Langford Mayor Stew Young - April 28th 2020
April 30, 2020
- 100,000 masks being distributed (at cost)
- being delivered to businesses
- till shields, face shields and hand sanitizers available via mobile PPE stocked vans
- $1,000 - $2,000 worth of PPE equipment sold daily
- daily one of these PPE supply vans will be parked in front of City Hall for residents
- in-home testing still available
- The Mayor's thoughts regarding a post-COVID economy...
- January - March 2019 - $108 million in development permits
- January - March 2020 - $146 million in development permits
- Langford never really closed!
- Big Box stores still open
- keep the essential services open
- trying to obtain a Rapid-Tester for the city
- much more testing & PPE is required...should be a national focus...no excuse
- where did you get the masks from?
- Mayor Young has an extensive personal network across the world, e.g., Hong Kong, England, Edmonton
- local procurement highlights & stories of PPE equipment purchases, i.e. masks
