Cases have surged in recent weeks as the Omicron variant has become the dominant strain in Australia, infecting hundreds of thousands across the country.

Businesses have struggled to cope as employees have had to isolate, either infected themselves or deemed a close contact.

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Bathurst council is facing the same situation, with between 30 and 40 staff members currently unable to work.

With approximately 470 employees, that makes for around eight per cent of council's overall workforce.

General manager David Sherley said that the confirmed cases and close contacts are not contained to any one area within council's various departments.

"It doesn't seem to be targeted anywhere specifically. It's generally across the organisation - field staff, office staff, some of our museums and that have had some minor impact, but nothing significant," he said.

Naturally, that is affecting services levels, but council is able to manage the impact.

"We continue to monitor [case numbers] every day, but at this stage all services continue to operate, albeit service levels may be slightly reduced, having regards to the availability of staff," Mr Sherley said.

The situation did not come as a surprise to council.

With Omicron spreading at a rapid rate, much faster than any variant before it, council had anticipated that its staffing and service levels would be impacted.

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That awareness has put council in a good position to be able to manage staff and facilities during the recent outbreak.

Mr Sherley said council will adapt its response should the number of staff unable to work increase, which he accepts could happen based on the advice from NSW Health around the state's case numbers.

"We have a task force group that meets every week to discuss the implications and what protocols we will put in place in terms of trying to make the workplace as safe as possible for the community and our staff," he said.

Council is also fortunate to have a high vaccination rate amongst its staff, despite not implementing a vaccine mandate.

The only staff who are required to be vaccinated against COVID-19 are those working in council's childcare centre, which is a requirement for that industry set out by the NSW Government.

Mr Sherley said that about 96 per cent of council staff are double-vaccinated.

"We're quite happy with the vaccination numbers and we're starting to see a number of staff going to have their third booster shot," he said.

Council is proceeding with planned events, like Australia Day, and implementing safety plans.

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