Interesting. Thanks to Oklahoma reopening faster than other states means more things going on at the county fairgrounds this summer and maybe later when the county fair starts in late August. If there is a cat show, I'm going.
"Noting only one active COVID-19 virus case in Payne County, Chris Reding, Payne County Commissioner for District 2, recommended moving to Phase 3 of Governor Kevin Stitt’s plan to open Oklahoma’s economy earlier than the Governor’s June 1 goal.
During Thursday’s end of the month meeting of the Payne County Board of Commissioners, all three commissioners voted in favor of moving ahead to Phase 3.
Reding told the News Press that the main reason for moving ahead as early as possible was to give the Payne County Expo Center a head start on booking events.
Expo Center manager Colin Campbell has been receiving a lot of phone calls from event organizers who had scheduled in other areas and other states that are not opening up yet, Reding said.
He sees an opportunity for the county to benefit from their need to find a new venue.
The move to Phase 3 doesn’t affect the Payne County Administrations building and road district offices, which have already opened to the public.
County courthouses are getting back to business, although social distancing requirements remain in place and trials have been rescheduled for after July 31, based on an order from the Oklahoma Supreme Court.
Phase 3 provides that employers can resume unrestricted staffing of worksites and summer camps for churches and schools can open.
A health care facility may allow one patient representative to accompany a patient on a health care visit but visits to senior care facilities are still prohibited.
Phase 1 of Stitt’s plan allowed dining, entertainment, movie theaters and sporting venues to open on May 1, using Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended social distancing and sanitation protocols.
The CDC has updated considerations for restaurants and bars that recommend changing restaurant and bar layouts to ensure that all customer parties remain at least 6 feet apart.
Reding said the county’s move to Phase 3 allows bars and restaurants that aren’t located within a city’s corporate limits to operate.
“Let’s get this county back to work and back to business,” he said."
https://www.stwnewspress.com/news/payne-county-commission-approves-early-phase-3-re-opening/article_7c34fde1-81b0-551a-8671-6ee309d2d64e.html
