Posted in Escambia County, Health

Escambia commissioners given three face mask options

   July 28, 2020

By request, Escambia County Attorney Alison Rogers has drafted three options for the Board of County Commissioners to consider regarding face covering.

Through a public record request, Inweekly received the cover letter and the three options for consideration at the commissioners’ Aug. 6 regular meeting.

Rogers wrote, “What you have here are three different concepts, basically as follows:

  1. An emergency order requiring individuals to wear masks pursuant to your state of local emergency.  This takes three votes and a violation of an emergency order is a second degree misdemeanor per state law. DRAFT Emergency Order (Face Coverings)
  2. A resolution strongly encouraging the use of masks.  This takes three votes and has no penalty for failure to comply. DRAFT Resolution (Face Coverings)
  3. An emergency ordinance requiring businesses to post mask wearing requirements and individuals in businesses to wear masks.  It provides for noncriminal citations for enforcement.  An emergency ordinance requires four (4) votes.  *The same ordinance could be advertised and scheduled for public hearing at a later meeting and would only require three (3) votes. DRAFT Emergency Ordinance (Face Coverings)
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