ORDINANCE DID NOT PASS
Title
Agenda Initiative - Mask Wearing Mandate
History
Per the Village Code, any individual Trustee can request that an initiative be placed on the Committee of the Whole agenda by instructing the Village Manager, either verbally or in writing, before noon on the Friday preceding the meeting, to place an item on the Committee of the Whole agenda. Village/Legal staff time is restricted until after at least three Trustees vote to move the 'Agenda Initiative' forward.
Agenda Initiatives include (1) the expenditure of money; (2) modifications to the Village Code; (3) formation/modification of Village policies; (4) the introduction of an ordinance or resolution; (5) the formation/modification of committees; (6) budget changes and/or (7) the appropriation of Village/Legal staff time.
Proposed Initiative
Trustee Calandriello has requested passing an ordinance requiring masks wearing inside public places in Orland Park. The ordinance would include enforcement at businesses, restaurants and retail locations located within the Village boundaries.
Mask Mandate
Since May of 2020, the Governor of the State of Illinois has had an executive order in effect which generally mandates that protective face coverings be worn by all individuals (over age two and medically able) when in a public place and unable to maintain a six-foot social distance.
Governor Pritzker recently issued an executive order imposing “Tier 3 mitigation measures” that increased protective COVID-19 related regulations and guidelines for the State, effective November 20, 2020.
At the December 7, 2020, Committee of the Whole meeting, an inquiry from Trustee Calandriello was approved directing staff to prepare an ordinance for consideration which requires protective face coverings to be worn in public within the Village of Orland Park.
Attached are two versions of the ordinance. The difference between the two versions are the penalty provisions, however, the foundation of ea...
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