City convenes Operations Group in response to coronavirus threat

BELLINGHAM, Wash. — Staff at the City of Bellingham are taking steps to protect against COVID-19.

Mayor Seth Fleetwood has directed City departments and the Bellingham Office of Emergency Management to institute changes to City operations.

He convened an Operations Group, made up of City department heads and emergency managers, to determine how the City will move forward.

As of now, all large, non-essential City-sponsored public meetings and events will be cancelled through the end of April.

City departments have also instituted greater disinfecting protocols of public spaces.