COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR ORDINANCE NO. 210694
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Rescinding Order 21-01; requiring face coverings or masks at indoor places of public accommodations 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, the current proclamation, the Sixth Amended Proclamation Declaring a State of Emergency, remains in effect until August 31, 2021, running parallel with the state of emergency declared by the Governor of the State of Missouri, and authorizes the Mayor to, among other things, issue orders protecting Kansas Citians from the contraction and spread of COVID-19; 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, Missouri is experiencing another wave of new COVID-19 cases, fueled by low rates of full vaccination (under 50%), the spread of new strain of COVID-19 variant (the Delta variant), and COVID-19 hot spots now extending from southwest Missouri to Kansas City; and
WHEREAS, on August 10, 2021, the Kansas City Health Department confirmed 167,664 total cases of COVID-19 in Kansas City metro-wide and 2,391 deaths from COVID-19 in Kansas City metro-wide. In addition, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) confirmed 204,000,000 total cases and 4,320,000 deaths world-wide; and
WHEREAS, on August 10, 2021, approximately 40.3% of all Kansas Citians were fully
vaccinated for COVID-19 and 48.5% have had at least one va...
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