City of Tucson issued the following announcement on Aug. 16.
Tucson's Mayor and Council, in an emergency meeting last Friday, Aug. 13, approved a process mandating COVID-19 vaccines for City of Tucson employees as part of the organization's efforts to keep its workers and the public safe. The council provided authorization and direction to the city manager to implement a vaccine mandate ordinance. It states that 750 of an estimated 1,000 unvaccinated employees are to obtain their first vaccinations (or the one-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine) or file a medical or religious exemption form by this Friday, Aug. 20. If that goal is not met, the approved ordinance will go into effect on Aug. 24. If the ordinance goes into effect, those employees who are not in compliance with the requirements will be subject to a five-day, unpaid suspension. The ordinance includes additional incentives for employees to be vaccinated, including an extra floating holiday, and the unused portion of two weeks of pandemic leave will be restored for all eligible employees who are immunized. Mayor and Council will meet again on Sept. 9 to discuss further steps and get an update on the vaccination progress.
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