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Ohio & Michigan Executive Orders - COVID-19 Update

March 24, 2020

To Our Valued Customers,

On Sunday, March 23, 2020, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer issued an Executive Order. This order takes effect at 12:01 AM, March 24th and continues through June 12th.  These orders require the temporary ceasing of certain business operations.

Per the Department of Homeland Security, several businesses have been designated as essential and can continue to operate during this period.  Waste, Wastewater and Public Works are all identified as essential businesses.  As a supplier of equipment, parts and service to all three of these sectors, we believe that our operations are essential and will remain open accordingly.

We stand by, ready to serve and support you as we go through these challenging times together.  Please note that we have made several modifications to our normal business operations to protect the health and welfare of our employees, customers and suppliers.  Details are as follows.

Staff: Service, Parts and Management personnel are all on-site.  All Administrative and Sales staff are working remotely.  We are not allowing any non-Bell personnel to enter either of our buildings at this time, hence we are utilizing outside yard drops and pick-ups.

Parts: Both locations (Ohio and Michigan) are open and operational as normal.  We have temporarily suspended local parts deliveries and have pulled our Mobile Parts Truck off of the road. Parts deliveries will be made via common carrier or outside customer pick-up.

Service: All in-house service operations are running at both facilities with normal service hours (7:00AM – 5:00PM, M-F).  We are not currently providing any road service, hence customers needing service will need to make arrangements to drop equipment at our facility accordingly.  We also have several Service Technicians available via telephone for remote service diagnostics and trouble-shooting as needed.

Sales: All sales calls, appointments, meetings and demonstrations have been suspended.  All Sales personnel are working remotely and are available via phone or email.  We are still receiving orders and are making daily equipment deliveries to secured, designated areas.

Rentals: Our Rental Department is open and we are booking rentals daily.  Rental equipment is being delivered on a regularly scheduled basis.

I thank you for your patience and understanding as we work through these very unique and challenging times.  Rest-assured, we are here to support you.  Wishing health, peace and comfort for all of you.  Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions, comments or concerns.

Sincerely,

Jimmy
James Bell
President – Bell Equipment Company
248-370-0000 (Office)
248-705-1351 (Cell)
jbell@bellequip.com