Hazard pay extended for Tifton public service workers
Hazard pay extended for Tifton public service workers By Bobby Poitevint | December 21, 2020 at 11:04 PM EST - Updated December 22 at 12:56 AM
TIFTON, Ga. (WALB) - Hazardous duty pay has been extended for Tifton public safety workers.
This comes as the world continues to battle the COVID-19 pandemic.
It was approved in a unanimous vote during Monday night’s Tifton City Council meeting.
This is in effect for police, firefighters and other public safety workers that could be exposed to COVID-19 any given day.
“We appreciate what our public safety employees do, and all employees for that matter, but on the front-lines, this is a special time. So, again, they’re doing their job and learning how to deal with this effectively,” said Tifton City Manager Pete Pyrzenski.
After error in initial vote, Tifton passes mask mandate
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A visitor wearing a mask to protect against the spread of COVID-19 passes a sign requiring masks, Tuesday, July 7, 2020, in San Antonio. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has declared masks or face coverings must be worn in public across most of the state as local officials across the state say their hospitals are becoming increasingly stretched and are in danger of becoming overrun as cases of the coronavirus surge. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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TIFTON, Ga. (WTXL) â The Tifton City Council once again passed the city-wide mask mandate on Monday night, after the first time it was nullified by virtue of procedural error.
Tifton mask mandate passes â again
Tifton mask mandate passes â again By WALB News Team and Bobby Poitevint | December 21, 2020 at 7:41 PM EST - Updated December 22 at 12:56 AM
TIFTON, Ga. (WALB) - The Tifton City Council has passed a citywide mask mandate â again.
In a 3-2 vote, the city passed a mask mandate for the second time.
The
What the mandate means:
There is a 30 day limit on the ordinance.
There are no fines associated with the ordinance.
Officials want you to be mindful, this is a law.
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City of Tifton calls off city-wide mask mandate, cites âprocedural errorâ
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In a press release Thursday, the City of Tifton said that the city-wide mask mandate passed on Dec. 14 did not meet city charter requirements, effectively canceling the mask mandate passed on Monday.
According to the City of Tifton Charter, âan ordinance shall not be adopted the same day it is introduced, except for emergency ordinances.
This means that the ordinance requiring masks will be brought back before Mayor and Council for final consideration at the Council Meeting on Dec. 21 at 5:30 p.m. at City Hall.
Tifton officials spot âprocedural errorâ in meeting where mask mandate passed Tifton officials said a âprocedural errorâ happened during a called meeting where the Tifton City Council passed a city-wide mask mandate. (Source: WALB) By WALB News Team | December 17, 2020 at 3:19 PM EST - Updated December 17 at 3:19 PM
TIFTON, Ga. (WALB) - Tifton officials said a âprocedural errorâ happened during a called meeting where the Tifton City Council passed a city-wide mask mandate.
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In a 3-2 vote, the city council passed an ordinance requiring face masks in public places.
âHowever, it was discovered this week that the ordinance approval did not meet the requirements as stated in the City of Tifton charter,â city officials said in a release. âAccording to the charter, âan ordinance shall not be adopted the same day it is introduced, except for emergency ordinances.ââ