BERLIN â The city is asking residents to continue wearing masks voluntarily to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. The city council Monday night chose not to renew the cityâs mask mandate, which expired last Friday with the statewide mandate. Berlin will still require masks to be wore inside municipal buildings.
Mayor Paul Grenier said only one city in the state, Portsmouth, now has a mask ordinance. Grenier said the mayors of Claremont, Concord, Dover, Franklin, Keene, Laconia, Lebanon, Manchester, Nashua, Rochester and Somersworth as well as Berlin have followed the stateâs example and let the mandates expire.
He said the mayors have issued a joint letter, explaining Gov. Chris Sununu let the mask mandate expire following a reduction in the stateâs seven-day average of daily deaths to 0.6, the lowest since October 2020, as hospitalizations remain at a manageable level, and as over 70 percent of residents 65 and over have been vaccinated.
City council reviews police and fire budgets
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Council approves Goddard s reappointment to board of assessors
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City Council discusses Airbnb regulations
February 17, 2021BERLIN On Feb. 8, the Berlin City Council began the work session with Mayor Paul Grenier asking that HB623 and SB135 be added to the agenda as the bills were to be heard the following day. The motion carried and was approved unanimously.
City Manager James Wheeler discussed the Capital Improvement Plan. He reported that an annual update to the City s Capital Improvement Plan for the next six years was ready to be reviewed and accepted by the Council.
He explained how it works, stating that the information in the plan is gathered then presented to the Planning Board. From there, it goes to the Council to be approved. According to Wheeler, a Capital project is typically expected to cost $10,000 or is a project that will last for three or more years.