Speaker 2 (Unidentified speaker) raised whether the county should follow a recent federal holiday change and align the county's closures with City Hall and local banks. Speaker 2 noted that two banks close at noon and that City Hall would be closed all day on certain holidays.
The discussion focused on how to advertise and formally approve those dates. The transcript records proposed date strings in the speakers' phrasing as ‘‘20 fourth, 20 fifth, and 20 sixth’’ for the Christmas period and ‘‘30 first, first, and second’’ for New Year's; those phrases in the transcript are ambiguous. Speaker 2 said they would ‘‘put it on the agenda for New Year's’’ and asked for the schedule so they could place legal advertising with the paper; Speaker 2 named the advertising deadline as Wednesday and urged getting the dates to the newspaper.
Participants discussed practical choices: closing at noon on Christmas Eve was suggested by Speaker 2, and following City Hall's practice in cases of inclement weather was raised as a guideline. Speaker 2 said they could post information on Facebook in addition to placing a notice in the paper. Speaker 1 and Speaker 2 expressed that low expected foot traffic makes partial-day closures feasible for some days.
The transcript does not record a formal adoption of holiday dates or a final, signed schedule. Instead, the board decided to put the matter on the next meeting agenda and to advertise proposed dates in the local paper so that formal approval can occur at a subsequent meeting. The transcript does not identify the final, legally observed holiday dates or a formal vote tally.