April 4, 2020 at 3:49 a.m.
Keeping clean
Courthouse procedures extensive
Keeping clean
County government has scaled back non-essential services, and Jay County Courthouse is only open limited hours.
But the work to keep it safe from COVID-19 continues.
“We’ve got to keep it clean,” said courthouse building superintendent Bruce Sutton.
Even before Jay County Commissioners took action in response to the pandemic, Sutton was doing his best to make sure that the seat of local government was safe.
He has an arsenal of products at his disposal — D-Cide, Avastat-D and Envision are used regularly.
“All of them are hard surface cleaners,” said Sutton.
And all are powerful enough to kill the coronavirus, SARS, H1N1 or other viral threats.
“That’s along with Clorox wipes and another brand called Monkwipe,” said Sutton. “I have a disinfectant spray that will kill the coronavirus. We use that on the fabric of chairs.”
Sutton and assistant Brad Money have a regular routine of cleaning, even though the courthouse is only open for limited business from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Elevator buttons — both inside and outside — are cleaned three times each day.
Railings are cleaned two to three times a day.
“The (handicapped) ramp gets wiped clean,” said Sutton. “All the door handles. … We do it all.”
Benches in public spaces as well as those in the courtrooms are sanitized.
“We’ve used so much the stain’s coming off,” Sutton said of the wooden stair railings in the courthouse.
Those will require some restoration work after the pandemic has passed, but the goal now is to keep them virus-free.
If commissioners and Jay County Council choose to meet face-to-face, it will be in the courthouse auditorium. And it will be cleaned extensively between every meeting.
There’s also been an effort to reduce traffic into the building even further.
“We’ve been cutting a lot of people off,” said Sutton.
Deliveries, for example, are stopped at the door, with Sutton and Money getting them to their final destinations.
While Sutton said he had a good supply of cleaning materials on hand, he’s noted the courthouse Purell dispensers are running low.
“I’ve got some on order,” he said.
But the work to keep it safe from COVID-19 continues.
“We’ve got to keep it clean,” said courthouse building superintendent Bruce Sutton.
Even before Jay County Commissioners took action in response to the pandemic, Sutton was doing his best to make sure that the seat of local government was safe.
He has an arsenal of products at his disposal — D-Cide, Avastat-D and Envision are used regularly.
“All of them are hard surface cleaners,” said Sutton.
And all are powerful enough to kill the coronavirus, SARS, H1N1 or other viral threats.
“That’s along with Clorox wipes and another brand called Monkwipe,” said Sutton. “I have a disinfectant spray that will kill the coronavirus. We use that on the fabric of chairs.”
Sutton and assistant Brad Money have a regular routine of cleaning, even though the courthouse is only open for limited business from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Elevator buttons — both inside and outside — are cleaned three times each day.
Railings are cleaned two to three times a day.
“The (handicapped) ramp gets wiped clean,” said Sutton. “All the door handles. … We do it all.”
Benches in public spaces as well as those in the courtrooms are sanitized.
“We’ve used so much the stain’s coming off,” Sutton said of the wooden stair railings in the courthouse.
Those will require some restoration work after the pandemic has passed, but the goal now is to keep them virus-free.
If commissioners and Jay County Council choose to meet face-to-face, it will be in the courthouse auditorium. And it will be cleaned extensively between every meeting.
There’s also been an effort to reduce traffic into the building even further.
“We’ve been cutting a lot of people off,” said Sutton.
Deliveries, for example, are stopped at the door, with Sutton and Money getting them to their final destinations.
While Sutton said he had a good supply of cleaning materials on hand, he’s noted the courthouse Purell dispensers are running low.
“I’ve got some on order,” he said.
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