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DHS employee urges review of shelter activation policy after winter storm; city manager explains decision process
Summary
A Department of Human Services employee urged the council to review emergency shelter operations, communication and compensation after a February shelter activation; the city manager said shelter openings are decided by the emergency operations incident command under the city's emergency operations plan.
At the March 11 Newport News City Council meeting, Jawaan Wheaton, who identified himself as a Department of Human Services employee, urged the city to review shelter activation policies, employee compensation and communications after a February storm shelter activation.
"This experience raised important questions about what it truly means to be an essential employee," Wheaton told the council. He described a February 19 shelter activation that required…
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