 With the new Sheboygan Safe Restart recommendations, we are now in phase one in the City of Sheboygan. We have reviewed our compliance with the guidelines and announced the reopening of some city facilities to the public. Effective Tuesday, May 26, the City of Sheboygan will reopen many city facilities to the public. One exception is the Senior Activity Center where our reopening date has not been set. With the reopening of city facilities, we ask Sheboygan residents and businesses to remain vigilant and follow the safety guidelines including social distancing. The city facilities which will be open to the public on May 26 include City Hall, Municipal Services Building, and the Meade Public Library. City staff will continue to practice social distancing by keeping six feet or more of separation between themselves and our customers. Residents and businesses are urged to continue to use drop boxes, city websites, virtual meetings, email, and phone calls as the preferred methods of contact. All City Hall departments will open their customer service counters effective May 26. Temporary plexiglass separations have been installed for the protection of city staff and the public. Please contact departments directly to learn about options to conduct business over the phone or by email. A department directory is available on the city website at Sheboyganwi.gov. The City of Sheboygan and the Village of Kohler Municipal Court will have virtual court appearances and pre-trial conferences through June. The fire and police departments, all non-emergency public visits should be conducted by appointment only. Please call the non-emergency business numbers for scheduling. Shoreline Metro and Metro Connection will continue to restrict the maximum number of passengers to ten passengers for buses and three passengers for vans. Please visit shorelinemetro.com for updated information on possible service changes. The Route 40 downtown South Pier trolley will not commence summer service until July. An announcement of the trolley service will be issued in June. The Harbor Center Marina and Marina Store are now open. The Lakeview Bar is being remodeled and is planned to be open to the public by the end of June. More information is available at harborscentermarina.com. The Mead Public Library will reopen on May 26 with limited services. The third floor in the building will remain closed. Kerbside Book Pickup will continue to be available. Please visit the Mead website at meadpl.org and their Facebook page for more information. The City of Sheboygan Park's division is closing shelter and building rentals until June 30. This date is consistent with the Sheboygan County Safe Restart Phased Guidelines. Under these guidelines, private indoor gatherings should be limited to 25 persons or less with social distancing of six feet. The following park facilities will be open. City Park Tennis Courts and Pickleball Courts. City Park Restrooms, though, will have a phased reopening starting on May 26. All city park trails will be open, city beaches, city dog parks, city disc golf courses, city fish cleaning stations, city boat and kayak launches. The following will be closed until June 30 and then reevaluated based on the Sheboygan Safe Guidelines. The city park playgrounds for now will remain closed and the city park buildings and shelters for now will remain closed. This information is current as of May 21 and remains subject to change. For most current information, please visit SheboyganDPW.com. Payments to the city in addition to mailing payments by check. Options include online payments or use of the dropboxes located on 9th Street, Jason to City Hall and at the police department in their front entrance. Most of Sheboygan public meetings have and will be continued held in the city council chambers. This allows us to stream those meetings live to the public. The city is encouraging the general public to consider foregoing in-person attendance in favor of viewing the live meeting on Charter Spectrum Channel 990 or ATT U-verse Channel 99 or live streamed on WSCSSheboygan.com. Recorded meetings are also available on YouTube.com slash user slash WSCS Sheboygan. And meeting schedules can be found on the city website.