Pima County Administrator Chuck Huckelberry at his desk in 2019.
Gov. Doug Ducey this week suggested that employers still consider letting their employees work from home, even after his stay-at-home order is lifted on Friday. But Pima County is taking the opposite approach.
County Administrator Chuck Huckelberry says about 1,100 county workers have been doing their jobs from home since the pandemic began. Starting next week, most will be expected to show back up at the office unless they have a family member to care for, or a medical reason to stay home.
"We're a public agency, and as a public agency we've got to provide public services," Huckelberry said at a Board of Supervisors meeting Wednesday morning.
Supervisor Betty Villegas questioned Huckelberry's plan, saying it appeared to contradict Ducey's statements Tuesday.
"[Ducey] was continuing to recommend those that are telecommuting to continue to telecommute, and I would that have thought that that would mean us as a public agency as well," Villegas said.
Huckelberry published his so-called Return to Work Guidelines last week, although employees who've been telecommuting never actually stopped working, they just did their work from home. Supervisors accepted Huckelberry's plan despite their objections.
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