November 3, 2020 at 6:14 p.m.
Boggs tests COVID positive
Portland mayor announced his diagnosis during Zoom council meeting
Boggs tests COVID positive
Portland Mayor John Boggs has tested positive for COVID-19.
Boggs said after a virtual city council meeting Monday that he has tested positive for coronavirus. He said he felt fine after the meeting but had relatively minor symptoms after attending the Jay Community Awards, where he was joined by more than 100 attendees Oct. 26.
His case is one of the 82 confirmed positive tests in Jay County in the past week according to Monday’s report from the Indiana Department of Health’s COVID-19 dashboard.
Boggs, who at age 69 is among those more susceptible to severe symptoms, said he is working from home and that the city’s departments are staying separated from one another as a COVID-19 preventative measure.
City clerk-treasurer Lori Phillips said during the meeting, which lasted about 10 minutes and had little action taken by council, that Portland Street Department is struggling after four of its workers tested positive for COVID-19.
That’s compounded with the “three or four” wastewater treatment plant workers Boggs said have also been infected with coronavirus. There are no confirmed cases among the city’s water department.
Portland Police Chief Nathan Springer wouldn’t disclose how many of his officers have tested positive for COVID-19 but said the department is able to keep a full staff despite absences.
Assistant to the mayor, Maria Snow, is once again working in city hall and is available to take calls after she was previously sick with a non-COVID illness, Boggs said. He said he can also be reached by phone or email if needed.
In addition to Monday’s council meeting, Portland Board of Works will meet virtually Thursday on Zoom.
In their only business of the night, council members Matt Goldsworthy, Mike Aker, Michele Brewster, Don Gillespie, Kent McClung, Dave Golden and Janet Powers:
•Approved a $2,691.25 agreement with Jones & Henry Engineers to engineer a new screw press for the city’s wastewater treatment plant, the cost of which is expected to be paid for on a low-interest loan from the State Revolving Loan Fund, Phillips said. Boggs said such a press would save the city around $138,000 annually.
•Paid $1,444,333.43 in claims.
Boggs said after a virtual city council meeting Monday that he has tested positive for coronavirus. He said he felt fine after the meeting but had relatively minor symptoms after attending the Jay Community Awards, where he was joined by more than 100 attendees Oct. 26.
His case is one of the 82 confirmed positive tests in Jay County in the past week according to Monday’s report from the Indiana Department of Health’s COVID-19 dashboard.
Boggs, who at age 69 is among those more susceptible to severe symptoms, said he is working from home and that the city’s departments are staying separated from one another as a COVID-19 preventative measure.
City clerk-treasurer Lori Phillips said during the meeting, which lasted about 10 minutes and had little action taken by council, that Portland Street Department is struggling after four of its workers tested positive for COVID-19.
That’s compounded with the “three or four” wastewater treatment plant workers Boggs said have also been infected with coronavirus. There are no confirmed cases among the city’s water department.
Portland Police Chief Nathan Springer wouldn’t disclose how many of his officers have tested positive for COVID-19 but said the department is able to keep a full staff despite absences.
Assistant to the mayor, Maria Snow, is once again working in city hall and is available to take calls after she was previously sick with a non-COVID illness, Boggs said. He said he can also be reached by phone or email if needed.
In addition to Monday’s council meeting, Portland Board of Works will meet virtually Thursday on Zoom.
In their only business of the night, council members Matt Goldsworthy, Mike Aker, Michele Brewster, Don Gillespie, Kent McClung, Dave Golden and Janet Powers:
•Approved a $2,691.25 agreement with Jones & Henry Engineers to engineer a new screw press for the city’s wastewater treatment plant, the cost of which is expected to be paid for on a low-interest loan from the State Revolving Loan Fund, Phillips said. Boggs said such a press would save the city around $138,000 annually.
•Paid $1,444,333.43 in claims.
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