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Politics & Government

City Hall Open Friday

After decades of being closed every other Friday, we now are open every Friday

For decades the City Hall has been closed every other Friday. That means literally the City was closed 10% less of the time that cities are usually opened. It started when the County was in financial trouble and many cities adopted this approach. The idea was that this process saved money since the City was closed 1 of every 10 days, using less electricity. It was also a nice perk for staff who got a 3 day weekend every other week.

The only problem was that people weren’t being served. Even after all the years that the City has been closed every other Friday, people still come by on Fridays only to find out to their dismay that City Hall was closed.

Mayor Pro Tem Basile and I asked our colleagues to support us in moving to a full 10 day schedule. Our new City Manager checked with staff and staff graciously agreed to change their schedules in order to be able to serve the public Monday through Friday every week.

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This Friday will be the first day that the City Hall will be opened when it otherwise would have been closed.

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