Service Reductions Due to COVID-19

Municipalities are concerned that they will not meet their obligations to provide services and comply with Ontario Regulation 239/02 Minimum Maintenance Standards for Municipal Highways (MMS) as a result of reduced staff levels due to COVID-19. To minimize the risk of the spread of the virus within your workplace, the current provincial colour coding and local medical officers of health guidelines should be reinforced with your own requirements on how social distancing will be maintained, when and where masks are required, and how maintenance operations can be provided that minimizes close contact with others, all to assist in reducing the risk of the spread of the virus within the workplace. Staff must be kept up to date as these guidelines evolve and be informed of what potential changes in routine they should expect if there is a staff reduction due to COVID-19.