Offices in the municipal building and other town facilities are closed to the public and all non-emergency municipal meetings have been cancelled through March 30, following Town Council action Monday to declare a pandemic emergency.
In his role as director of disaster services under the town’s emergency management ordinance, and following an established pandemic plan, Town Manager Cornell Knight called a special meeting of the council and proposed an emergency ordinance.
The six councilors present at the Monday meeting unanimously approved the document, which is posted on the town’s website, with the addition of a suspension of cruise ship visits through April. The council has the authority to take control measures to reduce the spread of the virus, under the emergency management ordinance.