For Immediate Release: Thursday, January 13, 2022
Council meets on Jan. 18 to hold a public hearing and worksession on proposed Board of Health regulation
The Montgomery County Council will meet virtually via Zoom as the Board of Health on Tuesday, Jan. 18 to hold a public hearing and conduct a worksession on a resolution to adopt a Board of Health Regulation to Prevent the Spread of COVID-19 in the County-Vaccination Requirements to Enter Bars, Restaurants, Fitness Centers and Other Covered Establishments. The public hearing will be held at 10:30 a.m. The Council meeting will begin at 9 a.m. with the Council meeting as the Board of Health starting at 9:30 a.m.
The resolution to adopt a Board of Health Regulation to Prevent the Spread of COVID-19 in the County-Vaccination Requirements to Enter Bars, Restaurants, Fitness Centers and Other Covered Establishments was introduced on Jan. 11, 2022, as recommended by County Executive Elrich.
The resolution would approve a Board of Health regulation to:
Under the proposed regulation, the phased-in vaccination requirement would occur as follows:
This new proposed Board of Health regulation, does not impact Montgomery County's existing Board of Health guidance on face coverings under Resolution 19-1120, which was adopted on Jan. 4, 2022.
The deadline to sign up for the virtual public hearing is Monday, Jan. 17 at 12 p.m. The proposed Board of Health regulation is available here and on the Council's webpage.
Residents can sign up to testify via Zoom 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. More information can be found at the Montgomery County Council's webpage at www.montgomerycountymd.gov/council.
The Council meeting is being conducted remotely via Zoom and will be televised live on County Cable Montgomery (Xfinity channels 6 and 996, RCN channels 6 and 1056; and FiOS channel 30). The meeting is also available live via streaming through the Council website at http://tinyurl.com/z9982v8, Facebook Live (@MontgomeryCountyMdCouncil or @ConcejodelCondadodeMontgomery), or YouTube (@MoCoCouncilMD).
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Release ID: 22-013