The COVID-19 pandemic has closed the Hamtramck city clerk’s office, after City Clerk August Gitschlag and two employees tested positive for the disease. The office closed on Monday. Hamtramck Mayor Karen Majewski told the Detroit Free Press that for the time being, all clerk-related business will be handled through the city manager’s office. Hamtramck city hall remains open. Gitschlag said it’s unclear whether he and the other employees contracted the virus from election-related activities last week, but Election Day polling sites and city employees have all been notified about the outbreak.
