{"id":1319725,"date":"2020-04-30T21:22:09","date_gmt":"2020-05-01T03:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/?p=996075"},"modified":"2020-04-30T21:22:09","modified_gmt":"2020-05-01T03:22:09","slug":"glenwood-city-council-extends-face-covering-order-until-june-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/local-news\/glenwood-city-council-extends-face-covering-order-until-june-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Glenwood City Council extends face covering order until June 4"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image p402_hide\">\n<div class=\"caption-container\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"789\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/04\/Facemasks-gpi-040220-1024x789.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/04\/Facemasks-gpi-040220-1024x789.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/04\/Facemasks-gpi-040220-300x231.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/04\/Facemasks-gpi-040220-768x592.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/04\/Facemasks-gpi-040220-1536x1183.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/04\/Facemasks-gpi-040220-2048x1578.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><figcaption><strong>Monica Mull and Kelly Williams, with LIFT-UP, wear homemade masks as they distribute food at the Garfield County Fairgrounds in Rifle. Many residents are sewing their own masks as a precaution against COVID-19.<\/strong><br \/><em>Facemasks-gpi-040220<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Face coverings will continue in Glenwood Springs through at least June 4.<\/p>\n<p>Thursday evening, the Glenwood Springs City Council voted in favor of keeping its face covering public health order intact, but lifted many of its other locally-imposed COVID-19 restrictions.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Face Coverings<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Since April 7, the city has required members of the public to wear face coverings for all essential activities outside of their home in Glenwood Springs.<\/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>The order exempts children under the age of 2 as well as those for whom it would cause impairment due to an existing health condition.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think one thing it certainly does is it keeps people aware,\u201d said Councilor Tony Hershey who previously did support the mandate. \u201cSurprisingly, I am not going to oppose this.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Council is slated to reconsider face coverings at its June 4 meeting.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Airport to reopen<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The city will reopen the Glenwood Springs Airport, possibly as early as Monday, after having been closed to all non-critical air traffic since March 23.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe didn\u2019t have the crystal ball,\u201d Councilor Steve Davis said of when the decision was made to close the airport. \u201cAt this point I see no reason to keep it closed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Council unanimously supported the decision to reopen the city\u2019s airport at Thursday\u2019s meeting.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Short-term lodging<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Council also voted in favor of lifting the city\u2019s restrictions on short-term lodging, effective immediately.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Since April 6, the city has prohibited non-critical lodging operations and had planned to at least until May 7.<\/p>\n<p>Thursday night, however, council lifted that order altogether and instead agreed to follow the state and county\u2019s direction with respect to lodging.<\/p>\n<p>The state\u2019s safer at home public health order identifies hotels and places of accommodation as critical businesses.<\/p>\n<p>The safer at home order does not consider short-term vacation rentals to be critical businesses.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn reality, very few people are traveling. Most that are, it\u2019s out of some necessity,\u201d said Mayor Pro Tem Shelley Kaup. \u201cI don\u2019t want to be the city that says \u2018no, you can\u2019t stop here.\u2019\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ride Glenwood Springs<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A majority of council also directed staff to work toward restarting the city\u2019s public transit service, Ride Glenwood Springs, with safety policies in place similar to what RFTA has implemented.<\/p>\n<p>RFTA too has required riders to wear face coverings and has limited bus capacity to no more than nine passengers per bus.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are playing Russian roulette,\u201d said Councilor Rick Voorhees. \u201cWe don\u2019t have the data that we need to make completely scientific choices here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It isn\u2019t immediately clear when Ride Glenwood Springs will start up again.<\/p>\n<p>The city needs to finalize details with RFTA in the coming days before announcing an official restart date.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a><em><a href=\"mailto:mabennett@postindependent.com\">mabennett@postindependent.com<\/a><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/news\/glenwood-city-council-extends-face-covering-order-until-june-4\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Post Independent<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Monica Mull and Kelly Williams, with LIFT-UP, wear homemade masks as they distribute food at the Garfield County Fairgrounds in Rifle. Many residents are sewing their own masks as a precaution against COVID-19.Facemasks-gpi-040220 Face coverings will continue in Glenwood Springs through at least June 4. 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