Health and Safety Notices

Council considering tax relief for businesses and residents, applauds Provincial announcements today

The City of Burlington is committed to supporting the health and well-being of our community by every means possible.

We know many of our residents and businesses are struggling with concerns around health, finances, and supplies and we are taking steps each day to help.

At our next scheduled council meeting, Burlington City Council will be considering a temporary change to late payment charges to provide relief for the April 21st property tax installment to help residents and businesses experiencing financial hardship during the COVID-19 outbreak.

Based on council’s decision, this temporary change being proposed would mean that for the month of April 2020 and through to May 31st, with additional extensions being considered on a monthly basis:

• No penalty or interest charges will be incurred related to the April 21st installment for all property owners; and
• No non-sufficient fund (NSF) fee charged by the City for any returned tax payments.

We encourage taxpayers on a pre-authorized payment...

City of Burlington Information on Emergency Planning Operations, Additional Closures and Other Updates

Burlington, Ont.—March 16, 2020—To protect the public and City staff and to help minimize the spread of COVID-19 virus, all City facilities including City Hall continue to be closed to public until Monday, April 6. City operations, services and responses are focused on protecting the community from COVID-19 and urgent matters.

While Mayor Meed Ward has not yet declared an official emergency on COVID-19, the City of Burlington activated its Crisis Management Team (CMT) on Friday, March 13 to coordinate City efforts to protect public and staff from the spread of COVID-19, while maintaining essential City services to the community.

The activation of the CMT is a phased approach as part of the City’s Emergency Management Program. The City of Burlington has four (4) levels of emergency activation, which mirrors that of Halton Region and the Province.

Alert Level - Very Low – Manageable – has no immediate impact on service operations or resources.

Level 1 - Enhanced Monitoring...

City of Burlington closes all City facilities to public access effective Monday, March 16 to Sunday, April 5

To protect the public and City staff and to help minimize the spread of COVID-19 virus, all City facilities including City Hall will be closed to public access effective Monday, March 16 to Sunday, April 5. While Mayor Meed Ward has not yet declared an official emergency on COVID-19, Burlington’s Crisis Management Team (CMT) has now fully activated the City of Burlington Emergency Response Plan at a Level 2. This decision made today by the CMT, in close consultation with the Mayor, enables a more rapid response to dedicating specific resources to prevention and containment of the virus.

City buildings closed to general public access effective March 16 include:

City Hall (phone/online/drop box still available)

Roads, Parks and Forestry

Burlington Transit - Transit Operations Centre

Animal Shelter

City offices in SIMs Square office building (390 Brant Street)

414 Locust Street offices

Burlington Fire Headquarters and all stations

Essential services including Burlington Fire, Burlington Transit...

COVID-19 Update - Recreation facilities and program registration refunds

With the COVID-19 situation, the City of Burlington will be offering full refunds for Recreation facilities and program registrations (including March Break programs) without any administration charge.

 

For facility rentals: organizations and residents with upcoming rentals may cancel or rebook at a future date (pending availability) with no penalty. Please contact rentals@burlington.ca.

 

For registrations, including March Break programs: to withdraw from an upcoming course without penalty, or to withdraw from a course in progress to receive a prorated refund,  please email liveandplay@burlington.ca or visit us during customer service hours. If you have more questions about cancellations, please reach us at rentals@burlington.ca or liveandplay@burlington.ca or 905-335-7738.

 

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City of Burlington monitoring COVID-19 and taking action to help protect staff and residents

Further to Halton Region Public Health’s update today on the first confirmed case of COVID-19 in Halton region, the City of Burlington continues to monitor our own operations daily.  This is the 41st COVID-19 case confirmed in Ontario. The City is actively increasing the cleaning and disinfecting of common contact points in City facilities and vehicles.

Upcoming decisions about City programs and meetings as well as events at our facilities and public spaces will be made based on the most up-to-date information and advice from our healthcare partners.  The health and well-being of our staff and community is the top priority for everyone at the City of Burlington.

Actions taken to date by the City of Burlington

• City resources are being allocated to increase cleaning and disinfecting, with specific focus on high-traffic touch points.  This will include increasing the cleaning and disinfection of common contact points such as door handles, customer service counters, elevator buttons and...