Mayor encourages proactive and precautionary approach to COVID-19
18 March 2020
Mayor of Tweed Katie Milne is calling on Tweed residents to take a proactive and precautionary approach to COVID-19 as the number of cases in NSW rises.
Cr Milne echoed the advice of health authorities for residents to practice social distancing, wash hands thoroughly, cover coughs and sneezes and stay at home if sick.
“Council is treating this situation very seriously and implementing a range of proactive measures to help keep the community and staff as safe as possible,” Cr Milne said.
“While the offices will not close and our staff are still working, we are asking people to consider alternative methods of contacting us and in particular, request that anyone who has signs of illness not to enter our offices.
“This is in addition to the decision we made earlier this week to close Council’s cultural facilities including the art gallery, libraries and museum for a period of two weeks, which may be extended as this unprecedented situation plays out.
“Council has also postponed or cancelled a number of other public events, community engagement activities and school or community group tours over the next four to five weeks.”
Some of the other ways Council is providing safer physical spaces for customers include:
- additional cleaning of surfaces in our customer service areas
- take-home / single use pens
- providing hand sanitiser and cleaning instructions for use in Council offices
- cleaning of all EFTPOS machines after each transaction.
“Our community will have to rise to the challenge again. We showed during the 2017 flood that we will go to extraordinary lengths to look after those affected and I have no doubt that we will do so again. The community can take great faith that we will be there for each other,” Cr Milne said.
“There are likely to be further announcements about Council services and programs over the coming days and weeks, so we ask people to stay informed through our website, Facebook page, the Tweed Link, the Tweed Emergency Dashboard and the local media.”
For more about COVID-19 visit the following government authorities: