Most county offices to close Monday, May 27, for Memorial Day
Most county offices will be closing for a one-day break on Monday, May 27, to observe the federal holiday, Memorial Day.
This closure affects county departments located in the Kerr County Courthouse, 700 Main Street in Kerrville, in the 550 Earl Garrett Street office building in Kerrville and in the West Kerr County Courthouse Annex, 510 College Street in Ingram.
There will be no break in action for emergency services, including law enforcement, fire department and EMS agencies, who will be “at the ready” to answer calls when summoned.
County offices taking the break Monday are expected to reopen with their usual operating hours on Tuesday, May 28. For specific business hours, refer to the individual departmental pages on the county website: www.kerrcountytx.gov.
The Kerr County Commissioners’ Court, which usually meets on the second and fourth Mondays of each month, will be affected by the holiday. Instead of Monday when the holiday falls, they will meet on Tuesday, May 28, at 9 a.m. in the first-floor commissioners’ courtroom of the Kerr County Courthouse.
Remaining on the 2024 holiday calendar for county offices will be closings on Thursday, July 4, in observance of Independence Day, and Monday, Sept. 2, for Labor Day. Holidays for the second half of 2024 and the first half of 2025 will be decided at a later date by the Kerr County Commissioners’ Court.
Memorial Day, less commonly known as Decoration Day, is a federal holiday observed each year on the last Monday in May. It has been observed across the nation since 1868.
The purpose of Memorial Day is to honor all men and women who died while in military service to this country. (This is different and in contrast to Veterans Day, which is a federal holiday marked in November to honor all U.S. military veterans – dead or alive.)