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County furloughs 49 employees in light of COVID-19

LOCK HAVEN – Although Clinton County has no confirmed cases of the coronavirus at this time, the county commissioners are preparing for the worst.

On Thursday, the commissioners approved the furlough of 49 employees – 33 full-time and 15 part-time – effective April 5.

Commissioner Miles Kessinger called it a “downsizing” in each department.

“Hopefully… we’ve got our fingers crossed that it will not strike Clinton County… but if it does, we don’t want to lose an entire county department to the disease,” Kessinger said.

The only departments not affected by the furlough are the Department of Emergency Services and the 911 center, Kessinger said.

Further information regarding what steps the county is taking to prevent possible spread of the virus and other topics discussed at the commissioners’ Thursday morning meeting will be available in Friday’s edition of The Express.

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