Municipal Response to The Stay-at-Home order Enacted by the Province
There has been a Province-Wide State of Emergency and Stay at Home Order Effective January 14, 2021, at 12:01 AM in response to the COVID-19 Pandemic.
The Emergency Control Group met this morning to discuss the parameters around the ‘Stay at Home Order’. The General Public Health Measures for all Businesses, Organizations and Facilities has been amended to now include the following:
Work From Home Except Where Necessary
Each person responsible for a business or organization that is open shall ensure that any person who performs work for the business or organization conducts their work remotely, with limited exception, for instance, where the nature of their work requires them to be on site at the workplace.
In light of this new measure the Emergency Control Group has developed the following plan for municipal departments:
The Municipal Office will remain closed for public entry. Due to the stay-at-home order enacted by the Province, the staff at the Municipal Office and Economic Development will be working from home until further notice. Emails are the preferred way of communication at this time; however, voicemails can be checked remotely. Please see our Contact page for more info.
The Transportation Department will be focusing on winter maintenance and patrols.
The Environmental Department will be focused on essential services. The landfill will be open regularly scheduled hours. You will be required to wear a face mask on-site.
The Building Department will function out of office as much as possible but will continue to issue permits as allowed under the regulation.
Emergency Services will be focused on essential services only.
Service Ontario is closed until further notice.
The Arena and all municipal facilities are closed to the public.
EMCPA Enforcement Supports
The Municipality would like to remind the public that under the provincial emergency, the following enhanced enforcement authorities will be in place:
All provincial offences officers, including police officers, will have the authority to disperse crowds indoors and well as outdoors. For example, when a group of more than five people who are not from the same household are gathering outdoors, they can be required to leave, and the premise may be closed.
Similar to the provision under ROA, individuals have a duty to identify when a police officer has reasonable and provably grounds that an offence under EMCPA has been committed.