MIDDLETON–The disruptive effects that Covid-19 brought to nearly everyone’s lives in 2020, was certainly reflected in the recently released State of the City address subtitled, “A Year Like None Other.”
Beginning in mid-March, the state’s ‘Safer at Home” directive closed in-person K-12 schools and nonessential businesses. While the state Supreme Court struck down an extension of that directive in late May, Dane County largely re-instituted it.
City Hall, the Senior Center and the Public Library also were closed to the public and many employees worked from home.
Adjustments were made to continue offering city services but in a way that avoided spreading the virus among the public and city employees.
The library responded by offering curbside check out and return of books and materials that totaled 88,500 last year.