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Local leaders meet on reopening

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Local leaders meet on reopening
Local leaders meet on reopening

Oneida County Executive Anthony Picente joined other regional leaders to discuss how to get businesses back up and running, and supply the necessary personal protective equipment to get people back to work.

Move forward and out of a pandemic.

Oneida county executive anthony picente joined others from around the state including the broome county executive.

They talked about the money spent by counties to keep people safe, and the burden put on those counties as we try to get businesses back up and running in the coming months and get people back to work.

One cost?

Personal protective equipment.

Oneida couny alone has spent 2 million dollars and counting so far in an effort to keep residents safe.

<9:48 we're buying millions of dollars worth of ppe the overtime that we have for our workers on the weekends, working nights and doing the tracing, and other aspects of this and dealing with the normal course of business in county bsuiness, which doesnt stop 10:10 picente says the county is inundated with calls from business and those dealing with the pandemic, and unemployment and mental health constantly and is working on a balance to keep people safe.

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