FREE ACCESS: Greene County EMA requests Liberal Leave for county

The Greene County Emergency Management Agency issued the following statement:

“The approaching snow storm and cold is not to be taken lightly,” said Roger Axe, Greene County Emergency Management Agency. “The information from the National Weather Service is great cause for concern for the safety of employees as well as residents of the county.

That is why we are requesting employers, especially NWSC Crane, grant Liberal Leave to their employees Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

Employees traveling roads to their jobs in the coming weather become not only a hazard to themselves but to other vehicles and responders called to accidents as well.

We are asking employers to protect their employees by giving them the option of Liberal Leave if possible. We are also requesting this of employers out of Greene County with Greene County employees that must commute to their jobs.

There are some workers, especially in emergency services or the medical field, that are essential and must go to work.

Also, due to the extremely cold and dangerous temperatures on Sunday, we are asking churches to cancel services or provide for virtual services. A lot of our older citizens are church attenders and are/will be extremely vulnerable to this dangerous cold that is coming.”