Trenton plans to re-open City Hall by June 8

TRENTON » City Hall may re-open in the near future as Mayor Reed Gusciora looks to bring Trenton into the next phase in its fight against the coronavirus.

The capital city leader hopes to steadily bring back all city workers while gearing to re-open the municipal building by June 8.

Officials must give nonessential workers who’ve been working remotely notice before pushing forward with its plan to open back up.

The move comes as Gov.

Phil Murphy relaxes many restrictions of his stay-athome order as New Jersey crests over the peak of the virus outbreak.

One of the biggest moves this week was allowing school districts to hold inperson graduations starting next month.

Trenton school leaders said they’d do everything in their power to hold an in-person ceremony that adheres to Murphy’s guidance to learning institutions regarding social distancing and other publichealth safety measures.

The capital city’s number of coronavirus infections has slowed considerably in the last couple weeks.

Since May 19, the city has reported only 118 new cases and one death, bringing the total number of cases to 2,437 and 55 deaths.

As the state opens up testing to more residents, Trenton hopes to test all city workers before they come back to work, Gusciora said. Employees will be required to don masks on the job.

Officials are also bringing in a company to sanitize the building again.

Trenton has some of the highest number of cases in Mercer County, where officials reported 6,775 cases and 466 deaths as of Friday.