Submitted By
Cara Pavlicek, Village Manager
Reviewed By
LKS
Agenda Item Title
Title
An Ordinance Amending Chapter 20 ("Public Health"), Article 1 ("Oak Park Department of Public Health"), Section 20-1-6 ("Authority and duties of the Director") of the Oak Park Village Code to Permit the Public Health Director to Make Reasonable Rules, Regulations and Orders Due to the Outbreak of COVID-19 Disease
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Overview
Overview
On October 19, 2020, the Village Board adopted Ordinance 20-094 to provide ongoing COVID-19 public health response authority to the Public Health Director through February 16, 2021. Due to the continued outbreak of the COVID-19 disease in the State of Illinois and Oak Park staff recommends extending that authority through June 15, 2021. This will allow the Oak Park Public Health Director to continue to take the necessary steps to respond to the pandemic and adapt services, and allocate and administer vaccination campaigns.
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Recommendation
Recommendation
Adopt the Ordinance.
Fiscal Impact
N/A.
Background
It is noted that under separate action on the agenda for January 1, 2021, the Village Board is being asked to extend the declaration of an emergency affecting the public health through June 15, 2021 due to the ongoing outbreak of the COVID-19 disease in the State of Illinois as previously declared by Resolutions 20-120, 20-124, 20-128, 20-184 and 20-232.
On May 28, 2020, the Village Board adopted Ordinance 20-041 to amend Chapter 20 of the Village Board to provide the Public Health Director, through November 15, 2020, authority to continue manage the day to day response to the pandemic from a public health perspective, especial in the Village's long term care and assisted living facilities without the tradition advance review and deliberation via the Board of Health and Village Board of Trustees. On October 19, 2020, by Ordinance 20-094, an extension of this authority through February 16, 2021 was adopted. This extension ...
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