Tavares – All offices of the Lake County Board of County Commissioners, as well as the Lake County Property Appraiser, Supervisor of Elections and the Tax Collector will be closed Jan. 18 in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

Lake County Solid Waste’s residential curbside collection service, as well as the Lake County Landfill, will operate as normal. However, customer service and drop-offs will be closed.

The Lake County Animal Shelter, located at 12280 County Road 448 in Tavares, will also be closed.

Lake County Connection, the County’s disadvantaged transportation service, and LakeXpress, the fixed-route bus system, will not be running on the holiday. For more information and schedules, visit www.ridelakexpress.com.

The Lake County Extension Center, located at 1951 Woodlea Road in Tavares, will be closed. For information about upcoming events hosted by the Extension, visit http://lake.ifas.ufl.edu/. 

All 16 Lake County Library System libraries will also be closed. For additional holiday hours and closures specific to each library, please visit https://www.mylakelibrary.org/news/news_release.aspx?id=4290.