{"id":"IA-066","kind":"order","level":"county","jurisdiction":"Polk County, Iowa","state":"IA","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Polk County Board of Supervisors","authority":"n/a (public statement of the Board\u0027s position on local authority)","instrument":"Board of Supervisors news release, \u0027Polk County Unable to Enact Local Measures to Control Spread of COVID-19, Despite Rapidly Rising Case Counts\u0027","title":"Release recording that the Board declined to adopt a countywide mask mandate \u0027due to concerns about the legality and enforceability\u0027 under the Governor\u0027s proclamations","dateIssued":"2020-08-28","effective":"n/a","end":"n/a","startDate":"2020-08-28","endDate":"","quarters":[],"types":["OTHER"],"addressees":["the public"],"clause":"\u0027Based on these metrics the Polk County Board of Health Advisory Committee recommended that the Board of Supervisors adopt a countywide mask mandate.... \u0022due to concerns about the legality and enforceability of a mask mandate there is not support to implement a countywide mask mandate at this time.\u0022... In July the Polk County Board of Supervisors issued a letter to the Governor to encourage a statewide mask mandate and requested the ability to adopt measures that meet local needs and reflect local disease conditions. Polk County Supervisor Matt McCoy said \u0022ultimately the Governor of Iowa has eliminated the ability of local governments to enact common sense practices that will protect our most vulnerable residents.\u0022\u0027","enforcement":"n/a","functions":["evidence of State preemption of county public-health orders"],"notes":"Preemption evidence: the State\u0027s largest county recorded that the Governor\u0027s proclamations had \u0027eliminated the ability of local governments\u0027 to act; the City of Des Moines acted by mayoral proclamation two days earlier (IA-061).","sourceUrl":"https://www.polkcountyiowa.gov/media/05tfgpyx/8-28-20-covid-mask-mandate-consideration-media-release.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":604523,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"IA","url":"/library/IA-066","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/IA-066","citation":"Polk County Board of Supervisors, Board of Supervisors news release, \u0027Polk County Unable to Enact Local Measures to Control Spread of COVID-19, Despite Rapidly Rising Case Counts\u0027 (Aug. 28, 2020) (Ex. IA-066)","stateName":"Iowa","related":[]}