Montgomery County is going to continue to follow Governor Laura Kelly's Ad Astra plan. The decision was made on Thursday morning as the Montgomery County Commissioners met in a special session to discuss the county plans. Emergency Management Director, Rick Whitson made the recommendation to the county commissioner's. 

 

Montgomery County has not seen a positive Covid-19 case in over three weeks and the only current active case was scheduled to come off of quarantine on Thursday.

 

Whitson says at the end of the day its about the safety and well-being of the citizens in the county. 

 

The Montgomery County Courthouse will open for full normal operations on Monday but the jail will remain closed to visitors until at least June 22^nd.

 

The Emergency Disaster Declaration was also extended another 60 days. The county is currently in the middle of Phase two of the plan with Phase three set to go into effect on June 8^th. June 22^nd is the set date for the end of phase three.

 

Detailed information regarding Phase two and what will change come Phase three can be found here.