Screenshot from Breckenridge Town Council meeting
If an individual is vaccinated, how should COVID-19 protocols, including masking, affect them? That question was posed to Breckenridge Town Council members at a meeting Tuesday, Jan. 12.
Breckenridge Mayor Eric Mamula said he and other mayors and managers in the county also discussed that scenario at a meeting Thursday, Jan. 7, with the mayor calling the situation “a headache.”
“The science is saying, vaccine or no, you still need to wear a mask because you can still be carrying and can still be shedding the virus,” Mamula said about what was discussed at the meeting last week.
Staff at Bagalis in Frisco sets up for limited in-person dining Dec. 21 after it was cleared to reopen under Summit County’s 5 Star Business Certification Program. The two new Summit County commissioners expressed concerns Tuesday, Jan. 12, that public health rules among industries are not equitable.
At Tuesday’s Summit County Board of Health meeting, newly sworn-in Commissioner Tamara Pogue spoke bluntly, saying she knows many people feel public health decisions are “arbitrary and difficult.”
Pogue said she “has confidence” in Public Health Director Amy Wineland, County Manager Scott Vargo and prior commissioners who steered the county’s response to the novel coronavirus pandemic since March. That said, she added, “I really want to fight for balance here.”
With two new elected officials in tow, the Summit County Board of Health on Tuesday made it a point of emphasis to address the community’s questions, concerns and confusion about local COVID-19 vaccine distribution. Public.
When Green City Council meets Tuesday for its first regular session of 2021, Ward 3 Councilman Rocco Yeargin and At-Large Councilman Dave France will lead as the body s president and vice president, respectively.
Both were unanimously chosen by the remaining six Council members during a special organization meeting last Tuesday. The Ward 2 seat is vacant for now since Bob Young resigned following his election to the District 36 Ohio House seat.
Yeargin, who was vice president last year and now is starting the last year of his first four-year term, was nominated by outgoing 2020 Council President Barbara Babbitt. France, who is beginning his 18th year on Council and ran unsuccessfully for mayor in 2008, was nominated by At-Large Councilman Richard Brandenburg.
Diners peruse a menu Dec. 4 at Modis while seated in the restaurant s outdoor dining area. Once Summit County’s incidence rate returns to level orange metrics for seven days, five-star certified restaurants like Modis will be able to operate under level yellow restrictions, which allow 50% capacity for indoor dining.
Editor’s note: This story has been updated to include a statement from St. Anthony Summit Medical Center officials.
Five-star certified businesses will be able to operate under level yellow restrictions once Summit County reports seven days of level orange case numbers.
When the county originally moved to level orange, officials said the numbers would have to be within that threshold for at least 14 days before five-star businesses could operate with a higher capacity. At a Summit County Board of Health meeting Tuesday, Jan. 5, Public Health Director Amy Wineland said that requirement has since changed.