Summit County Manager Tom Fisher gave us a status update Tuesday on the businesses that are partly re-opening after the coronavirus lockdown. He said that it’s “so far, so good.”
On May 1st, the county approved a revised Health Order that allowed businesses to move to an Orange, or Stabilization phase.
Fisher said one sector that received a lot of attention included salons and restaurants, with the county doing hundreds of inspections.
“Inspection is such a strong word. Really, it’s a conversation, that we go into the business and talk about the protocols, see how they’re implementing those, make any suggestions, or see what they’re doing, and sign off on that process. By and large, very good response. The businesses that were anxious to open were also anxious to be in front of those protocols and make sure that they’re protecting themselves and protecting the public as much as possible.”
At the same time, they have received several appeals. One in particular came from the lodging industry.
“Usually those appeals come in, in order to change something, as opposed to, really, a blanket “I can’t do this in order to operate” type of attitude. So it really causes a conversation between that industry and the Health Department, so that we can make sure that the protocols not only accomplish the goal, or what the business or industry is suggesting to change. Still accomplishes the goal, and we work together to change the protocols so that it works.”
Summit County Manager Tom Fisher.
