Ellis County Administrative offices will close at the end of the business day on Dec. 30 and not open again until Jan. 6.
Earlier this month the Ellis County Commission approved closing the administrative offices on Dec. 30 and reopening Jan. 2 but County Administrator Greg Sund said Monday they are going to use Jan. 2 to move computers and other equipment from the courthouse to the permanent offices at the 718 Main Administrative Center.
“It appears the 31st worked well to do the year-end accounting but we are going to be moving our computers and a bunch of desks on the second (of January),” Sund said.
Sund added it is difficult to do regular business during the moving process.
The Ellis County Commission approved the request during their Monday night meeting and now all administrative offices will be closed to the public beginning Wednesday, Dec. 31 and will reopen Tuesday, Jan. 6.
The commission stressed county employees will still be working.
“People are still working–it’s not that we are closing,” Sund said. “It’s just for relocation.”
In other business:
- A proposal to close county offices on Dec. 26 failed without a motion. Some county employees had asked to have the day after Christmas, Dec. 26, labeled as a Special Holiday but both Commissioner Swede Holmgren and Dean Haselhorst said they were not in favor of the proposal.
- Tabled a request from County Appraiser Lisa Ree to perform an aerial photograph of Ellis County. Commissioner Haselhorst said he was not in favor of the proposal.
- Approved a change order to construction of the Law Enforcement Center/Courthouse to install power and data cable underground in the garden area between the two buildings.
- The commission also approved the purchase of three cots, seven power lifters and four retrofit kits for county EMS Services. The cots are used to lift patients into the ambulances. It’s hoped using the equipment will help EMS staff avoid back problems.