Riley County commissioners Monday approved amending the latest local health order (Local Health Order No. 17) to remove screening requirements for bar and restaurant employees. Commissioners, sitting as the board of health, made the decision after seeing what the new language includes. There were concerns from business owners and local attorney Jeremy Platt that the logs were being sent to the Riley County Police Department for contact tracing and were not voluntary, a claim disputed by Local Health Officer Julie Gibbs. Riley County Counselor Clancy Holeman says the county is willing to still look at concerns and says long as it still carries out the purpose of public health in the order, there will occasionally be room for some movement on this.
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