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City Council Meeting Minutes October 7, 2020 <br />going down but are not testing over and over. Not everyone has been tested. <br />He stated that the percents are remaining the same. <br />Mr. Stapp stated anybody can get tested at any time and at any day with or <br />without symptoms. Council Member Baker asked if we are monitoring and <br />testing city employees regularly. He feels we need to have constant testing in <br />order to open in a safe way. Mr. Stapp stated if an employee is asymptomatic <br />they are not being tested and but have tested those that are <br />symptomatic with 39 positives since March and 400 tested negative. Mr. Stapp <br />stated there are two city employees with test pending and both employees are <br />quarantined. Mr. Stapp stated that we do not have the capacity to test all city <br />employees. <br />Council Member Derrick expressed concerns that the City should be an <br />example to others and thinks we may be reopening too soon. She is concerned <br />that we should be testing more employees and more contact tracing should be <br />done. <br />Deputy Mayor Pro Tem Rockeymoore asked if there are any efforts at the <br />County level or hospitals to improve the testing methods and our outreach. <br />Mr. Stapp mentioned that an example is the free testing site at Lucio Park and <br />a lot of communities are not doing this. Deputy Mayor Pro Tem Rockeymoore <br />asked if further testing on antibodies will help with the numbers or contribute <br />to contact tracing. Mr. Stapp stated when testing antibodies, we wouldn't have <br />an idea on when they had it; it is valuable to know how much immunity is in <br />the population and now needs to concentrate on the diagnostic testing. Deputy <br />Mayor Pro Tem Rockeymoore stated the numbers are going down and if in the <br />fall or winter will there be a danger for a second wave? Mr. Stapp stated it is <br />outside of his expertise but is concern with the flu and COVID together and is <br />encouraging the public to get the flu shot. Mr. Stapp stated that Human <br />Resources is organizing a flu drive thru opportunity for city employees. <br />Deputy Mayor Pro Tem Rockeymoore asked if there are any indications from <br />health officials that there could be a spike in numbers during the fall or winter <br />and is there weekly meetings in regards to COVID with mayors and directors? <br />Mr. Stapp stated there is always a concern for a spike especially after <br />Halloween there could be a possibility of a spike and meetings are occurring <br />every Monday at a local level and every two weeks Hays County has an elected <br />official's call. Deputy Mayor Pro Tem Rockeymoore stated that Mayor and <br />City of San Marcos Page 4 <br />