ELKINS — The City of Elkins received six bids, with the highest priced at $80,000, for demolition work on the former Four Seasons Motel this week.

The six bids for the demolition of the building ranged from $15,790 to $80,000, city officials told The Inter-Mountain.

“No bids will be accepted after the deadline,” The City of Elkins legal public notice stated. “No bid shall be withdrawn for a period of 90 days after the time of the bid opening without the consent of the City of Elkins. The City of Elkins reserves the right to reject any and all bids and waive any irregularity therein.”

City officials will now look through and consider each bid before making their decision, which will then have to be approved by the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection, which will have the final say.

“(Bidders) have to meet our requirements, including being insured, and then it goes to WVDEP,” City Communication Manager Leon Kaye told The Inter-Mountain on Friday. “We can’t do anything until they (the DEP) give final approval.”

City Property Maintenance Code Official Jessie Kittle said she will have to file the paperwork with the DEP once the decision is made, and added that, whoever is picked, will only have a 30-day window to complete the demolition.

“Probably the most important thing is that they have a 30-day window once I give them the go-ahead to tear it down,” Kittle told The Inter-Mountain. “That was made very clear in my bid packet.”

According to a previous press release from Elkins City Hall, the city plans to transform the property into a green space or welcome area.

Purchased on May 8, the acquisition of the property was finalized “following confirmation that all former tenants had permanently vacated the premises,” Kaye told The Inter-Mountain in a previous statement.

On April 22, the building was found “unfit for human habitation” and condemned by Elkins City Code Enforcement, due to the water in the building having been turned off on April 15 at the request of the property manager, Elkins City Clerk Sutton Stokes told The Inter-Mountain in a previous statement.

Stokes said that Code Enforcement notified the property owner on April 16 that water service would have to be reestablished “within 48 hours” to avoid condemnation of the building.

Stokes said that, on April 22, after verifying that water service had not been reestablished, Code Enforcement, supported by the Elkins City Police Department, posted the building with notices of condemnation, and “verified that all occupants had vacated the premises at that time.”

Residents of the Four Seasons Property on Harrison Avenue received eviction notices on Dec. 31, 2024. Notices were served by the Randolph County Sheriff Department with assistance from the Elkins City Police Department, officials said.