The Custer County Board of Commissioners instituted protocol for Custer County employees who test positive for COVID-19 or are in direct contact with those who does during its regular meeting Monday.
The protocol states employees who come into direct contact with someone who tests positive for COVID-19 must quarantine for 5 days and then test. If positive, they must remain in quarantine for 14 days. If negative, they can return to work.
Direct contact in this context refers to household members such as a spouse or child or contact within 6 feet for longer than 10 minutes.
If someone from a county office tests positive, they will need to quarantine for 14 days. All other staff in the office will need to practice social distancing, wear a mask and take their temperature every morning. Anyone showing symptoms will be required to test immediately and a copy of the test results must be brought to a supervisor.
Those who have positive or direct contact case in their office will need to notify County Clerk Melissa Graham. The county will need to reassess and adjust as the situation changes.
In other news, the board approved two payroll-related transfers for District 2 and the Custer County Sheriff’s Office. The first was for $400 from D2 M&O to D2 Personal Services. The second was for $2,109.40 from Sheriff’s Fee Personal Services to Sheriff’s Fee Courthouse Security.
The board approved items for ODOT Form 324a in relation to the Lawter Road Project. District 1 Commissioner Wade Anders said it was the finalization on right-of-way and property purchases.
The board approved annual agreements with Cortec Services, LLC and James Morrison who is the chaplain for the county jail. The board approved a notice of intent for the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program. Emergency Management Director Mike Galloway said he has submitted his grant request and has a list of those who plan to participate.
The board briefly discussed action on a burn ban but decided against it. The board approved blanket purchase orders, purchase orders for payments and payroll.
In unforeseen business, District 3 Commissioner Lyle Miller said he has an interlocal agreement with Beckham County which will be presented at the next meeting. The agreement states Beckham County will reimburse Custer County for the price of materials for chip sealing a half-mile of road.