{"id":16120,"date":"2020-03-15T22:08:57","date_gmt":"2020-03-16T02:08:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shorebeat.com\/brick\/?p=16120"},"modified":"2020-03-15T22:08:57","modified_gmt":"2020-03-16T02:08:57","slug":"brick-municipal-offices-to-closed-to-public-until-further-notice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/2020\/03\/brick-municipal-offices-to-closed-to-public-until-further-notice\/","title":{"rendered":"Brick Municipal Offices to Closed to Public &#8216;Until Further Notice&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_517\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/DSC_0129.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-517\" class=\"size-large wp-image-517\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/DSC_0129-1024x680.jpg\" alt=\"The Brick Township municipal complex. (Photo: Daniel Nee)\" width=\"640\" height=\"425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/DSC_0129-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/DSC_0129-240x160.jpg 240w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/DSC_0129-400x266.jpg 400w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/DSC_0129-600x399.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-517\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Brick Township municipal complex. (Photo: Daniel Nee)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Brick officials announced Sunday night that the township\u2019s municipal offices would close to the public until further notice due to concerns over the spread of the coronavirus.<\/p>\n<p>Offices will, however, remain open to staff members, who will be available by phone and email. Township staff will accommodate any need that requires direct interaction and is time sensitive, officials said in the announcement.<\/p>\n<p>Public Works services \u2013 sanitation and recycling collection \u2013 will continue as normal, said Mayor John Ducey.<\/p>\n<p>Those in need of police non-emergency assistance, should call 732-262-1151. Other important numbers for township services are listed below.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>If you need to reach an <strong>office in the municipal building<\/strong>, please call 732-262-1000.<\/li>\n<li>The <strong>Public Works Department<\/strong> can be reached at 732-451-4060.<\/li>\n<li>The <strong>Clerk\u2019s Office<\/strong> can be reached at 732-262-1001.<\/li>\n<li>The <strong>Building Department<\/strong> can be reached at 732-262-1030.<\/li>\n<li>The <strong>Recreation Department<\/strong> can be reached at 732-262-1044.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Senior Outreach Services<\/strong> can be reached at 732-920-8686.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The precaution is being implemented \u201cto protect the citizens of Brick Township and the municipal staff,\u201d Ducey said. The mayor also urged all citizens to shelter at home and avoid going out unless absolutely necessary. Practice social distancing in an effort to slow the spread of this virus, the statement said. The CDC recommends a six-foot buffer in all social settings.<\/p>\n<p>Many services can be done online. Residents are advised to visit the Brick Township website at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bricktownship.net\/\">www.bricktownship.net<\/a> for those services.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fb-share-button fcbkbttn_large_button \" data-href=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/2020\/03\/brick-municipal-offices-to-closed-to-public-until-further-notice\/\" data-type=\"button_count\" data-size=\"large\"><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brick officials announced Sunday night that the township\u2019s municipal offices would close to the public until further notice due to concerns over the spread of the coronavirus. Offices will, however, remain open to staff members, who will be available by phone and email. Township staff will accommodate any need that requires direct interaction and is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":517,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2],"tags":[24,3978,3627],"class_list":["post-16120","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-government","tag-brick-nj-news","tag-coronavirus","tag-municipal-building"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/DSC_0129.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pgt2Ft-4c0","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16120","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16120"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16120\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/517"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}