The city of Hopkinsville will further tighten restriction of access to its facilities beginning Monday, March 30, in the effort to diminish the spread of COVID-19.
“Foot traffic at public buildings has already been greatly reduced since March 15,” Mayor Wendell Lynch said in a news release. “However, in keeping with the latest order by Governor Beshear and understanding the critical nature of the next few weeks, we are further reducing staff reporting to offices at the Public Works Department and City Hall including the city’s Administration Department (City Administrative Office, City Clerk, Finance, Human Resources, and Mayor’s Offices) and the Hopkinsville Human Rights Commission.”
Community & Development Services, also housed in the Hopkinsville Municipal Center, is conducting business by appointment or phone only.
City Administrative and Public Works staff will continue to assist those with inquiries and city business via the phone and electronically to the extent possible.
The Tax Office drive-thru, at 715 S. Virginia St., will continue to be accessible during regular business hours for open-records requests, supply deliveries, inquiries, and city job and internship application submissions.
Th public safety operations of Hopkinsville Fire & EMS, Hopkinsville Police and the Emergency Communications Center departments will continue uninterrupted, officials said.
Jennifer P. Brown is co-founder, publisher and editor of Hoptown Chronicle. You can reach her at editor@hoptownchronicle.org. She spent 30 years as a reporter and editor at the Kentucky New Era. She is a co-chair of the national advisory board to the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues, governing board president for the Kentucky Historical Society, and co-founder of the Kentucky Open Government Coalition.
