December 1, 2020 at 5:38 p.m.
County limits to essential business
Courthouse is open only by appointment
County limits to essential business
Appointments are now needed to visit Jay County Courthouse.
County government business is also limited to essential work only.
Jay County Commissioners signed a resolution enacting these restrictions during an emergency meeting Monday. They had previously agreed to the changes after discussing them at an emergency meeting last week held in response to coronavirus concerns.
Jay County had 20 new cases of COVID-19 reported Monday, bringing its total to 1064. Of that total, 644 came in November.
Indiana State Department of Health designated Jay County as “red” (severe) in last Wednesday’s COVID-19 update. Jay had been in the high risk range on the map for several weeks with a score of 2.5 on a three-point scale. Jay, Blackford and Grant counties all shifted to red last week. (The county is expected to be red again this week.)
Commissioner Chuck Huffman proposed a resolution last week to protect county employees and prevent further spread of the virus. Concerns about cases and hospitals filling as well as courthouse employees’ safety warranted action, he said.
During the Monday meeting, which lasted less than 10 minutes, commissioners signed a new resolution that was modeled after a resolution signed in May.
Commissioners established that:
•Jay County Courthouse is now open regular hours to employees but closed to the general public, with essential business available by appointment.
•Members of the public entering the courthouse or any county government building must wear facial coverings.
•Local government employees are required to wear facial coverings while waiting on the public. They also need to social distance at least 6 feet from others, and wash or sanitize their hands and disinfect high-contact surfaces regularly.
•Courthouse superintendent Bruce Sutton will clean and disinfect the building and provide hand sanitizer and disinfectant to all offices.
Those regulations will remain in effect until modified or rescinded by commissioners.
Both commissioners Huffman and Chad Aker phoned into the meeting, with commissioner Mike Leonhard in attendance at the courthouse to sign the resolution.
County auditor Anna Culy, county attorney Bill Hinkle and highway superintendent Donnie Corn were also in attendance.
County government business is also limited to essential work only.
Jay County Commissioners signed a resolution enacting these restrictions during an emergency meeting Monday. They had previously agreed to the changes after discussing them at an emergency meeting last week held in response to coronavirus concerns.
Jay County had 20 new cases of COVID-19 reported Monday, bringing its total to 1064. Of that total, 644 came in November.
Indiana State Department of Health designated Jay County as “red” (severe) in last Wednesday’s COVID-19 update. Jay had been in the high risk range on the map for several weeks with a score of 2.5 on a three-point scale. Jay, Blackford and Grant counties all shifted to red last week. (The county is expected to be red again this week.)
Commissioner Chuck Huffman proposed a resolution last week to protect county employees and prevent further spread of the virus. Concerns about cases and hospitals filling as well as courthouse employees’ safety warranted action, he said.
During the Monday meeting, which lasted less than 10 minutes, commissioners signed a new resolution that was modeled after a resolution signed in May.
Commissioners established that:
•Jay County Courthouse is now open regular hours to employees but closed to the general public, with essential business available by appointment.
•Members of the public entering the courthouse or any county government building must wear facial coverings.
•Local government employees are required to wear facial coverings while waiting on the public. They also need to social distance at least 6 feet from others, and wash or sanitize their hands and disinfect high-contact surfaces regularly.
•Courthouse superintendent Bruce Sutton will clean and disinfect the building and provide hand sanitizer and disinfectant to all offices.
Those regulations will remain in effect until modified or rescinded by commissioners.
Both commissioners Huffman and Chad Aker phoned into the meeting, with commissioner Mike Leonhard in attendance at the courthouse to sign the resolution.
County auditor Anna Culy, county attorney Bill Hinkle and highway superintendent Donnie Corn were also in attendance.
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