Memorandum
Date: January 19, 2021
To: The Honorable Bruno Sabatier, Chair, Lake County Board of Supervisors
From: Carol J. Huchingson, County Administrative Officer
Subject: (a) Consideration of County Response to Worsening Pandemic Conditions and Impacts to Service Delivery and, (b) Resolution Authorizing Temporary Reduction of In-Person Delivery of County Services to the Public due to COVID-19 Pandemic Conditions
Executive Summary: (include fiscal and staffing impact narrative):
As your Board is well aware, pandemic conditions have worsened dramatically in recent weeks, with an increasing number of COVID-19 positive cases impacting the County workforce. On January 5, your Board took action to create an ad hoc committee to work with department heads in the efforts to comply with our COVID-19 Public Health Emergency - Worksite Protection Protocol and since that date, the committee has met several times to address the many complex issues departments are facing as they attempt to keep employees and the public safe while maintaining services to the greatest extent possible.
The focus of the committee’s discussions has been around how, during this critical time, we can pivot back to providing services to the public without (or with very minimal) in-person contact, as we did much earlier on in the pandemic, beginning in March to June 1, 2020. By doing all we possibly can do to keep our workforce safe and well, we are better able to keep services in place, until conditions improve and we are able to reopen fully.
To facilitate this discussion, staff has drafted the attached resolution which, if approved by your Board, would authorize temporary reduction of in-person service delivery due to COVID-19 pandemic conditions.
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Recommended Action: (a) Consideration/direction to staff. (b) Adopt Resolution Authorizing Temporary Reduction of In-Person Delivery of County Services to the Public due to COVID-19 Pandemic Conditions.