{"id":1319699,"date":"2020-04-29T17:37:26","date_gmt":"2020-04-29T23:37:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/?p=996021"},"modified":"2020-04-30T08:22:43","modified_gmt":"2020-04-30T14:22:43","slug":"glenwood-springs-city-council-to-revisit-face-coverings-and-other-city-public-health-orders-thursday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/local-news\/glenwood-springs-city-council-to-revisit-face-coverings-and-other-city-public-health-orders-thursday\/","title":{"rendered":"Glenwood Springs City Council to revisit face coverings and other city public health orders Thursday"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image p402_hide\">\n<div class=\"caption-container\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"618\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/04\/A2Standalone-GPI-043020-1024x618.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/04\/A2Standalone-GPI-043020-1024x618.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/04\/A2Standalone-GPI-043020-300x181.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/04\/A2Standalone-GPI-043020-768x464.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/04\/A2Standalone-GPI-043020-1536x928.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/04\/A2Standalone-GPI-043020-2048x1237.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><figcaption><strong>Glenwood Springs Middle School Principal Joel Hathaway speaks with a family as they pick up supplies to decorate a poster for Better World Day taking place this Friday. Students were given yard signs to decorate with hand written notes thanking essential workers that will be posted around town.<\/strong><br \/><em>Chelsea Self \/ Post Independent<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>At a special meeting Thursday, the Glenwood Springs City Council will revisit many of the city\u2019s own COVID-19 restrictions and reevaluate whether or not those public health orders should be lifted or extended.<\/p>\n<p>Since March 23, all non-critical air traffic at the municipal airport has been suspended.<\/p>\n<p>The city\u2019s public transit service, Ride Glenwood, has also been temporarily suspended since March due to the COVID-19 crisis.<\/p>\n<p>The city has also prohibited lodging facilities from accommodating non-critical guests beginning April 6.<\/p>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col\" readability=\"6\">\n<div class=\"row gspi-donation gspi-donation-mobile p-0\" readability=\"7\">\n<div class=\"col-xl-4 p-2\">\n<div data-bg=\"url(https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/03\/PI-logo-white.png)\" class=\"p-0 mt-2 mb-2 h-75 text-center rocket-lazyload\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/03\/PI-logo-white.png\" class=\"logo m-0 p-0 invisible\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><h3 class=\"d-inline mr-3\">Support Local Journalism<\/h3>\n<p><button class=\"btn d-inline\" type=\"button\" onclick=\"handleDonationButtonClickMidArticle()\">Donate<\/button><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s probably a good time to have a conversation about opening the airport again,\u201d said Mayor Pro Tem Shelley Kaup. \u201cLodging, I\u2019m not so sure on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The city has also required residents and retail workers to wear face coverings for all essential activities outside of their home since April 7.<\/p>\n<p>The face-covering mandate was extended over the weekend until May 1.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel like we were proactive with the face-covering order and I still would support keeping that in place,\u201d Kaup said.<\/p>\n<p>According to Glenwood Springs Police Chief Joseph Deras, the department has received a few complaints about people not wearing face coverings per the city\u2019s public health order, but had yet to issue any citations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen we have that contact with folks they\u2019ve been very compliant and understanding,\u201d Deras said.<\/p>\n<p>According to the face-covering public health order, failure to comply could result in up to a $1,000 fine and 364 days in jail.<\/p>\n<p>However, members of council have made clear that the order\u2019s intent was neither to fine residents nor put them in jail.<\/p>\n<p>Whether or not council will make any changes to those public health orders remains to be seen Thursday evening.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am not in favor of lifting anything that we\u2019re doing right now,\u201d said Councilor Rick Voorhees. \u201cI hate government regulations that restrict people but this is a medical emergency.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fourth of July celebration<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Council will also discuss this year\u2019s Fourth of July celebration Thursday, since staff needs to start planning for the event \u2014 if one actually occurs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStaff will discuss with city council how social distancing requirements under the safer at home order will impact the proposed celebration,\u201d City Manager Debra Figueroa said.<\/p>\n<p>According to Glenwood Springs Fire Chief Gary Tillotson, forecasters were projecting an average fire year, which for Garfield County translates to a relatively high fire risk, particularly during the warmer, dryer summer months.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Fourth of July is a pretty risky time,\u201d Tillotson said. \u201cI still think that fireworks, even on a normal Fourth of July, are just not worth the risk in Glenwood Springs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For the last two years, the city\u2019s Fourth of July celebration in Two Rivers Park has done away with fireworks and instead entertained guests with a laser light show.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is no intent on the part of the city to go back to fireworks at the Fourth of July celebration,\u201d Figueroa said.<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"mailto:mabennett@postindependent.com\">mabennett@postindependent.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/news\/glenwood-springs-city-council-to-revisit-face-coverings-and-other-city-public-health-orders-thursday\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Post Independent<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Glenwood Springs Middle School Principal Joel Hathaway speaks with a family as they pick up supplies to decorate a poster for Better World Day taking place this Friday. Students were given yard signs to decorate with hand written notes thanking essential workers that will be posted around town.Chelsea Self \/ Post Independent At a special [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[160],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1319699","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-27 14:10:20","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSKE Ski Country","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1319699","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1319699"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1319699\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1319709,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1319699\/revisions\/1319709"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1319699"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1319699"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1319699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}