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Ex. MET-ATL-026 Order Primary source read

Renewal of Declaration of Emergency in Cobb County

Renewal of Declaration of Emergency in Cobb County (COVID-19 delta surge)

Lisa Cupid, Chairwoman, Cobb County Board of Commissioners (attest Pamela L. Mabry, County Clerk) · Cobb County, Georgia (County)

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Jurisdiction
Cobb County, Georgia · Atlanta · Georgia
Level
County
Authority
Cobb County Code § 34-2 (renewal before expiration); O.C.G.A. § 50-14-1 (teleconference meetings)
Issued
2021-09-17 Sept. 17, 2021
Effective
2021-09-17 12:41 p.m. (upon signature) (read as 2021-09-17)
End
2021-10-17 11:59 p.m. unless renewed (renewed again in Oct. 2021, Ex. MET-ATL-062) (read as 2021-10-17)
In force
Sept. 17, 2021 to Oct. 17, 2021
Quarters
2021 Q3
Limitation types
Emergency declarationFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules
Addressees
  • all Cobb residents including the fully vaccinated
  • all enclosed businesses in the County
  • County boards and commissions
Functions reached
  • CRT County facilities (mask mandate in County buildings and occupancy limits in meeting rooms, per the County's Sept. 17 release)
  • SF businesses (masks encouraged)
  • GATH public meetings moved remote
Collection
Atlanta MET-ATL

Operative words

WHEREAS, CDPH reports... 741 cases per 100,000... seven times the level of 100 cases per 100,000 that constitutes 'high community transmission'... 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

Notes

Recites the Cobb County Board of Health's Sept. 7, 2021 statement endorsing universal masking in schools. The County's Sept. 17 release: 'Cobb County has instituted a mask mandate in its buildings as well as social distancing occupancy limits in meeting rooms.'

Retrieval note

Three pages read as images.

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