In their first meeting of the new year, Liberty County commissioners on Monday, Jan. 4, voted to extend COVID-19 pay and ordered pay for County employees into 2021.
COVID-19 pay applies to County employees who miss work due to contracting the virus or being in quarantine with a family member with COVID-19. Ordered pay applies to County employees whose offices are closed temporarily due to a COVID-19 outbreak.
If commissioners had not approved the extension, County employees would have had to draw hours from their personal time off accounts that are meant to cover vacation time and traditional sick pay.
With COVID-19 cases continuing to rise, County Judge Jay Knight told Bluebonnet News he believed it was important that the extension was approved in order to protect County employees.
The next meeting for Liberty County Commissioners Court is 9 a.m., Tuesday, Jan. 12, in the courtroom of Liberty County Court at Law No. 1 in the courthouse.
To see the agenda and to keep up with future meetings, go online to https://www.co.liberty.tx.us/page/liberty.PublicNotices.
I’m all for protecting all families during this pandemic, physically and financially. This virus is not their fault by any means. But Judge, politics aside, mask can avoid some of these covid cases and you know that many of these county officials went maskless during the holiday parades and festivities, what is it that you don’t understand about covid guidelines or maybe your political ambitions outweigh the safety of the people of liberty 🤔