Omaha City Council extends mask ordinance to February

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - The City Council on Tuesday voted to keep the city’s face mask ordinance in place through most of February.

Just in - Omaha City Council extends indoor mask ordinance for 90-days; so through February 23rd. @PeteFestersen proposed the amendment which passed 4-1. Festersen, Gray, Palermo, Jerram voted yes. Melton no. Pahls not here. Harding via Zoom wasn’t thrilled with it. @WOWT6News
— Brian Mastre WOWT (@brianmastrewowt) November 10, 2020

The council heard the latest round of public comment during its Oct. 27 meeting.

The agenda item was moved up Tuesday and quickly passed 4-1, with Councilwoman Aimee Melton voting “no.”

On the table this time, too, was a proposal from Councilman Ben Gray to throw out the “sunset provision” on the ordinance, keeping in place until the population reaches benchmark numbers for COVID-19 positivity and positive cases.

Gray was proposing the face mask ordinance remain in place — without further action from the council — until Douglas County Health Director Dr. Adi Pour determines two COVID-19 data points have been consistently both met in the city:

The positivity rate equals 5% or less for two consecutive weekly reporting periods.
The seven-day rolling average equals 10 or fewer positive cases per 100,000 people for two consecutive weekly reporting periods.=

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