Derby City Hall will open Tuesday, library remains closed

DERBY — City Hall will open to the public Tuesday but the library has reverted to curb side pick up.

The two decision were made after employees tested positive for the COVID-19 virus in recent days.

“Both buildings were closed Monday and underwent a complete cleaning and sanitizing,” Mayor Richard Dziekan said Monday afternoon. “We had no new reported COVID-19 infection among City Hall employees beyond the two we reported.”

City Hall will be open to the public for its regular 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. business hours Tuesday.

“We’ll be taking the temperatures of all City Hall employees as they report to work,” the mayor said. “We won’t be doing that for the public but they will be asked to stay in the hallways while conducting their business.”

The mayor said the library will not be serving patrons in their buildings. Instead the public is asked to reserve any items online and arrange for curbside pickup.

“We’re doing everything we’re supposed to be doing,” said Dziekan, who fought off a COVID-19 infection last month. “We’re fogging the buildings, cleaning all the touch points, but we can’t monitor what people do on the outside. Unfortunately, COVID is spiking everywhere.”

Derby, like all of the other Valley municipalities, is red-listed by the state. That means at least 15 of every 100,000 people are infected with COVID-19.

Online services are available through the city’s website www.derbyct.gov.

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