COVID-19 Information & Resources
RESOURCES
- COVID-19 Self-Assessment Tool
- The New Brunswick Pandemic Planning Guide for Municipal Governments and First Nations Communities
- Council’s role in communicating COVID-19 (UMNB/AMO)
- Public Health’s Risk-informed decision-making for mass gatherings during COVID-19 global outbreak
- Johns Hopkins coronavirus case map
- Canada’s COVID-19 Economic Response Plan: Support for Canadians and Businesses Technical Briefing
- Quick Reference Guide: Support for New Brunswick Workers and Students Affected by COVID-19
GNB MEMOS
- Office of the Fire Marshall RE: COVID-19 and Fire Inspections
- Bulletin – ALL Interprovincial/Territorial/International Travellers – March 24 2020
- RE: 911 Operational Procedure Directives
- Letter to Fire Chiefs regarding State of Emergency
- Bulletin – State of Emergency Declaration – March 20 2020
- Q&A – Municipal Elections Delay – March 18 2020
- Statement on Municipal Election Delay – March 17 2020
- Bulletin – Critical Business Continuity – March 16 2020
- Impact of COVID-19 on Council Meetings – March 16 2020
- Bulletin – School Closures – March 15 2020
- Bulletin – Hygiene in the Workplace – March 14 2020
- Bulletin – Preventative Measures in the Workplace – March 19 2020
All employee updates from the Government of New Brunswick.
TEMPLATES/SAMPLES
Essential Services Templates (via Campbellton)
- Essential Services Template Instructions: https://umnb.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/EssentialServicesTemplateInstructions.pdf
- Pandemic Plan Business Continuity Essential Services/Functions Staffing Allocations: https://umnb.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/EssentialServicesTemplate.pdf
Pandemic Action Press Release
REGARDING ELECTRONIC MEETINGS
Section 69 of the Local Governance Act:
Electronic meetings
69( 1) Subject to this section and to a procedural by-law made under paragraph 10(2)(a), it is permitted to use electronic means of communication in a council meeting or a committee of council meeting if it allows members of council to hear and speak to each other and, in the case of a meeting that is open to the public, allows the public to hear the members.
69( 2) Only a member of council who, at the time of the meeting, is outside of the local government or is physically unable to attend the meeting may participate in the manner referred to in subsection (1).
69( 3) Except for reasons of disability, a member of council shall not participate in the manner referred to in subsection (1) at more than 25% of the regular council meetings held in a one-year period or at more than four special council meetings held in a one-year period.
69( 4) A member of council who intends to participate in a meeting in the manner referred to in subsection (1) shall provide sufficient notice to the clerk to ensure that the relevant materials may be sent to the member and to ensure that the appropriate electronic means of communication are available and, if applicable, that the public notice referred to in subsection (7) is given.
69( 5) A member of council who participates in a meeting closed to the public under subsection 68(1) in the manner referred to in subsection (1) shall, at the beginning of the meeting, confirm that he or she is alone.
69( 6) A member of council who participates in a meeting in the manner referred to in subsection (1) shall be deemed to be present at the meeting.
69( 7) If a council meeting or a committee of council meeting is open to the public, use of an electronic means of communication is permitted only if a notice of the meeting is given to the public that includes the following information:
(a) a statement that an electronic means of communication will be used at the meeting; and
(b) the location where the public may see or hear the meeting.
Per Minister Carr, municipalities do not need a specific by-law to this effect.