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NOTICE OF LOTTERY - FOR BALLOT PLACEMENT

Submitted by WendyH on February 2, 2021 - 1:43pm
Date: 
February 4, 2021 - 11:00am

NOTICE OF LOTTERY FOR BALLOT PLACEMENT - CONSOLIDATED ELECTION APRIL 6, 2021

NOTICE OF LOTTERY for Ballot Placement VIRTUAL DRAWING – via Zoom (April 6, 2021 Consolidated Election)A lottery is initiated to determine ballot placement for candidates seeking election in the April 2021 Consolidated Election.Therefore, notice is hereby given that on Thursday, February 4, 2021, at 11:00 a.m. at the City of the Urbana city building, 400 South Vine Street, Urbana, IL 61801. A lottery will be held to determine ballot placement for the April 6, 2021 Consolidate Election.

 

 

 

Urbana Enters Phase 4

Submitted by BridgetB on January 21, 2021 - 1:21pm

Update on Restore Illinois Plan

The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) today announced Region 6, which includes Champaign County, is returning to Phase 4 of the Restore Illinois Plan. Under Phase 4, the following applies:

All Industries

  • All employees who can work from home should continue to do so
  • Continue to wear face covering that covers nose and mouth, maintain social distance of 6 ft., and frequently wash hands
  • Continue employee health screenings upon entry into the workplace and mid-shift screenings for employees with shifts >5 hours (virtual screening permitted)
  • Follow guidelines on capacity limits and group sizes (to be continually reassessed throughout Phase 4)

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Region 6 Moves to Tier 1 Mitigations

Submitted by BridgetB on January 18, 2021 - 11:30pm

The City of Urbana, as part of Region 6, has been upgraded to Tier 1 as a result of the Illinois Department of Public Health adjusting the metrics to allow more regions to lift strict mitigations.

This decision was made after a meeting with hospital leaders.

The IDPH said in a statement that hospital leaders and local health departments have communicated to IDPH that their primary capacity challenge is the need for additional staffing and stressed that state-facilitated staffing contracts will be critical in addressing this challenge. With this surge staffing program, IDPH and hospital leaders feel confident that metrics can safely move away from utilizing medical/surgical bed limits to move across mitigation tiers, allowing more regions to advance. The adjustment also recognizes the substantial progress the state has made since November 20, 2020 when Tier 3 mitigations were put in place.