Hillsborough County Announces Holiday Closings

TAMPA, FL -- Most Hillsborough County offices and many public facilities will be closed or have adjusted schedules during the Christmas and New Year’s Day holidays.

• All libraries in the Hillsborough County Public Library Cooperative will be closed Saturday, Dec. 23, Sunday, Dec. 24, Monday, Dec. 25 and Monday, Jan. 1. With the exception of the Bruton Memorial Library in Plant City, libraries also will be closed Tuesday, Dec. 26, and Sunday, Dec. 31.
• The Pet Resource Center will be open Sunday. Dec. 24 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and Dec. 31 until 5 p.m. but will be closed on Christmas and New Year’s Day. A limited number of Animal Safety and Enforcement officers will be on call for emergencies on those days through the Pet Resource Center’s main number, (813) 744, 5660.
• Except for Veterans Memorial Park and the Dead River section of Wilderness Park, all conservation parks will be open Sunday, Dec. 24 until 2 p.m. Veterans Memorial Park and Dead River will be closed for the day.
• All Hillsborough County offices and facilities, including conservation parks, will be closed will be closed on Christmas and New Year’s Day. Emergency calls regarding county water and wastewater service may be directed to (813) 744-5600.
• Garbage, recycling and yard waste collections will follow a normal schedule on Tuesday, Dec. 26. Disposal sites (community collection centers, yard and wood waste processing facilities, transfer stations, the Resource Recovery Facility and Southeast County Landfill) will be open as well.
• Recycling collection will follow a normal schedule on New Year’s Day. However, there will be no collection of garbage or yard waste.

Also closed on Christmas and New Year’s Day will be:

• The administrative offices of county government
• All county recreation centers and skate parks
• Hillsborough County’s Customer Service Center
• The Center for Development Services
• All Social Services Community Resource Centers, county-operated Head Start/Early Head Start Centers, and senior centers and nutrition sites
• The Sunshine Line transportation service
• The Public Utilities Department customer service centers in Northdale and Brandon.

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