Temple City Council member took another step Thursday to restore some normalcy after the coronavirus pandemic by returning to their City Hall chambers.
The Council returned to their chambers downtown after more than six months hosting their meetings at Sammons Community Center. The Council moved to the community center in November for more room to provide social distance.
City spokesman Cody Weems said the city was happy to get back to City Hall, 2 N. Main St., for both their bi-monthly meetings and workshops.
âWe were grateful to have Sammons Community Center available as a place to hold meetings in a safe, socially-distanced way, but we certainly missed the convenience of City Hall,â Weems said. âEveryone is ready to get back to a sense of normalcy, and this is just another step in that direction.â
The Temple City Council will once again meet in its Council chambers at Temple City Hall Thursday, following more than half a year away.
City officials said Wednesday the meetings will once again be held at City Hall, 2 N. Main St., after they were moved to the Sammons Community Center in November. The change will also include the Councilâs workshops returning to the building.
The meetings were moved to allow for more social distancing space, with the normal chambers not being large enough.
Meetings for the City Council take place on the first and third Thursdays of each month starting at 5 p.m.
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Bell County will have six vaccine sites for residents this week including those operated by Baylor Scott & White, Seton Medical Center and AdventHealth, County Judge David Blackburn said.
Sammons Community Center shuts down its COVID-19 vaccine clinic due to winter storm damages
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TEMPLE, TX â Just over 9,000 Bell County residents walked through the doors of the Sammons Community Center in Temple for a shot at beating the coronavirus. Now those same doors have a large closed sign taped to them.
The community center is one of the cityâs historic landmarks, then in January, with the help from the county, it turned into a COVID-19 vaccination clinic.
âThey ve done an amazing job, they re been so efficient,â said James Stafford, the public information officer for Bell County. âIf you ve had a chance to see that vaccination center in action, people would walk in and be amazed at how quickly they were able to move through it.â