When a Special Council meeting was called to take place in a few short hours, I was thinking there might be a discussion about cancelling the City's Kids March Break Program that is to start on Monday and wrote on my Facebook page:
Friday the 13th of March today, and 'beware the ides of March" time is this weekend right - the Soothsayer's warning to Caesar to stay at home? Special City of Oshawa Council meeting at 4:00 pm today to discuss 'update and preparedness' for the coronavirus aka COVID-19... question, should the City cancel the March Break camp events? Feel free to share your opinion and ...about 'social distancing', the WHO advises maintaining least 1 metre (3 feet) between anyone who is coughing or sneezing. Have to thank my friend for the quarantini recipe
Friday the 13th of March today, and 'beware the ides of March" time is this weekend right - the Soothsayer's warning to Caesar to stay at home? Special City of Oshawa Council meeting at 4:00 pm today to discuss 'update and preparedness' for the coronavirus aka COVID-19... question, should the City cancel the March Break camp events? Feel free to share your opinion and ...about 'social distancing', the WHO advises maintaining least 1 metre (3 feet) between anyone who is coughing or sneezing. Have to thank my friend for the quarantini recipe
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About the meeting, it was much more than I expected.
Two of the three staff recommendations were passed and a 4th one was added. The Mayor and Councillor Marimpietri were away so there were nine Council members casting votes.
After discussing/wrestling with the staff recommendations, the votes were close, one was 5 to 4; the other votes were a bit different. None were unanimous...Copied below are Recommendation 1, which was approved. Recommendation 2 was defeated. Recommendation 3 was approved. The additional recommendation to postpone the March 24 Special Council meeting, which was to review the Draft Fire Master Plan, was approved.
So Oshawa community centres/rec centres are closed for 3 weeks.
Council meetings remain as scheduled.
There is a new by-law granting the Mayor and CAO delegated authority to make special decisions in situations before a state of emergency is declared...and as said above, the March 24 Special Council meeting reviewing the (400+ page) Draft Fire Master Plan is postponed.
Two of the three staff recommendations were passed and a 4th one was added. The Mayor and Councillor Marimpietri were away so there were nine Council members casting votes.
After discussing/wrestling with the staff recommendations, the votes were close, one was 5 to 4; the other votes were a bit different. None were unanimous...Copied below are Recommendation 1, which was approved. Recommendation 2 was defeated. Recommendation 3 was approved. The additional recommendation to postpone the March 24 Special Council meeting, which was to review the Draft Fire Master Plan, was approved.
So Oshawa community centres/rec centres are closed for 3 weeks.
Council meetings remain as scheduled.
There is a new by-law granting the Mayor and CAO delegated authority to make special decisions in situations before a state of emergency is declared...and as said above, the March 24 Special Council meeting reviewing the (400+ page) Draft Fire Master Plan is postponed.
