At yesterday’s Daviess County Board of Commissioners meeting, the board spoke with Kathy Sullender of the Daviess County Health Department. Kathy expressed concern about the lack of people wearing masks in the community. Much of the conversation was directed towards the many local restaurants blatant disregard for the mandate…
President of the Board Nathan Gabhart expressed concern about the lack of compliance by the local food establishments. He stated it was time to “drop the hammer” on food service folks not following the mandate. Daviess County Attorney Grant Swartzentruber provided what the action would be from the county moving forward if local food establishments disregarded the order…
The commissioners, as well as Kathy Sullender, stated it is not their wish to hurt any business. They want local businesses to continue to remain open, however, there needed to be consequences for not following the public health orders. Kathy also stated the vaccine would be arriving soon and that they were preparing to distribute it to the high risk population.
