Directive 11-2020 Cattaraugus County, New York

I, Howard V. VanRensselaer, Chairman, Cattaraugus County Legislature, in accordance with a declaration of a State of Emergency issued on March 15, 2020 and pursuant to Section 25 of the State Executive Law, hereby issue the following directive:

To protect the safety and welfare of employees during the COVID-19 pandemic, all employees shall submit to a pre-shift temperature screening as follows:

1. All employees shall self-monitor and check his or her temperature every 12 hours whether at work or at home.
2. All employees shall also undergo a pre-shift temperature screening when reporting to work at the beginning of each shift.
3. All employees shall report at the beginning of each shift to a central designated point of entry which shall be determined by the County Administrator.
4. For employees that do not report to a physical building every day and instead travel from home to places in the community, each shall perform a pre-shift temperature
5. screening before each shift. Leaving the home and reporting to your work site is the equivalent of your attestation that you are without a fever.

This Directive is effective April 1, 2020, at 12:01 a.m. and shall remain in effect until rescinded or until the State of Emergency expires, whichever occurs first.

Signed this 31st day of March, 2020 in Randolph, New York.