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Commission discusses COVID emergency declaration
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The Barton County Commission will meet at 9 a.m. Monday at the Barton County Courthouse, 1400 Main in Great Bend. The meeting will be open to the public but will also be streamed live due to COVID-19. It will be live-streamed through Microsoft Teams. Citizens may view the meeting through their own sign-in or by signing in anonymously. 

To participate, follow the link: https://bit.ly/2XVMOR6. Those who wish to take part in the discussion of any item can call 620-793-1800 for instructions.

The agenda includes a declaration of a state of local public health emergency as a result of the COVID-19, a Sexual Assault Awareness Month proclamation, a Child Abuse Awareness and Prevention Month proclamation, utility billing from the cold snap and allocating money to the Fair Board for use of Expo III as a COVID vaccination site.