MANSFIELD — The Richland County administration building and the Richland County Jobs and Family Services offices will be closed tomorrow due to the recently-enacted Juneteenth Holiday signed by President Joe Biden.
“By way of the President of the United States and Ohio Law, the Richland County Commissioners are closing their offices and the Richland County administration building,” County Commissioner Tony Vero wrote in an email. “Thank you for your understanding in advance vis-à-vis this time-sensitive closure.”
Per Ohio Revised Code Sections 325.19 and 124.19, “State holidays shall be the first day of January, the third Monday in January, the third Monday in February, the day designated in the “Act of June 28, 1968,” 82 Stat. 250, 5 U.S.C. 6103, as amended, for the commemoration of Memorial day, the fourth day of July, the first Monday in September, the second Monday in October, the eleventh day of November, the fourth Thursday in November, the twenty-fifth day of December, and any day appointed and recommended by the governor of this state or the president of the United States. Employees shall be paid for these holidays as specified in section 124.18 of the Revised Code.”
