Lebanon County Commissioner Jo Ellen Litz will be working remotely for up to three months following an accident at the county municipal building earlier this week.
“I will be doing work remotely, remote meetings for approximately three months is what I’ve been told about being out of circulation,” Litz said via a telephone interview with LebTown on Friday.
Litz declined to go into detail about the accident.
“I broke my arm,” she said. “I won’t go into detail. (But) I can just say I broke my arm.”
Litz wants readers to know that she will still be doing work for her constituents during this time. She asked anyone who needs to reach her for official county business to contact the commissioners office to speak with staff, who will forward messages to her.
“(Deputy chief clerk) Dawn (Poliseo) and (chief clerk) Jamie (Wolgemuth) will keep me informed of what’s going on,” Litz said. “And so that would be the best place to leave a message ’cause I really have to lean on them a little bit here.”
The seven-time commissioner now in her 26th year of public service to Lebanon County was absent from the 250th Liberty Bell unveiling Wednesday at the Lebanon Valley Expo Center. Litz has actively attended many – if not all – of the previous official public events to promote the upcoming countywide celebration of the nation’s semiquincentennial birthday on July 4, 2026.
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There will be a special celebration that day at the Lebanon Valley Expo Center that will culminate with the annual fireworks, which will move from Coleman Memorial Park for this year’s celebration before returning to the park in 2027.
“Those are the kinds of events with the celebration, especially for our 250th anniversary coming up next year, I will miss. But before I get to 2026, I have to take care of some things,” Litz said. “So yeah, I’m gonna miss a lot of events and Christmas parties and things until later this winter. I am making every effort to attend (meetings) as much as possible by video or phone call.”
Litz said she can do the job remotely.
“That’s my plan at this point until I get word from a doctor that I can do more,” said Litz. “I’m not allowed to drive for three months. So I’m going to have to work to get a driver, you know, but that’s being worked on.”
She added that she trusts “God has a plan and all this will, you know, come out on a positive side. And I want to thank everyone for their patience during this time.”
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