Sand Springs City Council to consider mandatory mask ordinance at Monday meeting
/The Sand Springs City Council will meet in a regular meeting Monday evening at the City municipal building downtown, and will consider enacting an ordinance that would mandate face masks in public areas.
On Sunday the Oklahoma State Department of Health reported a record single-day increase of 1,204 new COVID-19 cases, along with a record-high 654 hospitalizations, and a record-high 6,091 active cases statewide.
Active cases are trending downward in Sand Springs, which dipped to 21 on Sunday, down from a peak of 33 on Wednesday. There were 825 active cases in the city of Tulsa, and 1,184 in Tulsa County.
A non-scientific poll conducted in the “Sand Springs Community Group” Facebook group showed 53.6% of the 1,215 respondents supported a mandatory mask ordinance. The cities of Tulsa, Norman, Stillwater, and Oklahoma City have all approved similar ordinances.
If Council chooses to pass such an ordinance, they will also have to consider the penalties and enforcement for non-compliance, exceptions based on age and other criteria, and the expiration date for the order.
Council is not expected to actually pass an ordinance at the Monday meeting, but to simply discuss what the ordinance might look like. They will likely schedule a special meeting at the Case Community Center where further discussion and a vote would take place.
