Sarasota News Leader
December 21, 2012
Page 41
SARASOTA COUNTY ANNOUNCES HOLIDAY CLOSINGS
Most Sarasota County government offices and
services will be closed Monday, Dec. 24, and
Christmas Day, Tuesday, Dec. 25, for the holiday. That includes libraries, the History Center, recreation centers, Arlington Pool, Payne
Park and Knights Trail Park, a county news
release says.
collection on Dec. 25. Residents whose regular collection days are Tuesday, Wednesday,
Thursday or Friday will have their collection
day for yard waste, recyclables and garbage
moved to the next day in the week, the news
release adds. For example, residents with a
regular collection day of Tuesday will have
their collection day on Wednesday; Wednesday���s regular collection will take place on
Thursday. Because collection times vary, residents should place refuse materials at the
curb by 6 a.m. the day of pickup, the release
notes.
The Sarasota County Health Department,
which is a state agency, also will be closed
Dec. 24 and 25. While only Christmas Day is
an official state holiday, Gov. Rick Scott has
directed that state offices be closed Dec. 24
���in recognition and sincere thanks for the dedication of state employees in service to the Sarasota County���s chemical collection centers
at 8750 Bee Ridge Road, Sarasota, and 250 S.
citizens of Florida.���
Jackson Road, Venice, will be closed Dec. 24
There will be no Saraand 25. The Citizen���s
sota County Area
Convenience Center
Transit (SCAT) bus
at 4010 Knights Trail
service on Dec. 25.
Road, Nokomis, will
be closed Dec. 25. All
Regular bus service
three centers will be
will operate on Dec.
open Dec. 26.
24, with the following
exceptions: Route 99
The landfill at 4000
(Palmetto): no trips
Knights Trail Road,
at 4:15, 5:15, 5:45 or
Sarasota, will be
7:15 p.m. from Lemclosed Dec. 25, but it
on Avenue; or at 3:35
will be open Dec. 26.
or 4:05 p.m. from PalThe landfill adminismetto. The 2:35 p.m.
tration offices will be
departure will end at
closed Dec. 24 and
the DeSoto station.
25.
Residents who live in
unincorporated areas
of the county will not
have yard waste, recyclables or garbage
Members of the Sarasota County Commission
pose in chambers in Sarasota for a holiday
greeting to the public: (from left) Commissioners Joe Barbetta, Carolyn Mason, Christine
Robinson, Nora Patterson and Charles Hines.
Photo by Norman Schimmel
For more information, visit www.scgov.
net, or contact the
Sarasota County Call
Center at 861-5000.
