City hosts fifth telephone town hall on Sept. 23 to help answer questions about COVID-19 as we head into the fall season

Posted on Tuesday September 08, 2020

Join the Sept. 23 public telephone town hall

Burlington, Ont.—Sept. 8, 2020 — On Wednesday, Sept. 23, between 6 and 7:30 p.m., the City of Burlington will hold another telephone town hall event to share information and answer resident questions about our community and COVID-19 as we head into the fall.

The town hall will be hosted by Mayor Marianne Meed Ward, who will be joined by a panel of local leaders to help answer residents’ questions, including:

Tim Commisso, City Manager at the City of Burlington
Pat Daly, Director of Education at Halton Catholic District School Board
Stuart Miller, Director of Education at Halton District School Board
Eric Vandewall, President and Chief Executive Officer at Joseph Brant Hospital
Mary Battaglia, Director of Roads, Parks and Forestry, City of Burlington
Denise Beard, Manager of Community Development, City of Burlington
Allan Magi, Executive Director of Environment, Infrastructure and Community Services, City of Burlington
Rory Nisan, Ward 3 City and Regional Councillor
Members of Burlington City Council will be present and listening.

How to Participate

Residents who would like to participate in the town hall can do so in the following ways:

Register in advance: Burlington residential phone numbers will be randomly selected to be part of the telephone town hall. Residents who would like to be added to the telephone call list can email getinvolved@burlington.ca by the end of the day on Sept. 22.

Please note: if you registered for any of the previous town halls (held on March 26, April 14, June 4 or July 16), you are not required to register your phone number again. To remove a name from the call list, email getinvolved@burlington.ca by the end of the day on Sept. 22.

Join by telephone: Anyone who does not receive a telephone invitation can call 1-800-779-0904 just before 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 23 to join the town hall. For those individuals calling in, please be advised more than one attempt may be required due to the high volume of traffic on the phone lines. If the first call does not connect, please hang up and dial the 1-800 number again.

Once the call begins, a moderator will provide participants with instructions for how to submit their questions to the leadership panel.

Many of the questions not answered during the call will be posted, with answers, to the City’s website at burlington.ca/townhall, along with an audio file and full transcript of the call after Sept. 23.

Burlington is ranked as Canada’s best community and best place to raise a family. It is a City where people, nature and businesses thrive. As residents continue to rediscover many of their favourite spaces and activities in the city, City services may look different as we work to stop the spread of COVID-19. The City’s commitment to providing the community with essential services remains a priority. Sign up to learn more about Burlington at Burlington.ca/Enews and download the free City of Burlington app.

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Mayor Marianne Meed Ward
“As students head back to school, our community is understandably concerned about how this will impact the health of our families and our COVID-19 response. This town hall is timed to help us connect as we continue our efforts to mitigate the spread of this virus and keep our community healthy. I look forward to hearing directly from our local schoolboards and healthcare professionals, as well as many parents and community members as we face this next step together.”

Quick Facts

Since the COVID-19 outbreak, the City of Burlington has hosted four telephone town hall events, on March 26, April 14, June 4 and July 16 to provide updates about what the City is doing to protect the health and safety of our community and to address concerns from the public related to COVID-19.
Audio recordings and full transcripts from the previous telephone town hall events are available online at burlington.ca/townhall. Answers to the questions asked by the public during these town hall events are also available at the same location on the City’s website.

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