Geary County offices will close at noon on December 31st. County employees will get that afternoon off.

Geary County Commission Chairman Ben Bennett said, “There is an accounting and software problem about closing out the end of the year, and where we close out with where the payday falls, and the end of the year all at the same time. And for accounting purposes we’re going to give all County employees and close all County offices at twelve o’clock on New Year’s Eve.”

Employees will still work on the morning of December 31st.

On a related note with that situation, Bennett also added all of the county employee pay raises that go into effect for 2016 will be delayed one day from January 1st until January 2nd.