Newly-elected Milwaukee County board members take oaths of office curbside

-
2:04
Metcalfe Park residents, concerned neighbors march, rally against...
-
1:15
Annual kickball game aims to build connection between kids and...
-
2:53
Wisconsin State Fair returns with new features🎡
-
1:46
4-year-old ’ray of sunshine’ remembered after dying in Milwaukee...
-
2:18
Man charged in homicide of MPD Officer Corder appears in court,...
-
1:26
Falls Lavender Fest is back for a 5th year with lavender scents,...
-
2:04
Meet CBS 58’s Pet of the Week: Clyde
-
4:16
CBS 58’s Feel Good Fridays: Dog Days, Gallery Night, Christmas...
-
2:25
Milwaukee’s Bastille Days officially underway, bringing in...
-
3:17
As Democrats make push to flip state Senate, here are the races...
-
1:26
A big man, with a big heart: Gilbert Brown provides free football...
-
1:20
Students from more than a dozen schools get a glimpse at construction...
MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) -- Newly-elected members of the Milwaukee County board got curbside service as they took their oaths of office.
They were sworn in while in their cars in the courthouse annex parking lot Monday.
This was a case of state law meeting social distance rules.
The law says the county clerk must be present for the swearing in, it can't be done online.
"We felt this was the safest way to conduct this, as well as adhering to state laws and open meeting laws and so on," said Milwaukee County Clerk George Christenson.
"I think, you know, as a society, that we should have been doing some of these things all along, to keep away other viruses that are detrimental in our society," said Milwaukee County Supervisor Sylvia Ortiz-Velez. "So I think the society's gonna look entirely different."
The new county board later held its first meeting by video conference.