City employees not vaccinated by Dec. 15 may to have to go through testing: CAO Trawin

KAMLOOPS — The City of Kamloops says vaccine mandates put in place for provincial and federal government workers started conversations at city hall about a similar policy to keep workers safe.

City CAO David Trawin says there were employees expressing concern about working with people who are unvaccinated, which in part prompted the mandate.

“We have let staff know that we would like you to be double-vaccinated by Dec. 15. We are working on a policy whereby if you’re not double-vaccinated, there are other options,” said Trawin. “It might be an education session, potentially we’re looking at testing, plus some other things. I can’t really comment too much on it because there are some logistics involved, which is why we don’t have a policy in place.”