The City of Elkhart is making the COVID-19 vaccine available in its departments and offering extra paid time off in an effort to get more city employees vaccinated.
(Read the full release from the city below.)
To increase immunization from the COVID virus and its variants, the City of Elkhart is making it easy and attractive for staff to get vaccinated.
In partnership with Heart City Health, beginning Monday, July 12, the vaccine will be available at various city departments to be easily accessible to staff members.
Via Executive Order 2021-1 signed by Mayor Roberson, staff members who receive the vaccine anytime begore August 15th, and those who are already vaccinated, will receive an additional 2 paid days off.
“We have come such a long way in our fight against COVID and with the ever-increasing presence of variants, vaccination is more important now than ever before. Anything we can do as a city to up our rates of vaccination, we are willing to try. Our staff members are essential and interact with the public on a daily basis. We have a responsibility to keep them and our residents as safe as possible. If giving someone a couple of days off incentivizes them to get vaccinated, that’s great.” – Mayor Rod Roberson
