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Reopen Fond du Lac County Task Force issues guidelines for businesses during pandemic

Sarah Razner
Fond du Lac Reporter

FOND DU LAC – With the assistance of the Fond du Lac County Health Department, the Reopen Fond du Lac County Task Force has created plans and issued guidance to businesses as they begin to reopen under the state's safer-at-home orders.

As to not increase the risk of a new wave of coronarvirus cases developing and “potentially additional economic hardship,” businesses owners and employees, as well as the community, are encouraged to follow the guidelines, which include business guidance, an employer COVID screening tool and “pandemic operations plan," according to a press release from Envision Greater Fond du Lac, which is leading the task force.

To create the materials, the task force and health department looked at various resources from both the surrounding area and government entities, Fond du Lac County Public Health Officer Kim Mueller said. The documents will allow businesses and organizations to begin writing operations plans, Envision Greater Fond du Lac President/CEO Sadie Parafiniuk said in the release.

“These tools will provide certainty and confidence for both employers, employees and customers,” she said.

Guidelines for businesses include separating employees who are sick from other employees and sending them home; disinfecting equipment, desks, phones and more before and after use; using social distancing; developing an operation plan if many employees are sick; and encouraging employees and customers to wear masks. Additionally, businesses and organizations can use screening checklists created for employers and employees by the task force. 

In addition to their documents, the task force supports the industry-specific reopening guidelines created by the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation. On Monday, the state allowed drive-in theaters to open, as well as retail stores that are standalone or part of a “strip-mall” within certain guidelines. These include allowing no more than five customers in a store at a time, and not allowing outdoor seating at drive-in theaters, according to Emergency Order 36.  

The task force’s materials, as well as those from the WEDC, can be found at the Envision Greater Fond du Lac website,



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