File #: 211076    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 12/2/2021 In control: Council
On agenda: 12/2/2021 Final action: 12/2/2021
Title: Rescinding Committee Substitute for Ordinance No. 210902; requiring face coverings or masks at schools and on school buses with certain exceptions; appropriating $1,000.00 from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the Health Levy Fund; designating requisitioning authority; and recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated effective date.
Sponsors: Quinton Lucas
Attachments: 1. Exhibit C, 2. Exhibit E - 210853, 3. Exhibit F - Council Weekly COVID Update Week of Sept 17- Sept 23, 4. Exhibit G, 5. Exhibit A, 6. Exhibit B, 7. Exhibit I 210902, 8. Exhibit D, 9. Exhibit J, 10. Authenticated Ordinance 211076
ORDINANCE NO. 211076


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Rescinding Committee Substitute for Ordinance No. 210902; requiring face coverings or masks at schools and on school buses with certain exceptions; appropriating $1,000.00 from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the Health Levy Fund; designating requisitioning authority; and recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated effective date.

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WHEREAS, on March 12, 2020, a proclamation of a state of emergency was issued to allow the City of Kansas City to take measures to reduce the possibility of exposure to COVID-19 and promote the health and safety of Kansas City residents; and

WHEREAS, COVID-19 spreads between people who are in contact with one another or present in shared spaces and a gathering of individuals without necessary mitigation for the spread of infection will pose a risk of the spread of infectious disease; and

WHEREAS, the share of COVID-19 cases in Kansas City of those under 12 years old rose from just 4% of all cases in January 2021 to 20% thus far in November 2021, and those 18 and under currently comprise 30% of all new COVID-19 cases; and

WHEREAS, on October 29, 2021, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued emergency use authorization for Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 5 to 11 and on November 2, 2021, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) endorsed the Pfizer vaccine for children ages 5 to 11; and

WHEREAS, as of November 25, 2021, approximately 52.7% of Kansas Citians ages 15 to 19 had been fully vaccinated and 61.6% had received at least one vaccine dose, 24.5% of Kansas Citians ages 10 to 14 had been fully vaccinated and 35.5% had received at least one vaccine dose, and 0% of Kansas Citians ages 5 to 9 had been fully vaccinated and 12.6% had received at least one vaccine dose. In the absence of widespread vaccination, the best method left to protect the children of Kansas City in public is by requiring the wearing of face cov...

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