Ottawa County Building Closures

Ottawa County, Michigan sent this bulletin at 03/18/2020 04:40 PM EDT

For Immediate Release

March 18, 2020

Ottawa County Suspends In-Person Services

Ottawa County has been balancing its responsibility of providing public services alongside its obligations of preventing the spread of COVID-19 in the community and protecting the health of its 1,100 employees, including its emergency responders. Effective 5PM today (March 18, 2020), Ottawa County will close its government buildings to the public until further notice to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Despite this, the County will continue to fulfill as many of its obligations to provide government services as possible. Residents should visit the website at miOttawa.org/closures to access services online, and to learn how they can do business by phone, email or other means.

"Up to now, we have made changes in operations to limit non-essential, person-to-person contact. This next step will help keep the workforce healthy, safe and able to respond to community needs, including emergencies," said Shannon Felgner, Ottawa County Communications Manager. "Our offices are still staffed and serving residents. We have some employees working from home, other offices are staggering shifts or taking other steps to continue working safely."

Ottawa County will evaluate this decision regularly and update our operations as necessary.

Changes in procedures will be posted at miOttawa.org/closures

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Shannon Felgner | Communications Manager | O 616-738-4672 | M 616-610-4401

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Ottawa County is located on Lake Michigan’s spectacular freshwater coastline where nature is cherished and protected. More than the lakeshore, you’ll find the people of Ottawa County friendly yet driven, working hard to succeed in charming downtown small businesses, at manufacturing hubs with global impact and on acres passed down from generations. We embrace creativity and believe that diversity makes us stronger. We resolve that our public services must be high-quality and cost-effective. We are innovative and never wait for someone to solve our problems for us. We are friendly neighbors chipping in, lending a hand and making sure you know Ottawa County is where you belong.

The Ottawa County Board of Commissioners meets the second and fourth Tuesdays each month at 1:30PM. The public is welcome and encouraged to participate. Meetings are held in the Board Room located at 12220 Fillmore Street, West Olive, Michigan.

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