REOPEN FOND DU LAC RESOURCES
Following guidance from Emergency Order #31, “Wisconsin shall adopt a phased approach to reopening its economy and society, with each phase being incrementally less restrictive on businesses and individuals while protecting the public from COVID-19”, Envision Greater Fond du Lac is leading a Task Force to reopen Fond du Lac County.
The purpose of the group is to assemble guidelines and best practices for various industries, businesses and organizations to follow. The members of the group include public health officials, community partners, business and industry representatives, and elected officials. The Task Force is comprised of four subcommittees. Below you will find each subcommittee, along with resources that pertain to it.
OSHA ETS mandates and guidelines (January, 2022)
Business Reopen – Pandemic Operations Plan
Toolkit for COVID-19 Resources and Guidelines (UW-Madison Division of Extension)

Community Health
- CDC Reopening Guidance
- Guidance for Cleaning and Disinfecting
- How to Protect Yourself/What to do if You’re Sick
- Fond du Lac County Health Department COVID-19 Updates
- Wisconsin Department of Health Services
- Badger Bounce Back
- Personal Protective Equipment
- Advocate Aurora Health COVID-19 Resource Center
- Agnesian Healthcare, a member of SSM Health COVID-19 Resources
- Fond du Lac County Health Department Business Resources
- Reopening Your Business (6-18-2020)
- COVID 19 Employee Health Agreement (June 2020)
- When an Employee Tests Positive (6.18.2020)
- Safe Restart Guidelines and Recommendations for Action Final (from FDL County Public Health)
- Community Testing Sites
- COVID 19 Employee Health Agreement August 2020
- Revised Business Process for COVID Letter 10.27.2020
- When an Employee Tests Positive 10.27.2020
- Business Symptoms Health Poster RESIZED
- When an Employee Tests Positive 10.27.2020
- CDC Updated Quarantine Recommendations 12.4.2020
- Mental Health Guidelines for workers
- Mental Health Guidelines for employers
- Interim Public Health Recommendations for Fully Vaccinated People

Childcare/Schools
- CDC Guidance for Childcare Programs That Remain Open
- Children’s Museum of Fond du Lac Museum Fun At Home
- Wisconsin Department of Children and Families
- Reunite Ripon (Ripon College)
- Ripon College Pledge
- UWO (Fond du Lac Campus) Titans Return
- YMCA Y Learning Academy
- Marian University
- Moraine Park Technical College
- Ripon College
- University of Wisconsin – Oshkosh, Fond du Lac Campus
- Boys & Girls Club of Fond du Lac
- The ARC Fond du Lac
- Ripon Children’s Learning Center
- Lily Pad Learning Center
- Fond du Lac County School Districts

Business Reopening
- ReStore Your Economy
- COVID-19 notice for hanging – English
- COVID-19 notice for hanging – Spanish
- COVID-19 Sign With Images – English
- COVID-19 Sign With images – Spanish
- WEDC Relief and Recovery Resources For Your Business
- Event Safety Alliance Program Changes in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic
- M3 Insurance Return to Work Took Kit
- Gov. Evers Announces Grant Program for Ethnically Diverse Micro-Businesses
- Worlds Guide To Returning To Work
- COVID-19_Reopening-Business_von_Briesen and Roper
- SHRM COVID-19 Back to Work Checklist
- Business Reopen – Pandemic Operations Plan
- COVID Screening Tool_Employer
- Business Guidance during COVID
- COVID-19 Business Health Safety Continuity Plan
- We’re All In, Round 2
- Department of Administration (DOA) Funding Information
- Main Street Wisconsin
- Small Business Title COVID Package Section-by-Section 12.21.20
- COVID Relief Package Small Business One Pager
- Vaccine Guidance for Businesses (a collaboration between WEDC and the Wisconsin Department of Health Services, with support from our regional economic development partners)
- Considerations for Restaurant and Bar Operators

Workforce Reentry
- Wisconsin Manufactures & Commerce Back to Business Plan Outline
- Wisconsin Manufactures & Commerce Back to Business Plan Presentation
- Badger Bounce Back Plan
- Lockton Return-to-Work-Site-Toolkit
- Lockton_Workplace_safety_planning_guide
- Quarles & Brady COVID-19 Workforce Reentry Guide
- Husch Blackwell Return to Work Resource Center
- Sample task force planning guide
- Workplace safety planning guide
- Lears COVID 19 Playbook
- Families First Cornavirus Response Act Information, part 1
- Families First Cornavirus Response Act Information, part 2
- Families First Coronavirus Response Act Notice
- The Small Business Owner’s Guide to the CARES Act
- Protecting Workers: Guidance on Mitigating and Preventing the Spread of COVID-19 in the Workplace
If you have additional questions regarding ReOpen Fond du Lac, please contact us.
To see the full list of COVID-19 resources, click here.
Task Force members are:
Bonnie Baerwald , Moraine Park Technical College
Jon Bartz, WEDC
Pastor Jeff Blain, Ascension Church
Allen Buechel, Fond du Lac County
Jim Cleveland, Envision Greater Fond du Lac
Amy Collett, Society Insurance
Jacqui Corsi, Thelma Sadoff Center for the Arts, Inc.
Paul Cunningham, Schreiner’s Restaurant
Casey Despres, Waupun Chamber of Commerce
Paul Emmer, Wells Vehicle Electronics
Sen. Dan Feyen, WI Senate District 18
Erin Gerred, Fond du Lac County
Grant Grinstead, Vir-Clar Farms, LLC
Bill Gius, Town of Taycheedah
Amy Hansen, Downtown FDL Partnership
Dan Hebel, Boys & Girls Club of Fond du Lac, Inc.
Cal Hermann, Eden Meat Market & Catering
Bobbi Hicken, Fond du Lac County
Sam Kaufman, Vande Zande & Kaufman, LLP
Brian Kolstad, Fond du Lac City Council
Barb LaMue, New North, Inc.
Steve Leaman, Horicon Bank
Bob Lloyd, Lomira School District
Dr. Michelle Majewski, Marian University
Jason Mansmith, Ripon Area Chamber of Commerce
Zach Messette, Ripon College
Samuel Meyer, State Farm Insurance
Craig Molitor, Destination Lake Winnebago Region
Joseph Moore, City of Fond du Lac
Liz Morrell, The Arc Fond du Lac
Kimberly Mueller, FDL County Health Department
Kelly Norton, Grande
Alan Ott, Rep. Glenn Grothman’s Office
Sadie Parafiniuk, Envision Greater Fond du Lac
Jeff Puhlmann-Becker, Ripon Children’s Learning Center
J J Raflik, Fond du Lac Family YMCA
Rep. Timothy Ramthun, WI Assembly District 59
Tom Rogers, Advanced Paper Enterprises Inc.
Dr. Martin Rudd, UWO-Fond du Lac Campus
Kathy Schlieve, City of Waupun
Dr. James Sebert, FDL School District
Aaron Sadoff, NFDL School District
Anthony Snyder, Fox Valley Workforce Development Board, Inc.
Jim Spannbauer, Mid-States Aluminum Corporation
Dennis Stahmann, Wisco Hotels
Craig Tebon, Ripon Main St
Rep. Jeremy Thiesfeldt, WI Assembly District 52
Eric Toney, Fond du Lac County District Attorney
Katherine Vergos, SSM/St Agnes Hospital
Danielle Vollendorf, Fond du Lac County
Ryan Waldschmidt, FDL County Sheriff’s Office
Jennifer Walters, Aurora Health Center