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Face Coverings Bylaw 44/2020 (1st, 2nd and 3rd Readings)
Presented by: Percy Janke, Director of Emergency Management, EOC
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RECOMMENDED MOTIONS
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1. That Bylaw 44/2020, a bylaw to amend the Face Coverings Bylaw, be read a first time.
2. That Bylaw 44/2020 be read a second time.
3. That unanimous consent be given for consideration of third reading of Bylaw 44/2020.
4. That Bylaw 44/2020 be read a third time.
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PURPOSE OF REPORT
The purpose of this report is to recommend that Council pass an amendment to the Face Coverings Bylaw to provide that the Bylaw will be suspended and not in effect during whatever period of time an Order of the Chief Medical Officer of Health dealing with the same subject matter, is in effect in St. Albert
ALIGNMENT TO PRIORITIES IN COUNCIL’S STRATEGIC PLAN
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ALIGNMENT TO LEVELS OF SERVICE DELIVERY
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ALIGNMENT TO COUNCIL DIRECTION OR MANDATORY STATUTORY PROVISION
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BACKGROUND AND DISCUSSION
The Face Coverings Bylaw was passed on August 6, 2020 and has been in effect since that time, with an amendment passed on October 22, 2020. The Bylaw includes a “sunset clause” providing that it will be automatically repealed on December 31, 2020.
On November 24, 2020, the Chief Medical Officer of Health for Alberta issued Order 38-2020 which included provisions with respect to mandatory wearing of masks at indoor locations to which the public has access, and certain exclusions or exceptions to the basic requirement of masking. Order 38-2020 was applicable in St. Albert although not in all parts of Alberta. Then on December 8, 2020 Order 38-2020 was rescinded and replaced with Order 41-2020 that contained essentially the same masking requirements and exceptions but was applicable throughout the Province.
The result is that both the Bylaw and the CMOH Order, dealing with masks/face coverings, are in effect in St. Albert at the same time. Legally this is possible since the Order (as...
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