seek reimbursement of costs and expenses incurred by the ability to place a lien on the property without a Magistrate or Circuit Court Order, (3) Authority to shorten the period of time for forfeiture of real property when owners of dilapidated and/or uninhabitable structures refuse to address code violations; and (4) Authority to issue on the spot citations for code violations concerning public nuisances, safety and health. LH-414446 02-04,11;2026