Memorandum
Date: May 5, 2020
To: The Honorable Moke Simon, Chair, Lake County Board of Supervisors
From: Carol J. Huchingson, County Administrative Officer
Subject: (Continued from April 28, 2020) Consideration of an Urgency Ordinance Establishing Temporary Safety Protocols upon the Reopening of County Facilities to the Public during the Ongoing COVID-19 State of Emergency
Executive Summary: (include fiscal and staffing impact narrative):
On April 28, 2020, your Board gave consideration to a draft Urgency Ordinance which, if adopted, would require the public to wear masks when in County facilities under the same conditions required of County employees by the temporary policy (see attachment) your Board enacted on April 21, 2020. Staff took your comments and made revisions to the draft, which is back before your Board for consideration today.
Based on the input of your Board, if this Urgency Ordinance is adopted, a supply of masks would be placed, for the public to access, at the front entrance of each County facility. Signage reminding the public of the requirements for masking would be placed in prominent locations throughout the public areas of all facilities.
Cost and availability of masks is varying considerably as we move through the COVID-19 crisis. For the Lake County Courthouse alone, we estimate foot traffic of approximately 1,000 persons each month. Based on what we currently have on hand, this location could be supplied with masks for as long as 8 weeks, provided there are no other demands for that supply. Depending on the status of the disaster at that time, restocking may prove difficult given the degree of stockpiling that seems to have become the norm.
If this Urgency Ordinance is adopted, numerous additional County facilities will also supply masks to the public and it is difficult to project the number that would be needed and the resulting costs. Using the DSS Director's projections for her busiest office, there is need for...
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