The City’s Municipal Emergency Control Group (MECG) held another meeting this week.
The group meets bi-weekly to ensure that major city groups and essential employers and services are maintaining a coordinated approach to handling the covid-19 pandemic response.
City Manager, Norm Gale, noted that staffing is stable;
The Corporation is working hard, as best we are able, to ensure the continuity of emergency and essential services as we go through this fifth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic,
…but we know that challenges are coming, and we are ready for that. Our main focus is to make sure that the essential and critical city services that residents rely on continue to be delivered.
Non-critical and non-essential services will be adjusted as the pandemic continues. In some cases, some might be cancelled until further notice out of a precaution of safety for staff and the public.
The MECG continues to meet bi-weekly to provide a coordinated approach to the community’s pandemic response. Those in attendance at the MECG meeting represented the City of Thunder Bay, Thunder Bay Police Service, Thunder Bay Fire Rescue, Superior North EMS, St. Joseph’s Care Group, Tbaytel, Thunder Bay Airport, Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre, Thunder Bay District Health Unit, District of Thunder Bay Social Services Administration Board, Conseil scolaire de district catholique des Aurores boréales, Lakehead Public Schools, the Catholic District School Board, Canada Border Services, and the Solicitor General’s Office of Ontario.
