BURLINGTON â A new Burlington City Council gets down to business today without any expected announcement on a special task force to deal with race relation issues.
Mayor Jeannie Hefty also is delivering her annual State of the City address today, but does not plan to mention the task force or the underlying issues of racism that have surfaced in the community.
Instead, Hefty will focus largely on the COVID-19 pandemic, while also making reference to new businesses and improvements to a firehouse and a senior center.
On Monday, Hefty said she is not overlooking issues of racism, but she wants to talk about COVID-19 and the many ways that Burlington residents have responded to the public health crisis.
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RACINE â Friday night, the City of Racineâs public health administrator proposed a series of updates to the cityâs mask requirement.
The proposals in some ways call for rules to be stricter, but also call for others to be loosened. They are to be debated and possibly approved into ordinance during a City Council meeting Monday evening.
Bowersox
Dottie-Kay Bowersox, the public health administrator, requested the following:
Bandanas, scarves, and gaiters are removed from the definition of âface covering.â (Face coverings that would still be approved include medical masks and cloth masks.)
School cafeterias are added to the list of establishments offering or permitting food service, thus providing an exception for the wearing of face coverings while eating or drinking there.
One day after public release of a state report saying Burlington schools have become a "racially hostile environment," school board members voice regret and say they will work to correct