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COVID-19 response ordinance (Chapter 9.25)

Provo City Code Chapter 9.25 set local COVID-19 requirements such as face coverings and public gatherings. The Council amended it on September 15, 2020 and approved further amendments on October 20, 2020.

Approved

Type
Code change
  1. Oct 20, 2020City Council: Renewal of COVID-19 requirements, including face coverings and public gatherings
  2. Oct 20, 2020City Council work session: Renewal of COVID-19 requirements, including face coverings and public gatherings
  3. Sep 15, 2020City Council: Amendments to Chapter 9.25, COVID-19 Response
  4. Sep 15, 2020City Council work session: Possible amendments to Chapter 9.25, COVID-19 Response
  5. Sep 1, 2020City Council work session: Possible amendments to Chapter 9.25, COVID-19 Response

In brief

COVID-19 response ordinance (Chapter 9.25) appears on 5 recorded agendas, from the City Council work session meeting of September 1, 2020 to the City Council work session meeting of October 20, 2020.

On record, it was approved 2 times.

The most recent decision was approved (7-0) at the City Council meeting of October 20, 2020.

The City Council work session meeting of September 15, 2020 gave staff direction on it; that was not a vote on the application itself.

Follow the money and project delivery

COVID-19 response ordinance (Chapter 9.25)

Approved

  1. Council action

    Approved: Renewal of COVID-19 requirements, including face coverings and public gatherings · Agenda and reports Record → · Oct. 20, 2020

  2. Money in the record

    No itemized amount linked in the records collected.

  3. Signed agreement and payments

    Execution and project-level disbursements are not verified by this tracker. They require separate records; meeting approval alone does not establish either.

  4. Work and operating costs

    Check the linked records for completion and recurring operating costs; this tracker does not verify them. Record →

Every hearing and vote

  1. October 20, 2020 · City Council

    Renewal of COVID-19 requirements, including face coverings and public gatherings

    Approved · 7-0

    A motion to approve amendments to the draft ordinance was approved 7-0, after which the ordinance was approved 7-0. The work meeting earlier that day had set up a repeal of the mask ordinance as the implied motion.

    Vote: 7-0

  2. October 20, 2020 · City Council work session

    Renewal of COVID-19 requirements, including face coverings and public gatherings

    Discussed · 6-1

    A motion to make an ordinance repealing the mask ordinance the implied motion for the evening Council meeting was approved 6-1, with Shannon Ellsworth opposed.

    Vote: 6-1; Council Member Shannon Ellsworth voted no

  3. September 15, 2020 · City Council

    Amendments to Chapter 9.25, COVID-19 Response

    Approved · 7-0

    A motion to revise the social distancing provision in section 9.25.050 was approved 7-0, after which the implied motion to adopt the ordinance was approved 7-0.

    Vote: 7-0

  4. September 15, 2020 · City Council work session

    Possible amendments to Chapter 9.25, COVID-19 Response

    Approved · 6-0

    A motion asking Brian Jones to prepare an updated draft of the ordinance, to serve as the implied motion for the evening meeting and to address the concern about masks being required 'when social distancing is not possible, reasonable, or prudent,' was approved 6-0, with Bill Fillmore excused. The item was already scheduled for the evening meeting.

    Vote: 6-0; Council Member Bill Fillmore excused

  5. September 1, 2020 · City Council work session

    Possible amendments to Chapter 9.25, COVID-19 Response

    Approved · 7-0

    Several motions on specific amendments to the chapter failed, according to the Summary of Action. A motion directing staff to prepare amendments for Council review at its next meeting, and to continue the item on the evening meeting agenda, was approved 7-0.

    Vote: 7-0 (motion directing staff to prepare amendments)