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Local public health emergency declared in Brown Co

By Greg Bebermeyer

03/16/2020

Brown County Courthouse

(KNZA)--A local public health emergency has been declared in Brown County due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Brown County Commission approved a resolution Monday making the declaration.

The Commission took the action on the recommendation of County Emergency Management Coordinator Don Pounds.

The resolution is effective immediately and will remain in effect for 60 days.

There have been no cases of COVID-19 reported in the county.

On the recommendation of County Services for the Elderly Director Lori Gray, the Commission voted to close the Hiawatha Senior Center until March 31 and to suspend the senior taxi services for one week.

The Commission will revisit the taxi situation next Monday.

County IT Director Sandy Carter requested permission to start a Brown County Facebook page to have a social media platform to update the public on matters concerning COVID-19. Carter also let the Commission know she has been working on a course of action should employees have to work from home.

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