TASK FORCE SETS PRIORITIES
Ruffles To Lead
County Response
To Corona Threat
COOPERSTOWN – County Treasurer Allen Ruffles has been appointed to chair the task force that county board Chairman Dave Bliss convened this morning to implement the response to the coronavirus threat.
The task force identified the following components that need to be addressed:
- Employee safety in the field – meeting state mandates and best practices. Limiting exposure at work
- Potential changes to work schedules and related labor issues
- Procurement of material necessary to allow for work to go on
- Information – establish a process to disburse information to the public in a clear and meaningful fashion
- Financial issues and planning
- Public Health – How to establish best practices and carry out the work necessary to keep the public safe and well informed
- Public Safety