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4A | MARCH 19, 2020 | COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL NED HICKSON , MANAGING EDITOR | 541-902-3520 | NHICKSON @ CGSENTINEL . COM Editor’s Note: Cottage Grove Sentinel 116 N. Sixth St. Cottage Grove, Ore. 97424 Due to information received from the Lane County and its importance to the community, we are sharing it here in place of our normal Opinion page so that it can be included in its entirety with the communies we serve. “I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend.” —Thomas Jefferson (1800) Lane County services: Changes and Contact list in response to COVID-19 As Lane County con- tinues to respond to COVID-19, it is making adjustments to how and when some services are available to the public. These changes are in- tended to help safeguard the health of the county residents, as well as the health of county employ- ees. “We are facing a new and challenging reality in communities across the world,” said Lane County Administrator Steve Mokrohisky. “Lane County is no exception. By adjusting our services and encouraging more people to take advan- tage of online resources, or to call us instead, we can practice the social distancing that is critical to slowing the spread of COVID-19. “Additionally, we are identifying opportunities for employees to work re- motely if their job duties allow, and reevaluating our policies regarding how our employees may use their paid time off and leave without pay.” A list of Lane Coun- ty service changes and meeting cancelations is available at www.lan- ecountyor.gov and will be updated regularly. The county expect that changes will continue to be made as the situation in Oregon communities evolve. “We recognize that some businesses and services have necessar- ily limited or stopped operating entirely, and we are working with our partners to help limit im- pacts to local businesses,” said Mokrohisky. “Lane County provides critical public services to resi- dents, businesses and the most vulnerable in our community. “We are working to ad- just the way our public servants deliver services to keep everyone safe. We appreciate that everyone is doing the best they can under these unprecedent- ed circumstances,” Current Service Changes: • Board of County Commissioners Phone: 541-682-4203 Email: lcbcccom@lane- countyor.gov Lane County Website: w w w.L aneC ountyOR . gov/BCC Assessment and Taxation: Until further notice, the payment and public information counters of the Lane County Assess- ment & Taxation office will be closed. Assistance is available by phone Monday-Thursday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. or by email. The public informa- tion computers located in the lobby will still be accessible, but everything available on them can be found on the website. Phone: 541-682-4321 Email: Assessor@lane- Please call in advance. lanecountyor.gov countyor.gov Services are by ap- Website: www.Lane- Website: www.Lane- pointment only. CountyOR.gov/Finance CountyOR.gov/AT Website: www.Lane- Health and Human Services: CountyOR.gov/Devel- Lane County Circuit Court: Main Office Number: opmentalDisabilitiesSer- The Courthouse will vices be open regular business 541-682-4035 Community Health hours through at least Youth Services: 541-682- March 27. The Chief Jus- Centers: 541-682-3550 Preventative Dental 4700 tice has ordered restrict- Standard operating ed court proceedings ef- Health Programs are sus- hours, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. fective March 19. Some pended. Detention: Community School Based Health proceedings will contin- ue. Parties or attorneys Center – Springfield High Youth Visits and Volun- teer Youth Visits are can- should contact the court School is suspended. Website: www.Lane celed via phone for informa- Supervision: All tion about specific hear- CountyOR.gov/CHC non-essential face to face ings. Potential jurors who Lane County Behavioral meetings and Techni- cal Probation Violation are in higher risk cate- Health: 541-682-3608 Standard operating Court hearings are can- gories of severe illness may contact the court to hours, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. celed Restorative Services: reschedule their jury ser- Client treatment groups vice. People at higher risk and the Connection All non-essential face to include: People 60 and Center are suspended. face meetings and Family older, with underlying Please call in advance of Check Ups are canceled Nutrition Services: No health conditions includ- appointments. Most ap- ing heart disease, lung pointments will be done new catering will be ac- cepted disease, or diabetes, who by phone. MLK Education: School Website: www.Lane- have weakened immune MLK Education Center & systems or are pregnant. CountyOR.gov/LCBH Phoenix Program, Com- If, at the time you are scheduled to appear for Public Health: 541-682- munity Service and Vo- cational Programs: service, you are expe- 4041 Phoenix: No new ad- Standard operating riencing symptoms of missions, No visitors un- acute respiratory illness, hours, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Maternal and Child der age of 12, No Volun- such as fever, please to include: teer visits, Only essential contact the court at the Health phone number provided Nurse-Family Partner- visitors as outlined by on the jury summons to ship, Babies First, and Oregon Health Authority Website: www.Lane- reschedule your service. CaCoon, and Healthy Families Oregon are pro- CountyOR.gov/Youth- Phone: 541-682-4020 Website: www.courts. viding all services via Services phone. oregon.gov/courts/lane Enrollment is suspend- Human Resources: Standard operating ed for new clients with County Clerk: Elections: Closed to the exception of priority hours, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. walk-ins. Services are referrals received from Services are available on- available online, by OB/Midwifery or Pediat- line, by phone or call and make an appointment phone or call and make ric Providers. All client classes and only. an appointment only. Phone: 541-682-4290 Many elections services gatherings are closed un- Website: www.Lane- til further notice. are available online. Communicable Dis- CountyOR.gov/HR Phone: 541-682-4234 Email: elections@lane- ease: Standard operating Parole and Probation: hours. countyor.gov Standard operating Please call in advance. Website: www.Lane- Will prioritize urgent hours, 8 a.m. to noon, 1 CountyOR.gov/Elections STI testing and services, to 5 p.m. Some services the Just Checking clinic is can be done by phone or Deeds and Records: suspended and vaccina- call and make an appoint- Closed to walk-ins. Available by phone tions are being conducted ment. Phone: 541-682-3040 from 9 a.m. to noon and on a very limited basis. Website: www.Lane- investigations 1 to 4 p.m. Most services Disease available online or by will continue. Clients CountyOR.gov/ParoleP- should call ahead for di- robation phone. Marriage licenses are rection. Environmental Health: Public Works : available by mail or ap- Customer Service Cen- Standard operating pointment only. No new marriage ceremonies will hours. Front desk is ter is closed to the public. closed all services will Services are still avail- be scheduled. be provided via phone or able online and by phone Phone: 541-682-3654 during standard business Email: Recording@lan- online. hours, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. WIC certifications: ecountyor.gov Phone: 541-682-6900 Standard operating Website: www.Lane- Website: www.Lane- hours. Interviews are still CountyOR.gov/Deeds conducted in-person, CountyOR.gov/PW per direction from the District Attorney: Standard operating national office. All edu- Animal Services: hours, 8 a.m. to noon, 1 cation classes are being Services are available on- line or by phone. to 5 p.m. Protective order conducted on-line. Phone: 541-682-3645 Website: www.Lane- clinics will continue. If Website: www.Lane- you are planning to vis- CountyOR.gov/Publi- CountyOR.gov/Animals it for any other reason, cHealth please call in advance. Human Services Department: Sheriff’s Office: Phone: 541-682-4261 Records requests Website: www.Lane- 541-682-3798 Standard operating should be made via online CountyOR.gov/DA report portal, by phone, hours, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Website: www.Lane- or by mail. No walk-in Financial Services: Concealed Handgun Li- Standard operating CountyOR.gov/HSD cense customers; this hours, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. service provided by ap- Most services are avail- Veteran Services: Call in only, no in-per- pointment only, 9 a.m. to able online or by phone. 5 p.m. Please call to make an son visits. Phone: 541-682-4150 appointment for in per- Email: sheriffs.office@ son assistance. 8:00 am to Developmental Disabilities lanecountyor.gov Services: 541-682-3695 5:00 pm. 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