Marshall County Commission President Kevin Overmyer said he hopes the county can get back to business at the beginning of May.
Due to COVID-19 concerns, the Marshall County Building and the Marshall County Courthouse and Annex have been closed to the public with only essential employees working in the offices. Overmyer said in a teleconference with the media on Tuesday morning that they’re working on plans to lift certain restrictions in order to get the county employees back to work and businesses back up and running. Most of it depends on which direction Governor Eric Holcomb will go concerning the stay-at-home Executive Order.
He noted that some of the early patients diagnosed with COVID-19 in the county are done with self-isolation and have recovered. He praised the community members for taking the governor’s shelter-in-place order very seriously to stop the spread of COVID-19. Marshall County has 17 positive cases of COVID-19 as of Tuesday morning.
In the meantime, the commissioners have purchased several gallons of hand sanitizer and 1,200 N95 masks for healthcare workers and those with the health department, first responders, firefighters, and police. Overmyer credited Highway Superintendent Jason Peters in contacting a source in Northwest Indiana to secure masks for the county. The supplies are adequate and meeting needs at this time.
About $10,000 has been contributed from county leaders toward the community fight against COVID-19, including a $5,000 donation to the Disaster Relief Fund with the United Way of Marshall County that was specifically earmarked to assist the county’s food pantries.
Residents are urged to keep washing their hands with soap and water for 20 seconds and remain at a six-foot social distance from others.
