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County Manager's Report — December 21, 2020 Ongoing Projects Courthouse & Government Center Renovations — Bar Construction continues work on the renovations of the Fire Place Building (Register of Deeds). The Contractor has estimated completion in late January. Delays with the water suppression system have pushed the completion date back several weeks. We are anticipating the ROD move in sometime in February 2021. Renovation work in the Historic Courthouse will ramp up in January with completion of the District Attorney's offices in March 2021. We expect the DA to move into their new offices by the end of April 2021. The company expects work to begin in the Government Center in January 2021. Work will start in the Main Courthouse Building after the DA's move into the Historic Courthouse — April 2021. The work schedule for these two buildings will be long since the work is broken down in sections to limit the number of workspaces impacted at any one time. Douglas Drive Building — IT & COLTS Relocation — IT relocated to the Douglas Drive Building on Friday, December 4, 2020. The move was completed without any major issues without technology. Congratulations to the IT team for their incredible work in completing this move. DSS should also be thanked for taking on the task of answering all our phones on Friday December 4. This was an enormous help to everyone so that our citizens would not see any interruption in services on this day. COLTS then had a successful move to the Douglas Drive facility on Wednesday December 9, 2020. Congratulations to them on making a successful transition. The only issue we have at this point is parking. The parking expansion design is underway and we believe the additional parking area should be completed in July 2021. Until then we are managing the current situation and working on short-term options daily to make the current parking lot work. Other Items Coronavirus Update — 1) Vaccine — With the roll-out of the COVID-19 vaccine, the Commissioners will need to begin discussions and reviewing the possibility of requiring all employees to be vaccinated. The Board has the authority to require all employees to be vaccinated under the law. The Board can seek input from the Health Director and the Board of Health before a decision is made by the Commissioners. 2) Governor's Letter and NCAG opinion on ordinances enforcing the Governor's order. On Friday December 11, 2020, the Governor sent out the attached letter and opinion from the NC Attorney General concerning civil penalties. After several Mayors and a few counties altered their Emergency Declarations to allow for civil penalties if people did not follow the Governor's Orders, an opinion from the School of Government staff questioned the legality of such actions. In response, the Attorney General wrote the attached opinion where he believes under NC Law civil penalties could only be issued by a City or County if an ordinance was in place allowing such actions by law enforcement. The Governor's letter asks local governments to consider enacting such an ordinance. Doing so would require advertisement and a public hearing. At this time, staff is not