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RESOLUTION NO. 21-124
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF ST. LUCIE COUNTY, FLORIDA
RATIFYING ORDER NO. 21-008 OF THE ST. LUCIE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RESCINDING
EMERGENCY ORDER NO. 20-044 REGARDING FACE COVERINGS IN COUNTY BUILDINGS
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of St Lucie County, Florida has made the
following determinations:
1. On March 17, 2020, the St. Lucie County Public Safety Director declared a State of
Local Emergency COVID-19 Public Health Emergency ("St. Lucie County Declaration of
Emergency"); and
2. The findings in the St. Lucie County Declaration of Emergency are incorporated
herein; and
3. On March 16, 2020, President Donald J.Trump and the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention ('CDC") issued the "15 Days to Slow the Spread" guidance advising individuals to
adopt far-reaching social distancing measures, such as avoiding gatherings of more than 10
people, and in states with evidence of community spread, recommending restrictions to certain
establishments conducive to mass gatherings and congregations; and
4. On March 29, 2020, the President extended such guidance to be in effect until
April 30, 2020; and
5. On March 24, 2020, the Governor of the State of Florida issued Executive Order
No. 20-83 directing the State Surgeon General and State Health Officer to issue a public health
advisory to all persons over 65 years of age and persons that have serious underlying medical
conditions that place them at high risk of severe illness from COVID-19 urging them to stay home
and to take such other measures as necessary to limit their risk of exposure to COVID-19; and
6. Pursuant to Executive Order No. 20-83, the Governor of the State of Florida
further directed the State Surgeon General and the State Health Officer to issue a public health
advisory providing that individuals should cease all social or recreational gatherings of 10 or more
people; and
7. On March 25, 2020, the State Surgeon General issued a Public Health Advisory
consistent with Executive Order 20-83; and
8. On March 25, 2020, the President of the United States declared that a major
disaster exists in the State of Florida as a result of COVID-19; and
9. Paragraph 2 of the St. Lucie County Declaration of Emergency provides that the
County Administrator may take all actions necessary and appropriate to protect human life and
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prosperity, to the extent necessary to accommodate the emergency; and
10. The County Administrator is authorized to initiate and take such actions, to
respond to such an imminent public health threat.
11. On June 26, 2020, in response to high test positivity rates for COVID-19 in the
County and based on advice from medical professionals, the County Administrator signed
Emergency Order No. 20-044 providing for mandatory face coverings in County buildings; and
12. As of March 17, 2021, over 100,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been
administered in St. Lucie County.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County Commissioners of St. Lucie
County, Florida:
1. The County Administrator's April 19, 2021 Order No. 21-008 rescinding Emergency
Order No. 20-044 regarding face coverings in County buildings is hereby ratified and approved.
2. This resolution shall take effect upon adoption.
After motion and second, the vote on this resolution was as follows:
Commissioner Chris Dzadovsky, Chair AYE
Commissioner Sean Mitchell, Vice Chair AYE
Commissioner Linda Bartz AYE
Commissioner Frannie Hutchinson AYE
Commissioner Cathy Townsend AYE
PASSED AND DULY ADOPTED this 18th day of May 2021.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
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