After a water emergency declaration was issued for Nueces County, officials are exploring ways to cut water use, including possibly shortening the work week by one day, according to County Judge Connie Scott.
“The biggest thing that has come out of our discussions that is not yet done and it hasn’t been voted on, and we will plan together and vote on this together as all the elected officials is really cutting back the work week, taking, you know, one day out of the work week, is one of the. I guess the highest suggestions,” Scott said.
Nueces County considers 4-day work week to reduce water use after emergency declaration
Scott clarified that employees would still work 40 hours a week and receive full pay. However, how each department implements the change would be up to the county’s 38 elected leaders. For the courts, that could mean a shift to remote proceedings.
“The judges upstairs would have to ask permission to do some cases by Zoom,” Scott said. “I’m not sure that they’re gonna get permission. Part of the reason why we declared the disaster that we did last week was to get those conversations started.”…