The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Louisville/Jefferson County Metro Government, Kentucky · Louisville and Lexington · Kentucky
- Level
- City
- Authority
- Mayor's executive authority over Metro Government facilities, vehicles and personnel (KRS 67C.105); CDC guidance of July 27, 2021 recited
- Issued
- 2021-07-30 July 30, 2021
- Effective
- 2021-08-02
- End
- not verified; no rescission found through Sept. 30, 2021 (Louisville remained at the red alert level through September 2021, Ex. MET-SDF-041) (read as 2021-09-30)
- In force
- Aug. 2, 2021 to Sept. 30, 2021
- Quarters
- 2021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Face-covering requirementWorkplace rules
- Addressees
- every person entering a Louisville Metro Government building or vehicle, including Metro employees, regardless of vaccination status
- Functions reached
- CT public offices (every visitor to a Metro building)
- WF workforce (Metro employees and contractors)
- OF offices
- Collection
- Louisville and Lexington MET-SDF
Operative words
In response to the rapid increase in COVID-19 cases driven by the highly contagious Delta variant, effective Monday Aug. 2, 2021, Louisville Metro Government will require masks to be worn in city buildings and vehicles when another person is present. The new policy applies to every person regardless of vaccination status.... The Mayor urged other Louisville employers to also recommend masking
Enforcement
Metro Government policy for its premises and workforce
Notes
Third-quarter-2021 local instrument. Dr. SarahBeth Hartlage, Interim Medical Director of LMPHW: 'the health department is aligning with CDC guidance for universal indoor mask-wearing regardless of vaccination status.' Louisville was at 12.5 cases per 100,000 (orange) on July 30 and expected red by Aug. 2.
Retrieval noteMetro Government's own release read in full; The live louisvilleky.gov URL now returns 403.