{"id":"MET-PDX-015","kind":"order","level":"county","jurisdiction":"Multnomah County, Oregon","state":"OR","metro":"PDX","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Multnomah County Board of Commissioners (briefing); Chair Deborah Kafoury; Health Officer Dr. Jennifer Vines","authority":"Multnomah County Declaration of Emergency and executive order of August 2021 (MET-PDX-014)","instrument":"Board briefing of Aug. 10-11, 2021 confirming the countywide indoor mask mandate effective Aug. 13, 2021, its complaint-based enforcement and fines up to $1,000","title":"Commissioners voice support for mask mandate, praise Public Health for its leadership","dateIssued":"2021-08-11","effective":"2021-08-13 (mandate)","end":"County requirement lifted Mar. 12, 2022 (MET-PDX-016)","startDate":"2021-08-13","endDate":"2022-03-12","quarters":["2021Q3"],"types":["MASK","EMP"],"addressees":["all people 5 and older in indoor public spaces in Multnomah County","businesses"],"clause":"Starting August 13, due to the rising COVID-19 cases, masks are required in indoor public settings in Multnomah County whether vaccinated or not.... Multnomah County commissioners Tuesday expressed support for a countywide mandate that requires all people 5 and older to mask up in indoor public spaces beginning Friday, Aug. 13.... It is the first County in Oregon to issue such an order. Any complaint will prompt the County to reach out to an individual or business and provide materials on masking along with signage for businesses to post. The County can escalate enforcement from there, with fines of up to $1,000.... Just six weeks ago, Gov. Kate Brown lifted all COVID-19 restrictions and declared the state \u0027reopened.\u0027","enforcement":"Complaint-driven education, escalating to fines of up to $1,000","functions":["SF, DR, FC, PE, WS, OF indoor public settings","EMP businesses (signage; compliance)","CB customers","WF employees"],"notes":"Records the Chair\u0027s account that the Governor had said, before changing course the same week, that \u0027any prevention measures would be left to local governments\u0027; the State rule (Ex. OR-048) followed on Aug. 13.","sourceUrl":"","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20210816163706/","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":88106,"grade":"secondary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MET-PDX","url":"/library/MET-PDX-015","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MET-PDX-015","citation":"Multnomah County Board of Commissioners (briefing); Chair Deborah Kafoury; Health Officer Dr. Jennifer Vines, Board briefing of Aug. 10-11, 2021 confirming the countywide indoor mask mandate effective Aug. 13, 2021, its complaint-based enforcement and fines up to $1,000 (Aug. 11, 2021) (Ex. MET-PDX-015)","stateName":"Oregon","related":["MET-PDX-016","OR-048","MET-PDX-014","MET-PDX-013"]}