Government Office Closures, Waste Collection Delayed

Due to a winter storm warning and the potential for hazardous road conditions caused by ice, Alachua County offices will be closed on Wednesday, Jan. 22.

Additional closures

The following offices will also be closed Wednesday:

• Alachua County Schools
• Santa Fe College
• Alachua County Property Appraiser's Office
• Alachua County Library District
• Alachua County Tax Collector's Office
• Alachua County Sheriff's Office
• Statewide Guardian ad Litem Office (Circuit Eight)
• Supervisor of Elections Office
• Cities of Archer, Alachua, Gainesville, High Springs and Waldo
• State Health Department in Alachua County
• CareerSource of North Central Florida
  
  

Delayed openings

• University of Florida (opens at 12:30 p.m.)
• City of Newberry (opens at 1 p.m.)
  
  
  Waste collection

Alachua County's solid waste facilities and operations will also be closed on Wednesday and will resume regular hours on Thursday, Jan. 23.

Residential solid waste collection services will be delayed two days for the remainder of the week, due to the combination of Martin Luther King Jr. Day and the winter storm warning.

This means that homes regularly collected on Tuesday will be collected on Thursday, those regularly collected on Wednesday will be collected on Friday, and those regularly collected on Thursday will be collected on Saturday. Regular schedules will resume on Monday, Jan. 27.

For more information, contact Communications Director Mark Sexton at 352-264-6979 or [email protected].​

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