While Congress debated a solution that could bring federal employees back to work Tuesday, officials at local federal agencies continued to comply with shutdown procedures while keeping an eye on Congress.

According to national news services, the Senate was prepared to cast a final vote Monday on a compromise that could allow federal agencies to reopen Tuesday. If the bill passes, it goes to the House, and if passed there, goes to the president’s desk for his signature.

Meanwhile, some local federal agencies remained shut down while others operated with a smaller number of employees or had their full compliment of workers.

The Vicksburg National Military Park Monday remained closed to vehicles, and the park’s visitor center and the USS Cairo Museum were also closed, according to a press release from the park. The park’s parking lot remained open, and the park was accessible to walkers, runners and cyclists from sunrise to sunset.

The park’s Al Scheller Hiking Trail was also open, but emergency and rescue services were limited. All park programs were cancelled.

Greg Raimondo, public affairs director for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Vicksburg District, said district officials Monday were continuing the office’s shutdown procedure, adding many of the released employees stayed at the district’s offices to watch the Senate debate on the public service network CSPAN.

“We expect to be open tomorrow morning,” he said.

Raimondo said none of the district’s locks or dams have been closed, and the lakes and boat ramps in the district’s parks remained open.

He said some employees were working on projects that were using “carryover,” or money remaining from the 2017 fiscal year, and people designated as “key employees” were still working.

“The Mat Sinking Unit closed its season Friday,” Raimondo said. “The temporary employees are gone but the seasonal workers are helping get the equipment stored for the winter.”

Also, he said, another group classified as “excepted employees” were still on the job. Those employees, he said, are people working as site inspectors who oversee government-funded construction projects and Corps dredging projects.

“This (the shutdown) looks like it’s very temporary and everybody expects to be back at work tomorrow,” he said.

Reagan Lauritzen, public affairs officer for the Mississippi Valley Division, said the division was also told by Corps Headquarters to begin shutting down operations Monday.

“Due to carryover funds from fiscal year 2017, thus far, the impact to division headquarters’ employees has been minimal,” she said.

Amy Phillips, chief public affairs officer for the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, said it was business as usual.

“As of right now, there’s really been no impact to ERDC,” she said Monday. “All of our employees are working today and will for the remainder of the day. If Congress fails to approve a measure, then the impact would start tomorrow. We would probably have less than 10 percent of our employees who would be furloughed.”

Like the Corps’ division and district offices, some of ERDC’s employees are working on projects covered by carryover funds from 2017. She said ERDC officials went through employee lists to see who had projects with carryover funds and would not be impacted.

“In the short term, they will not be affected, but they would be if this went over a long period of time,” she said.