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Gadsden City Hall is closed effective immediately, according to a news release from city officials.
The release said the closure was “an effort to continue to keep the public and our staff safe during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.”
Gadsden joined Southside, which closed its City Hall earlier this week, and Attalla, which closed its facility last week.
According to the release, the Gadsden closure “will be re-evaluated weekly as we carefully monitor the changing situation and modify our plans.”
The facility was closed for a month during the early stages of the pandemic.
Numbers published by Bama Tracker on Thursday indicated an increase of 117 verified and 23 probable COVID-19 cases in Etowah County, pushing the respective overall totals to 6,809 and 1,633. Two additional deaths were confirmed, making the county s toll 77 confirmed and five probable COVID-19 fatalities.
Former Alabama House of Representatives member John “Jack” Page III, who represented the Gadsden area for 17 years, died Monday in a local hospital, Alabama House Public Information Officer Clay Redden said Tuesday.
Page was 70 and had been in poor health since surgery in June. He recently contracted the COVID-19 virus, said his former wife, Rebecca Gray Page.
Page was a member of the Gadsden City Council when he was elected to the House in a special election in 1993 to succeed the late June Bugg. He was a Democrat and was reelected four times, but he lost the 2010 general election to Republican Becky Nordgren of Gadsden.
Attalla Mayor Larry Means said no one at City Hall has gotten sick through the COVID-19 pandemic. However, with rising cases in the county, the decision was made to close the building to the public for the time being.
Means said there s been a slowdown in traffic at City Hall because of the threat of COVID-19, he supposes. The people coming in were mainly paying fines or getting permits, he said.
City Hall closed for a while earlier in the pandemic, Means said, and it seemed to help people stay healthy. He said that s the goal with this shutdown, too.
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