►
Description
As IU students return in phases and the MCCSC academic year gets underway, the next few weeks involve a lot of change. In this week's video message, Mayor Hamilton encourages everyone to stay the course with COVID precautions to keep our community safe.
Mayor Hamilton mentions a new initiative by Utilities to start testing wastewater for COVID-19. Read more at https://www.hoosiertimes.com/herald_times_online/news/covid19/city-utilities-to-start-testing-wastewater-for-covid-19-prevalence/article_caa03b64-d8d0-11ea-8ebe-ef65f89200b9.html
The City will publish more details about the program soon at bloomington.in.gov.
A
Hi,
this
is
mayor
john
hamilton,
it's
monday
august
10th
and
I
just
wanted
to
check
in
with
the
community
again
particularly
related
to
the
health
pandemic
that
we're
all
still
working
through.
Obviously,
some
big
changes
happening.
First,
the
university
is
just
beginning
to
welcome
students.
Back
just
yesterday,
some
of
the
on-campus
students
began
checking
in
and
we
know,
off-campus
students
are
moving
in
as
well
headed
toward
the
university's
opening.
A
That's
going
to
change
our
community.
It's
bringing
a
lot
more
people
in
there's
a
lot
of
testing
going
on
both
for
arriving
students
and
ongoing
testing,
as
students
are
here,
but
certainly
it's
something
we're
watching
that
data
every
day,
as
the
group
of
us
that
meet
and
many
others
are
trying
to
just
watch
for
signals
to
make
sure
we're.
Okay,
the
overall
health
signals
continue
to
be
relatively
positive
in
monroe
county,
compared
to
the
state
of
indiana
and
compared
to
the
country,
but
these
are
very
concerning
days
and
weeks
ahead.
A
A
I
know
opening
up
this
week
remotely,
but
that's
changing
family
rhythms,
it's
changing
circumstances,
of
course,
and
and
that
may
evolve
too
over
the
just
short
weeks
ahead.
So
these
are
two
really
big
changes
happening
in
our
community
right
now,
they're
it
can
be
challenging
to
households
and
families,
and
I
appreciate
all
of
you
hanging
in
there
and
trying
to
get
through
this.
A
It's
we
can
have
safety
fatigue,
that's
a
real
thing
where
we
just
get
tired
of
trying
to
do
the
right
thing,
but
these
next
few
weeks
are
really
important
with
those
changes
with
continuing
monitoring
and
we're
going
to
keep
getting
data.
However,
we
can
even
from
the
utility
sewer
system
which
you
can
read
about,
but
keep
doing
the
right
things
keep
masking
keep
staying,
separated,
as
you
can
from
individuals
realize
that
any
one
of
us
may
be
infectious
when
we
feel
great
feel
fine,
we
still
can
be
spreading
the
virus.
A
So,
let's
be
careful,
I
hope
we
can
get
through
this
without
a
big
resurgence.
The
next
few
weeks
are
going
to
tell
us
that.
So
thanks
for
all
that,
you're
doing
please
reach
out.
If
you
have
any
questions
to
the
mayor's
office
or
to
me,
keep
taking
care
of
yourself,
please
keep
taking
care
of
each
other
and
taking
care
of
our
community
and
I'll
be
in
touch
again
soon.