November 28, 2020 //Volume 29, Issue 49 GERMANTOWN SPORTS HIGHLIGHTS - PAGE 18 (262) 238-6397 discoverhometown.com YOUR FIRST SOURCE FOR LOCAL NEWS, SPORTS & ADVERTISING Shopping and Donation Center OUR DRIVE-UP DONATION CENTER IS COMING SOON W190N10768 Commerce Circle Germantown • 262-255-7470 (old Gander Mountain building) PHOTO BY THOMAS J. MCKILLEN Walkers leave the starting area at the Germantown Police Department on Nov. 14 to begin the Candy Cane Lane 5K run walk. Germantown OKs committee to review audio visual upgrades for board room BY THOMAS J.MCKILLEN the committee. an outside location. In addition, restrictions MANAGING EDITOR (262) 251-7774 • N91 W17194 Appleton Ave. "Everyone's familiar here with the strug- on the number of people allowed in the Mon. & Fri. 10-6; Tues, Wed, Thurs. 10-7; Sat. 10-3 The Gemantown Village Board recently gles we're having here where we not seeing board room has meant that residents have approved the creation of an Ad Hoc less of a need for virtual WebEx meetings, participated in public hearings and the pub- $ WATCH Committee to oversee an upgrade of audio there's actually been more of a need," Village lic comment portions of meeting from the 5.00 BATTERY and visual equipment in the Village Hall President Dean Wolter said. WebEx connection. INSTALLED WITH THIS AD board room. The Village Board held several meetings Wolter said individual board members W156 N9664 During the Nov. 16 board meeting, in a virtual format in spring in response to have struggled with blended meetings, Pilgrim Rd. trustees Rick Miller and Jolene Pieper were restrictions on gathering for public meetings where some board members are participating Germantown appointed to the committee along with vil- that were put in place in response to the from home while the rest of the board is 251-1555 lage Fire Chief John Delain and Support COVID-19 pandemic. While the board meeting in person. Wolter said he has been DELIVERY • CARRYOUT Services Manager Michelle Tucker. Dan returned to in-person meetings later in the told the audio has "garbled" and difficult to Now Available! 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She said spread in school was “limited” taken steps to respondx to increased COVID-19 cases school setting,” Johnson said. because schools have the ability to enforce policies to in both counties, agency Director Kristen Johnson said She said the department has also prioritized trac- continue to operate, such as requiring masks or assur- during the Joint Washington Ozaukee Board of Health ing for older adults and seeks to make sure contact ing kids are spread out. In addition, schools have meeting on Nov. 20. tracing is done within 24 hours. For the 19-65 age nurses who can identify positive cases and do contact Johnson said the counties were in the “critically population, Johnson said her department is trying to tracing. high” category and the number of new daily cases do contact tracing within 24 hours “but in all honesty “Schools have some tools that we don’t have at the were not slowing down. In response, the Health we haven’t been able to achieve that.” population level to make them safer,” Johnson said. Department added 10 contact tracers in the week and Currently, the contact tracing involves contacting a She later added that “in the school setting the miti- a half prior to the meeting. She said with the addi- person who tested positive for a 15 minute interview gation strategy they’re all currently using, they’re tional staff the department can handle contact tracing and asking them to report close contacts. Johnson doing a good job of trying to keep that environment for 400 to 500 cases per day. Currently, the depart- said the department has stopped doing business fol- safe.” ment can do contact tracing for approximately 275 lowup – where the department would call a business Johnson said the department has seen cases in cases per day. In the seven days prior to the meeting, where there was a positive case and give them a pack- young children, but they’re being infected due to there were 2,000 new cases, or an average of just over et of information and a template of letters to share.