VACCINATION

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payments to vaccinated employees were set for dispersal when the employee produces a completed vaccination card. Those vaccinated before the bonus was approved remained eligible with appropriate documentation. In the city elected officials were included in the incentive. In the county elected official were excluded from the bonus but included in the vaccine incentive.

Wheeless was in a wait and see mode with vaccination mandates under President Joe Biden for employers with over 100 workers.

“I need guidance,” said Wheeless. “They are talking about weekly testing for unvaccinated workers. Who will pay for that, I don’t know. They are talking about huge weekly fines for non-compliance. We will see.”