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COVID 19 UPDATES BELOW:
Statewide Mask Mandate begins August 1st.
Gov. Tony Evers today declared a Public Health Emergency and issued an Emergency Order requiring individuals to wear face coverings when indoors and not in a private residence, with some exceptions as clarified and defined in the order. The order is effective at 12:01 a.m. on Saturday, August 1, 2020, and will expire on September 28, 2020 or by a subsequent superseding order. Executive Order #82 declaring a public health emergency is available here and Emergency Order #1 requiring face coverings statewide is available here.
Under this order, Wisconsin residents ages five and older are required to wear a face covering when they are indoors or in an enclosed space with anyone outside their household living unit. Face coverings are strongly recommended if outdoors when maintaining physical distancing is not possible. The order also enumerates exceptions to the requirement, listing activities such as when an individual is eating, drinking, or swimming. Individuals with health conditions or disabilities that would preclude the wearing of a face covering safely are also exempt from the requirement. A frequently asked questions (FAQ) document is available here.
Should you have questions, concerns, or comments regarding the latest order, we ask you to contact Governor Evers' Office or call 608-266-1212
ROCK COUNTY COVID-19 PAGE: CLICK TO VIEW
COVID Assumption of Risk Waiver Document: click here to download template
Local Orders & Reopening Guidelines 5/14/2020
The Wisconsin Supreme Court struck down the Department of Health Services’ Stay at Home Order on May 13, 2020. The Order was set to expire May 26, 2020. However, many local governments have instituted local orders. Some commentators are raising questions about whether these local orders are enforceable. As of now, these orders below are enforceable. The Wisconsin Supreme Court only addressed the Department of Health Services’ Order. The local orders are adopted under a similar, but different statute. Until such time as the local orders are challenged, you are subject to their requirements.
As of the time of this notice, the following local orders are in place:
May 12th Update: The Wisconsin Department of Health Services issued Emergency Order #36, which goes into effect immediately (May 11, 2020). In its Emergency Order #36, retail stores that are “Non-essential Businesses and Operations” are allowed, subject to limitations, to provide in-person retail sales. Emergency Order #36 provides that standalone or strip mall-based retail stores with an entrance or entrances to the outside may offer in-person shopping for up to five customers at a time. Any entrances through a mall or interconnected passage must be closed to the public. Stores relying exclusively on mall or interconnected passage entrances may not offer in-person retail under this section.
Face coverings are strongly encouraged for all staff and customers. Social Distancing Requirements, as defined in Section 16 of Emergency Order #28 Safer at Home Order, must be observed at all times. These requirements are:
All retail stores operating under this new order must also comply with Sections 2.b.ii.2., 2.b.ii.3., and 2.b.ii.4. of Emergency Order #28, the Safer at Home Order, which require the following:
UPDATE/PRESS RELEASE
Update 04/20/2020: Gov. Evers Announces Badger Bounce Back Plan
MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers today announced Wisconsin's "Badger Bounce Back" plan which outlines important criteria for Wisconsin to be able to reopen its economy in phases and includes steps to make sure workers and businesses are prepared to reopen as soon as it is safe to do so. In coordination with this announcement, at the direction of the governor, Wisconsin Department of Health Services Secretary-designee Andrea Palm issued Emergency Order #31 establishing the process and outlining the phases of the plan. The emergency order is available here.
“As we've learned over the past month, in the most difficult of circumstances, Wisconsinites will rise to the occasion, helping each other and working together to do what's best for our families, our neighbors, and our communities,” said Gov. Evers. “That's what the Badger Bounce Back is all about: our resilience as a people and as a state. I am excited and hopeful about this plan. While being safe at home continues to be important, this plan is an all-out attack on the virus and it begins the process of preparing our businesses and our workforce for the important planning that will result in the safe and logical reopening of our economy.”
The Badger Bounce Back plan is informed in part by the President's Guidelines for Opening Up America Again that was issued by the White House on April 16, 2020. Currently, Wisconsin does not meet the criteria the White House established to start reopening our state. The Badger Bounce Back plan takes important steps to get the state of Wisconsin there.
The goal of the Badger Bounce Back plan is to decrease cases and deaths to a low level, and increase capacity in our healthcare system so the phased reopening of businesses is possible. As part of that plan the state will be working to increase access to more testing and expand lab capacity. Under the Badger Bounce Back plan, everyone who needs a test should get a test. The state is setting a goal of 85,000 tests per week, averaging about 12,000 tests per day. More information on the state's testing efforts was released earlier today, and is available for review here.
Next, the state will be expanding contact tracing and more aggressively tracking the spread with the goal of every Wisconsinite who tests positive being interviewed within 24 hours of receiving their test results and their contacts being interviewed within 48 hours of test results.
Additionally, the state will continue to pursue every avenue to grow Wisconsin’s supply of personal protective equipment (PPE) for healthcare and public safety entities to conduct COVID-19 testing, patient care, and public safety work. Finally, the plan works to bolster healthcare system capacity where patients can be treated without crisis care and there are more robust testing programs in place for at-risk healthcare workers.
The state will be looking for a downward trajectory of influenza-like illnesses and COVID-19 symptoms reported within a 14-day period, and a downward trajectory of positive tests as a percent of total tests within a 14-day period. When the state has seen these efforts be successful, Wisconsin can begin to turn the dial, re-open the state, and get businesses and workers back on their feet.
The Badger Bounce Back plan is available here. The Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation’s portion of the Badger Bounce Back plan aimed at helping to ensure workers and businesses are prepared and ready to bounce back is available here. The Badger Bounce Back plan in brief is also available here.
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STIMULUS RESOURCES STATE/LOCAL
STIMULUS RESOURCES NATIONAL
COVID - 19 UPDATES - CLICK LINKS BELOW
construction_coalition_statement_on_emergency_order.pdf (click link)
exposure_preparedness_template.docx (click link)
Safer at Home: Frequently Asked Questions (click here)
March 27 Update from WBA (garage doors, windows, etc.)
Stimulus Update
https://www.wisbuild.org/news-1/covid19
Are landscaping businesses allowed to operate? UPDATED 3/28/20 March 28, 2020 is incorporated into the Safer At Home Order, and landscape businesses may remain open and their employees may continue to perform landscaping work. Workers such as plumbers, electricians, exterminators, builders, contractors, HVAC Technicians, landscapers, and other service providers who provide services that are necessary to maintaining the safety, sanitation, and essential operation of residences, businesses and buildings such as hospitals, senior living facilities, any temporary construction required to support COVID-19 response. This updated version of the CISA Memorandum which now includes landscapers as workers considered essential means that landscapers are excluded from the Safer at Home Order and can work. However, landscapers should exercise sound judgment in choosing the work they perform. The Memorandum advises that “. . . owners and operators are expected to use their own judgement on issues of the prioritization of business processes and workforce allocation to best ensure continuity of the essential goods and services they support. All decisions should appropriately balance public safety, the health and safety of the workforce, and the continued delivery of essential critical infrastructure services and functions.”
Landscapers, like all other Essential Businesses and Operations under the Order shall, to the greatest extent possible, use technology to avoid meeting in person including virtual meetings, teleconference, and remote work (i.e., work from home). To the greatest extent feasible, Essential Businesses and Operations shall comply with Social Distancing Requirements as defined in the Order; in doing so, Essential Businesses and Operations shall, to the greatest extent possible, ensure that both employees and members of the public are maintaining six-foot social distancing, including but not limited to when any customers are standing in line.
SCWBA MEMBER COVID-19 UPDATES:
Land Title: While we continue to be open as an essential business, only parties required to sign documents are allowed in our offices. Thank you for your business and cooperation during this pandemic.
Sullivan Signs: To keep our employees, families and neighbors safe Sullivan Signs will be temporarily closing. If you have a sign emergency, please email us. Our staff will be continuously checking their emails to try and assist your needs to the best of our ability. We hope that all of you remain safe and healthy as we all do our part to get through this challenging time.
Nelson Young Lumber Co. : We are operating as an “Essential Business”. Our offices are closed to the public, but orders can be placed for delivery or pickup. Our status and contact information is always available on our website: www.nylumber.com
Statewide Mask Mandate begins August 1st.
Gov. Tony Evers today declared a Public Health Emergency and issued an Emergency Order requiring individuals to wear face coverings when indoors and not in a private residence, with some exceptions as clarified and defined in the order. The order is effective at 12:01 a.m. on Saturday, August 1, 2020, and will expire on September 28, 2020 or by a subsequent superseding order. Executive Order #82 declaring a public health emergency is available here and Emergency Order #1 requiring face coverings statewide is available here.
Under this order, Wisconsin residents ages five and older are required to wear a face covering when they are indoors or in an enclosed space with anyone outside their household living unit. Face coverings are strongly recommended if outdoors when maintaining physical distancing is not possible. The order also enumerates exceptions to the requirement, listing activities such as when an individual is eating, drinking, or swimming. Individuals with health conditions or disabilities that would preclude the wearing of a face covering safely are also exempt from the requirement. A frequently asked questions (FAQ) document is available here.
Should you have questions, concerns, or comments regarding the latest order, we ask you to contact Governor Evers' Office or call 608-266-1212
ROCK COUNTY COVID-19 PAGE: CLICK TO VIEW
COVID Assumption of Risk Waiver Document: click here to download template
Local Orders & Reopening Guidelines 5/14/2020
The Wisconsin Supreme Court struck down the Department of Health Services’ Stay at Home Order on May 13, 2020. The Order was set to expire May 26, 2020. However, many local governments have instituted local orders. Some commentators are raising questions about whether these local orders are enforceable. As of now, these orders below are enforceable. The Wisconsin Supreme Court only addressed the Department of Health Services’ Order. The local orders are adopted under a similar, but different statute. Until such time as the local orders are challenged, you are subject to their requirements.
As of the time of this notice, the following local orders are in place:
- City of Appleton: Appleton Public Health Officer Kurt Eggebrecht signed a local order extending state Emergency Orders #28, #34, and #36 through May 20, 2020.
- Brown County: Brown County Health and Human Services extended state Emergency Orders #28, #34, and #36, effective until May 20.
- Dane County/Madison: Public Health Madison and Dane County issued a local order that is nearly identical to the state-wide order and subsequent emergency orders that modified and "relaxed" Emergency Order #28. The only difference in the local order pertains to "religious entities," who are no longer limited to gatherings of ten or less people. The order is in effect until 8 a.m. on May 26.
- Kenosha County: Kenosha County Health Officer Dr. Jennifer Freiheit signed a local Safer at Home order adopting state Emergency Orders #28, #34, and #36. The local order remains in effect until May 26, 2020.
- City of Milwaukee: Milwaukee continues to enforce its local Safer at Home order, which went into effect indefinitely starting March 25. Mayor Barrett's announcement made no mention of the applicability of the state-wide rollbacks of the Safer at Home order (i.e. Emergency Orders #34 and #36), but I will continue to look into those.
- Suburban Milwaukee County: The Public Health Departments of Cudahy, Franklin, Greendale, Greenfield, Hales Corners, North Shore, Oak Creek, South Milwaukee, Wauwatosa, and West Allis jointly issued an order effective through May 21. Notably, many businesses can open, so long as they can operate within social distancing guidelines (i.e., salons and spas), but bars and restaurants are still prohibited from providing in-house service.
- City of Racine: Racine announced it will continue to enforce the state's Safer at Home order until May 26.
- Rock County: The Rock County Public Health Department issued a local order adopting the provisions of state Emergency Orders #28, #34, and #36 through May 26, 2020.
May 12th Update: The Wisconsin Department of Health Services issued Emergency Order #36, which goes into effect immediately (May 11, 2020). In its Emergency Order #36, retail stores that are “Non-essential Businesses and Operations” are allowed, subject to limitations, to provide in-person retail sales. Emergency Order #36 provides that standalone or strip mall-based retail stores with an entrance or entrances to the outside may offer in-person shopping for up to five customers at a time. Any entrances through a mall or interconnected passage must be closed to the public. Stores relying exclusively on mall or interconnected passage entrances may not offer in-person retail under this section.
Face coverings are strongly encouraged for all staff and customers. Social Distancing Requirements, as defined in Section 16 of Emergency Order #28 Safer at Home Order, must be observed at all times. These requirements are:
- Maintaining social distancing of six (6) feet between people;
- Washing hands with soap and water for at least 20 seconds as frequently as possible or using hand sanitizer;
- Covering coughs or sneezes (into the sleeve or elbow, not hands);
- Regularly cleaning high-touch surfaces;
- Not shaking hands; and
- Following all other public health recommendations issued by DHS and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control.
All retail stores operating under this new order must also comply with Sections 2.b.ii.2., 2.b.ii.3., and 2.b.ii.4. of Emergency Order #28, the Safer at Home Order, which require the following:
- Restrict the number of workers present on premises to no more than is strictly necessary to perform the essential operations
- Increase standards of facility cleaning and disinfection to limit worker and patron exposure to COVID-19, as well as adopting protocols to clean and disinfect in the event of a positive COVID-19 case in the workplace.
- Adopt policies to prevent workers from entering the premises if they display respiratory symptoms or have had contact with a person with a confirmed diagnosis of COVID-19.
UPDATE/PRESS RELEASE
Update 04/20/2020: Gov. Evers Announces Badger Bounce Back Plan
MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers today announced Wisconsin's "Badger Bounce Back" plan which outlines important criteria for Wisconsin to be able to reopen its economy in phases and includes steps to make sure workers and businesses are prepared to reopen as soon as it is safe to do so. In coordination with this announcement, at the direction of the governor, Wisconsin Department of Health Services Secretary-designee Andrea Palm issued Emergency Order #31 establishing the process and outlining the phases of the plan. The emergency order is available here.
“As we've learned over the past month, in the most difficult of circumstances, Wisconsinites will rise to the occasion, helping each other and working together to do what's best for our families, our neighbors, and our communities,” said Gov. Evers. “That's what the Badger Bounce Back is all about: our resilience as a people and as a state. I am excited and hopeful about this plan. While being safe at home continues to be important, this plan is an all-out attack on the virus and it begins the process of preparing our businesses and our workforce for the important planning that will result in the safe and logical reopening of our economy.”
The Badger Bounce Back plan is informed in part by the President's Guidelines for Opening Up America Again that was issued by the White House on April 16, 2020. Currently, Wisconsin does not meet the criteria the White House established to start reopening our state. The Badger Bounce Back plan takes important steps to get the state of Wisconsin there.
The goal of the Badger Bounce Back plan is to decrease cases and deaths to a low level, and increase capacity in our healthcare system so the phased reopening of businesses is possible. As part of that plan the state will be working to increase access to more testing and expand lab capacity. Under the Badger Bounce Back plan, everyone who needs a test should get a test. The state is setting a goal of 85,000 tests per week, averaging about 12,000 tests per day. More information on the state's testing efforts was released earlier today, and is available for review here.
Next, the state will be expanding contact tracing and more aggressively tracking the spread with the goal of every Wisconsinite who tests positive being interviewed within 24 hours of receiving their test results and their contacts being interviewed within 48 hours of test results.
Additionally, the state will continue to pursue every avenue to grow Wisconsin’s supply of personal protective equipment (PPE) for healthcare and public safety entities to conduct COVID-19 testing, patient care, and public safety work. Finally, the plan works to bolster healthcare system capacity where patients can be treated without crisis care and there are more robust testing programs in place for at-risk healthcare workers.
The state will be looking for a downward trajectory of influenza-like illnesses and COVID-19 symptoms reported within a 14-day period, and a downward trajectory of positive tests as a percent of total tests within a 14-day period. When the state has seen these efforts be successful, Wisconsin can begin to turn the dial, re-open the state, and get businesses and workers back on their feet.
The Badger Bounce Back plan is available here. The Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation’s portion of the Badger Bounce Back plan aimed at helping to ensure workers and businesses are prepared and ready to bounce back is available here. The Badger Bounce Back plan in brief is also available here.
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STIMULUS RESOURCES STATE/LOCAL
STIMULUS RESOURCES NATIONAL
COVID - 19 UPDATES - CLICK LINKS BELOW
construction_coalition_statement_on_emergency_order.pdf (click link)
exposure_preparedness_template.docx (click link)
Safer at Home: Frequently Asked Questions (click here)
March 27 Update from WBA (garage doors, windows, etc.)
Stimulus Update
https://www.wisbuild.org/news-1/covid19
Are landscaping businesses allowed to operate? UPDATED 3/28/20 March 28, 2020 is incorporated into the Safer At Home Order, and landscape businesses may remain open and their employees may continue to perform landscaping work. Workers such as plumbers, electricians, exterminators, builders, contractors, HVAC Technicians, landscapers, and other service providers who provide services that are necessary to maintaining the safety, sanitation, and essential operation of residences, businesses and buildings such as hospitals, senior living facilities, any temporary construction required to support COVID-19 response. This updated version of the CISA Memorandum which now includes landscapers as workers considered essential means that landscapers are excluded from the Safer at Home Order and can work. However, landscapers should exercise sound judgment in choosing the work they perform. The Memorandum advises that “. . . owners and operators are expected to use their own judgement on issues of the prioritization of business processes and workforce allocation to best ensure continuity of the essential goods and services they support. All decisions should appropriately balance public safety, the health and safety of the workforce, and the continued delivery of essential critical infrastructure services and functions.”
Landscapers, like all other Essential Businesses and Operations under the Order shall, to the greatest extent possible, use technology to avoid meeting in person including virtual meetings, teleconference, and remote work (i.e., work from home). To the greatest extent feasible, Essential Businesses and Operations shall comply with Social Distancing Requirements as defined in the Order; in doing so, Essential Businesses and Operations shall, to the greatest extent possible, ensure that both employees and members of the public are maintaining six-foot social distancing, including but not limited to when any customers are standing in line.
SCWBA MEMBER COVID-19 UPDATES:
Land Title: While we continue to be open as an essential business, only parties required to sign documents are allowed in our offices. Thank you for your business and cooperation during this pandemic.
Sullivan Signs: To keep our employees, families and neighbors safe Sullivan Signs will be temporarily closing. If you have a sign emergency, please email us. Our staff will be continuously checking their emails to try and assist your needs to the best of our ability. We hope that all of you remain safe and healthy as we all do our part to get through this challenging time.
Nelson Young Lumber Co. : We are operating as an “Essential Business”. Our offices are closed to the public, but orders can be placed for delivery or pickup. Our status and contact information is always available on our website: www.nylumber.com
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SCWBA was chartered in 1947, is affiliated with the Wisconsin Builders Association (WBA) and the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB). |
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2020 Home Expo postponed until April 2021 |
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