Horsham Rural City Council has moved to assure the community it is taking appropriate COVID-19 precautions with the use of contractors from outside the region.

The council occasionally uses contractors from outside the municipality to complete projects where necessary.

This week three people who have travelled to Horsham will carry out works at the city’s Selkirk Drive depot.

None of the contractors are from metropolitan Melbourne. 

However, one resides in Geelong, which was subject to heightened coronavirus restrictions last week.

The council has taken action to ensure its contractors have a suitable occupational health and safety plan which addresses coronavirus requirements.

 Relevant aspects of this include:

• Pre-arrival arrangements, including no staff will attend if they have been in contact with people infected with COVID-19 in the previous 14 days.

• Daily temperature checking.

• Segregation of contractor and council staff at the depot.

• Outside hours, the contractor team will be in self-contained housing and bring pre-purchased food and supplies.

The council has also reminded the public the State Government has specifically allowed travel for work purposes, which means the council is not in a position to ban work-based travel.

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