{"id":"MET-ATL-043","kind":"order","level":"county","jurisdiction":"Cobb County, Georgia","state":"GA","metro":"ATL","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Lisa Cupid, Chairwoman, Cobb County Board of Commissioners","authority":"Cobb County Code § 34-2","instrument":"Declaration of Emergency (COVID-19 surge), Aug. 19, 2021, as described in the County\u0027s release of the same date","title":"Chairwoman Signs Declaration of Emergency Over COVID Surge","dateIssued":"2021-08-19","effective":"2021-08-19 (30 days); masks required in County facilities effective Aug. 20, 2021 (County web alert)","end":"Renewed Sept. 17, 2021 through Oct. 17, 2021 (Ex. MET-ATL-026); second extension Oct. 2021 (Ex. MET-ATL-062)","startDate":"2021-08-19","endDate":"2021-09-17","quarters":["2021Q3"],"types":["EMER","MASK","EMP"],"addressees":["Cobb County residents","local businesses","County facilities and employees"],"clause":"Cobb County Board of Commissioners Chairwoman Lisa Cupid signed a Declaration of Emergency late Thursday to help the county respond to the latest surge in COVID-19 cases. The order cites the dramatic increase in hospitalizations that has left the county \u0027critically low\u0027 [on hospital capacity]... The declaration strongly encourages Cobb residents to get vaccinated as soon as possible, to have everyone including the fully vaccinated wear masks when indoors in public places, and encourages local businesses to re-implement measures requiring masks indoors \u0027for the protection of employees and customers.\u0027 The declaration also activates the county\u0027s Emergency Operations Plan... The Declaration of Emergency will be in effect for the next 30 days and could be extended if necessary. [Site alert:] Masks to be required in county facilities effective August 20.","enforcement":"County emergency declaration; facility mask requirement enforced at County buildings","functions":["CRT County offices and public buildings (masked entry from Aug. 20, 2021)","SF businesses urged to re-impose masks","WF County workforce"],"notes":"Q3 2021 county emergency in Georgia\u0027s third-largest county; the declaration PDF (2021 08-19 Declaration of Emergency.pdf) was never captured by the Wayback Machine and the live S3 file is gone.","sourceUrl":"https://www.cobbcounty.org/communications/news/chairwoman-signs-declaration-emergency-over-covid-surge","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20210820020743id_/https://www.cobbcounty.org/communications/news/chairwoman-signs-declaration-emergency-over-covid-surge","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":287970,"grade":"secondary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MET-ATL","url":"/library/MET-ATL-043","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MET-ATL-043","citation":"Lisa Cupid, Chairwoman, Cobb County Board of Commissioners, Declaration of Emergency (COVID-19 surge), Aug. 19, 2021, as described in the County\u0027s release of the same date (Ex. MET-ATL-043)","stateName":"Georgia","related":["MET-ATL-026","MET-ATL-062"]}