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Bylaw 41/2021 - Amendment to Face Coverings Bylaw (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 41/2021, being amendment 3 to Bylaw 32/2020, be read a first time.
2. That Bylaw 41/2021 be read a second time.
3. That unanimous consent be given for consideration of third reading of Bylaw 41/2021.
4. That Bylaw 41/2021 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of this report is to recommend that Council pass an amendment to the Face Coverings Bylaw to provide that the Bylaw be repealed upon removal of provincial mandatory masking requirements.
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 was amended on October 22, 2020 to provide that a face covering includes the device commonly known as a face shield. The Bylaw originally included a “sunset clause” providing that it will be automatically repealed on December 31, 2020.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 Then on December 8, 2020 Order 38-2020 was rescinded and replaced with Order 41-2020 that contained essentially the same masking requirements and exceptions but was applicable throughout the Province.
In response to the CMOH's Orders 38 and 41, on December 21, 2020 Council amended the Face Coverings Bylaw to suspend the operation of the B...
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