Oswego City Creates Emergency Assistance Website

by Kassadee Bradshaw | March 24, 2020 1:09 pm

OSWEGO – In an announcement[1] to the Oswego community today, Mayor Billy Barlow announced that the city of Oswego has created a website for the community to go to for emergency assistance information.

The website[2] has the latest information on city operations, COVID-19 updates, financial assistance information, job applications, childcare information, local business resources and a list of local businesses that are still operational at this time.

Other updates Barlow gave are as follows:

• City Hall hours: Wednesdays 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. (closed noon to 1 p.m. for lunch), effective immediately.
• He said the two current confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Oswego County are NOT in Oswego City.
• He encouraged residents to continue social distancing and to stay at home, acting as if the city already has confirmed cases.
• He is urging the SUNY Oswego college community to not have any mass gatherings as they return from Spring Break.
  • He is signing an executive order to allow the Oswego Police Department to go in and address mass gathering situations.
• COVID-19 testing is still being conducted in the city.
• Non-essential businesses should be closed. The Oswego Police Department will enforce this mandate.
• Small businesses with 25 employees or less may be eligible to receive a portion of a $250,000 no-interest loan (payments will not be due until at least September.) The application is available on the new emergency assistance website and the city website.
• The city has developed a mailer detailing the city of Oswego local businesses still open.
• The city has partnered with the YMCA and Little Lukes for emergency childcare opportunities. Childcare slots are still available.
• Oswego Fire Department will be providing virtual training classes on how to protect yourself with protective gear. OFD will be distributing protective equipment to nursing facilities in the city.
• Tax and fee payments are suspended for city bills. (30 days from the due date with no penalty.)
• Avoid going to City Hall. All forms, permits and applications are now available online and can be mailed in.
• Commercial loan payments for city businesses are suspended for 120 days,
• 100% city employees are working remotely.
• Council, board and committee meetings will be live streamed.
• City Hall assistance line: 315-343-4990 (for any City Hall related question).
• Oswego County COVID-19 Hotline: 315-343-3330
• He urged residents to enroll in the city’s mass notification system[3].

To watch the mayor’s full announcement, view it here.[4]

Source URL: https://oswegocountytoday.com/news/oswego/oswego-city-creates-emergency-assistance-website/

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