This week, Dauphin city staff will be testing the waters when it comes to working more days per week from City Hall — and spending less time working from home.
City Manager Sharla Griffiths tells CKDM the city feels confident that staff could safely get back to doing more in-person business.
“As the public is moving around and wanting to get more information, or pop into City Hall and see if they can make an appointment with someone — we want to be available to the public.”
Griffiths adds that there's plenty of office space at City Hall, which gives staff a sense they can work safely with proper physical distancing.
The City Manager also gave an update on the challenges many municipalities are facing with navigating the funding announcements from the province.
“It’s always great to hear about the funding, and we know that it’s coming. However, once we hear that it’s announced, we are eager to apply for it or see if we qualify for it. That information does not seem to be readily available. So we have to exercise patience in waiting for those details.”
