SAUGATUCK, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) – Leaders of municipal governments across Michigan are no different than their constituents in dealing with the challenges caused by the COVID-19 outbreak.
For Saugatuck City Manager Kirk Harrier, it’s a case of maintaining basic services and preparing for when life does return to some sense of “normalcy.” “There’s going to be a point in time when it does get better,” he explained during a Wednesday interview on “WHTC Morning News,” “so we want to make sure that we are focusing on that ‘light at the end of the tunnel,’ for when we get to that point, we are ready to go and that things are not deteriorated in terms of what we need to do.
“We’re staying positive and are trying to reassure people, as well. I think that, if we follow the directives that we are getting from the state, we can pull through this pretty easy.”
In a statement released shortly after Governor Whitmer’s “Stay Home, Stay Safe” Executive Order was issued on Monday, Harrier wrote, “Saugatuck City Hall will remain temporarily closed to the public. However, citizens calling City Hall at 269-857-2603 will be forwarded to appropriate staff members to answer any questions or concerns related to City business during normal business hours of 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Essential services performed by the Saugatuck Public Works Department will continue.”
