{"id":"MET-ATL-026","kind":"order","level":"county","jurisdiction":"Cobb County, Georgia","state":"GA","metro":"ATL","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Lisa Cupid, Chairwoman, Cobb County Board of Commissioners (attest Pamela L. Mabry, County Clerk)","authority":"Cobb County Code § 34-2 (renewal before expiration); O.C.G.A. § 50-14-1 (teleconference meetings)","instrument":"Renewal of Declaration of Emergency in Cobb County","title":"Renewal of Declaration of Emergency in Cobb County (COVID-19 delta surge)","dateIssued":"2021-09-17","effective":"2021-09-17 12:41 p.m. (upon signature)","end":"2021-10-17 11:59 p.m. unless renewed (renewed again in Oct. 2021, Ex. MET-ATL-062)","startDate":"2021-09-17","endDate":"2021-10-17","quarters":["2021Q3"],"types":["EMER","MASK","EMP"],"addressees":["all Cobb residents including the fully vaccinated","all enclosed businesses in the County","County boards and commissions"],"clause":"WHEREAS, CDPH reports... 741 cases per 100,000... seven times the level of 100 cases per 100,000 that constitutes \u0027high community transmission\u0027... WHEREAS, the emergency departments at Wellstar Kennestone and Wellstar Cobb... remain severely overcrowded... IT IS HEREBY DECLARED that the Declaration of Emergency... is renewed for thirty days... 2. All Cobb residents, including those who are fully vaccinated, are strongly encouraged to wear masks indoors in public places... all enclosed businesses in the County are, once again, strongly encouraged to re-implement measures requiring masks indoors for the protection of employees and customers. 3. [County boards may meet by teleconference under O.C.G.A. § 50-14-1.] 4. The remaining terms of the August 19, 2021 Declaration of Emergency are hereby adopted by reference. 5. All provisions of this renewal shall become effective upon signature and shall terminate on October 17, 2021, at 11:59 p.m., unless renewed again by the Chairwoman.","enforcement":"County emergency declaration; EOP activation","functions":["CRT County facilities (mask mandate in County buildings and occupancy limits in meeting rooms, per the County\u0027s Sept. 17 release)","SF businesses (masks encouraged)","GATH public meetings moved remote"],"notes":"Recites the Cobb County Board of Health\u0027s Sept. 7, 2021 statement endorsing universal masking in schools. The County\u0027s Sept. 17 release: \u0027Cobb County has instituted a mask mandate in its buildings as well as social distancing occupancy limits in meeting rooms.\u0027","sourceUrl":"https://s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/cobbcounty.org.if-us-west-2/prod/2021-09/Renewal%20of%20Declaration%20of%20Emergency.pdf","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20210918215714/https://s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/cobbcounty.org.if-us-west-2/prod/2021-09/Renewal%20of%20Declaration%20of%20Emergency.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":172541,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MET-ATL","url":"/library/MET-ATL-026","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MET-ATL-026","citation":"Lisa Cupid, Chairwoman, Cobb County Board of Commissioners (attest Pamela L. Mabry, County Clerk), Renewal of Declaration of Emergency in Cobb County (Sept. 17, 2021) (Ex. MET-ATL-026)","stateName":"Georgia","related":["MET-ATL-062","MET-ATL-043"]}