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Ex. MET-SDF-020 Order Primary source read

City services, policies change to slow COVID-19 (Mayor's directives of March 16, 2020)

Meetings of all city boards and commissions suspended; community centers shuttered; yard-waste service suspended; fire stations closed to the public; Council meeting streamlined

Mayor Linda Gorton · Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government, Kentucky (City)

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The record

Jurisdiction
Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government, Kentucky · Louisville and Lexington · Kentucky
Level
City
Authority
KRS 67A.060; Executive Order 2020-01
Issued
2020-03-16 Mar. 16, 2020
Effective
2020-03-16 (boards and commissions immediately; yard waste from Mar. 23) (read as 2020-03-16)
End
boards and Council in person from June 15, 2021 (Ex. MET-SDF-035) (read as 2021-06-15)
In force
Mar. 16, 2020 to June 15, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2
Limitation types
Gathering capCourts and public offices
Addressees
  • city boards and commissions
  • the public
  • community-center users
Functions reached
  • CT boards, commissions and hearings (licensing, zoning appeals, historic preservation)
  • GATH
  • FC facilities
Collection
Louisville and Lexington MET-SDF

Operative words

The City is immediately suspending meetings of all city boards and commissions, except Planning Commission, Police and Fire Pension Board, and Civil Service Commission. The Mayor is recommending non-governmental boards consider the same.... Fire stations will be closed to the public, except for emergency walk-ins.... Streamlining this week's meeting of the Urban County Council to limit City personnel required to attend the meeting... the city's shuttered Community Centers

Enforcement

suspension of public bodies' meetings

Notes

Suspension of the boards through which local approvals run; records that Gov. Beshear 'has directed restaurants and bars to close' and that Kentucky Utilities suspended disconnects.