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CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING AMENDED AGENDA Monday, December 13, 2021 5:00 p.m. Council Chambers Howard L. Brown Public Safety Building 1100 SW Smith Blue Springs, Missouri The meeting can be viewed live on Blue Springs Comcast Channel 7 and AT&T Channel 99 and www.bluespringsgov.com/CityMeetingsLive Members of the City Council may be participating in person and via video-conference and/or telephone as provided in Section 610.020(1) RSMo. 1. Call meeting to order 2. Confirmation of Quorum 3. Adopt Resolution 115-2021 in opposition to any future COVID 19 mask mandates issued by the Jackson County Legislature or the Jackson County Health Department 4. Adjourn This Amended Agenda was posted at City Hall and on the City’s website on Monday, December 13, 2021 Julia Porter, Deputy City Clerk TO: Mayor, Councilmembers, Department Directors, and Press FROM: Christine Cates Acting City Administrator DATE: December 10, 2021 SUBJECT: Agenda Explanations Item 3 – Discussion – Jackson County Mask Mandate Adopt a Resolution in opposition to any future COVID 19 mask mandates issued by the Jackson County Legislature or the Jackson County Health Department. Refer to Council Information Form from Councilmembers Chris Lievsay and Kent Edmondson for additional information.  Council Meeting Date: December 13, 2021 Agenda Item #: 3 Page 1 of 2 CITY OF BLUE SPRINGS CITY COUNCIL INFORMATION FORM DATE SUBMITTED: December 10, 2021 SUBMITTED BY: Councilmember Lievsay & DEPARTMENT: City Council Councilmember Edmondson Ordinance Resolution Presentation Public Hearing Contract Discussion Economic Dev. Other ISSUE/REQUEST Adopt a Resolution in opposition to any future COVID 19 mask mandates issued by the Jackson County Legislature or the Jackson County Health Department. BACKGROUND/JUSTIFICATION Councilmembers Lievsay and Edmondson propose a Resolution to the City Council in opposition to any COVID 19 mask mandates issued by either the Jackson County Legislature or the Jackson County Health Department. The Jackson County Legislature has a Resolution on its 10:00 a.m. Monday, December 13, 2021 agenda for a mask mandate to be effective upon approval of the Legislature, to expire on January 12, 2021 or thirty days after its adoption. FINANCIAL IMPACT Contractor: N/A PROJECT TIMELINE Estimated Start Date Estimated End Date N/A Click or tap to enter a date. STAFF RECOMMENDATION N/A; Resolution is requested by Councilmembers OTHER BOARDS & COMMISSIONS ASSIGNED Name of Board or Commission: N/A ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECT N/A LIST OF REFERENCE DOCUMENTS ATTACHED 1. Copy of Sec. 67.265 RSMo. 2. Resolution in opposition to mask mandates Rev. 10/18/2021  Council Meeting Date: December 13, 2021 Agenda Item #: 3 Page 2 of 2 REVIEWED BY Requesting Director: Budget: Councilmember Lievsay and N/A Councilmember Edmondson Legal: Acting City Administrator: Jacqueline A. Sommer Christine Cates Rev. 10/18/2021  Attachment 1 67.265. Public health order for threat to public health by contagious disease, requirements, procedure. — 1. For purposes of this section, the term "order" shall mean a public health order, ordinance, rule, or regulation issued by a political subdivision, including by a health officer, local public health agency, public health authority, or the political subdivision's executive, as such term is defined in section 67.750, in response to an actual or perceived threat to public health for the purpose of preventing the spread of a contagious disease. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary: (1) Any order issued during and related to an emergency declared pursuant to chapter 44 that directly or indirectly closes, partially closes, or places restrictions on the opening of or access to any one or more business organizations, churches, schools, or other places of public or private gathering or assembly, including any order, ordinance, rule, or regulation of general applicability or that prohibits or otherwise limits attendance at any public or private gatherings, shall not remain in effect for longer than thirty calendar days in a one hundred eighty-day-period, including the cumulative duration of similar orders issued concurrently, consecutively, or successively, and shall automatically expire at the end of the thirty days or as specified in the order, whichever is shorter, unless so authorized by a simple majority vote of the political subdivision's governing body to extend such order or approve a similar order; provided that such extension or approval of similar orders shall not exceed thirty calendar days in duration and any order may be extended more than once; and (2) Any order of general applicability issued at a time other than an emergency declared pursuant to chapter 44 that directly or indirectly closes an entire classification of business organizations, churches, schools, or other places of public or private gathering or assembly shall not remain in effect for longer than twenty-one calendar days in a one hundred eighty-day-period, including the cumulative duration of similar orders issued concurrently, consecutively, or successively, and shall automatically expire at the end of the twenty-one days or as specified in the order, whichever is shorter, unless so authorized by a two-thirds majority vote of the political subdivision's governing body to extend such order or approve a similar order; provided that such extension or approval of similar orders may be extended more than once. 2. The governing bodies of the political subdivisions issuing orders under this section shall at all times have the authority to terminate an order issued or extended under this section upon a simple majority vote of the body. 3. In the case of local public health agencies created through an agreement by multiple counties under chapter 70, all of the participating counties' governing bodies shall be required to approve or terminate orders in accordance with the provisions of this section. 4. Prior to or concurrent with the issuance or extension of any order under subdivisions (1) and (2) of subsection 1 of this section, the health officer, local public health agency, public health authority, or executive shall provide a report to the governing body containing information supporting the need for such order. 5. No political subdivision of this state shall make or modify any orders that have the effect, directly or indirectly, of a prohibited order under this section. 6. No rule or regulation issued by the department of health and senior services shall authorize a local health official, health officer, local public health agency, or public health authority to create or enforce any order, ordinance, rule, or regulation described in section 192.300 or this section that is inconsistent with the provisions of this section.  Resolution No. 115-2021 A RESOLUTION IN OPPOSITION TO JACKSON COUNTY MASK MANDATES WHEREAS, the Jackson County Legislature has a Resolution on its 10:00 a.m. Monday, December 13, 2021 agenda for a mask mandate to be effective upon approval of the Legislature, to expire on January 12, 2022 or thirty days after its adoption; and WHEREAS, the City Council does not support a return to the COVID 19 mask mandates of Jackson County, whether issued by its Legislature or its Health Department; and WHEREAS, the City Council strongly believes that mask mandates are not wanted by most people, and can deter many from getting vaccinated. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BLUE SPRINGS, MISSOURI, as follows: The City Council opposes any mask mandates issued by the Jackson County Legislature or the Jackson County Health Department. PASSED by the City Council of the City of Blue Springs, Missouri, and approved by the Mayor Pro Tempore of Blue Springs, this 13th day of December, 2021. CITY OF BLUE SPRINGS _______________________________ Kent Edmondson, Mayor Pro Tempore ATTEST: ________________________________ Sheryl Morgan, City Clerk Rev. 12/18/2017