Council to meet virtually on March 26 at 1:30 p.m. to introduce, conduct a public hearing and vote on Board of Health regulation to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in the County and provide updated guidance for allowing spectators at sporting events

For Immediate Release: Thursday, March 25, 2021

The Council will meet virtually Friday, March 26 at 1:30 p.m. to introduce, hold a public hearing and vote on an amended Board of Health regulation to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in the County and provide updated guidance for allowing spectators at sporting events.

If approved by the Council, the amended Board of Health regulation would be effective on April 2 at 5 p.m.

The updated regulation would allow two spectators per participating athlete at a sports event up to a maximum of 50 spectators if:

• the site has a barrier to delineate the area for spectators from the area for the participating athletes and coaches;
  
• the area for the spectators is large enough to provide for social distancing between all spectators from different households; and
  
• all spectators wear face coverings and practice social distancing of at least six feet.

The health officer or the officer’s designee may approve a COVID Protocol Plan that includes more than 50 spectators for an event if the officer finds that the plan provides for reasonable safety for all participants.

The amended Board of Health regulation and the Council staff report can be viewed here.

To sign up to testify, please click here. If you are not available for the public hearing but want to provide testimony to the Council you can do so by submitting written, audio or video testimony here.

On the guidance of Health Officer and Chief of Public Health Services Dr. Travis Gayles, there is currently no public access to the Council Office Building. The virtual Council meeting will be streamed live on the Council’s web page via YouTube and on Facebook Live and can be watched on County Cable Montgomery on Xfinity/RCN 6 HD 996/1056, Fios 30, and on the CCM live stream.

Release ID: 21-128
Media Contact: Sonya Healy 240-777-7926, Juan Jovel 240-777-7931