The city of Clinton issued the following statement.
Clinton City Hall is closed until 2:30 P.M. Wednesday, November 18, 2020 after an employee tested positive for the Coronavirus Wednesday morning.
The building is currently being deep cleaned and will reopen with unaffected staff this afternoon. City Hall staff that were not in contact with the affected case will still report to work following the deep cleaning. Affected employees in close contact will be tested will be quarantining per City policy for 14 days.
All other City offices are open for regular business. Individuals visiting City offices will be required to have their temperature taken and wear a mask prior to entering a City building to conduct business.
For the safety of our staff and residents, City officials request that you call 601-924-5474 prior to visiting City Offices to allow our staff to resolve your need remotely.
City Hall employees sent to quarantine, will be working remotely. Beginning in March, City officials implemented a plan to allow quarantining employees to work remotely. Computers and phones have been set up for each employee to answer their desk phones and perform their work from laptops/tablets equipped with VPN’s.
“We knew that quarantining staff was a possibility as the pandemic progressed, so City staff prepared and practiced a distance work plan over the summer. City services will not be interrupted due to the quarantine of several City Hall staff,” stated Mayor Phil Fisher. “We encourage all of our residents to remain vigilant by practicing social distancing, masking up and avoiding large groups. We are all in this together.
Once City Hall staff returns from Quarantine, we will notify the community via the media and website. Please call 601-924-5474 to allow our staff to assist your needs prior to visiting a City office.
For more information about the City of Clinton’s COVID-19 operations, please visit www.ClintonMS.org/COVID19.
Kingfish note: Employee had not been in office since Friday. Only six people work in City Hall. Two will be working at City Hall after reopening while the rest work from home.
4 comments:
" deep cleaning".
One of my favorite buzz phrases of 2020.
Nothing against the City of Clinton (I'm sure they're doing their best to follow the guidelines) but from what I've noticed at some places, "deep cleaning" consists of a few squirts of windex with a paper towel, and a 10 year old vacuum cleaner making one pass down the nasty carpet.
3:15, I can assure you, from my knowledge of the Mayor, the colloquial “Deep Cleaning” will be no comparison to the decontamination that will occur. He has a background that doesn’t allow him to be so easily fooled as some.
Like the high school that is closing until January and proclaimed that they would deep clean all surfaces before students return. If that virus can live 9 weeks on a hard surface, we are doomed.
The City of Clinton Fire Department purchased the required equipment to complete an industrial level cleaning of City Offices to assure all precautions were taken.
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