Roeland Park Roeland Park becomes 2nd JoCo city to require masks

[Judi Lynn]

Jerry LaMartina
Aug 24, 2021 - Roeland Park

Roeland Park is now the second Johnson County city with a citywide mask mandate, following Prairie Village, which instituted a similar measure that took effect Tuesday.

The Roeland Park City Council unanimously approved a mask resolution at its Monday night meeting, effective Tuesday, Aug. 24, and currently set to expire Oct. 19.

The order requires masks for all people indoors in public places or in crowded outdoor public places, with some exceptions.

The city started complying last summer with Gov. Laura Kelly’s mask mandate, which took effect July 3, 2020.

The city changed its mask mandate in April to “strongly recommend” masks, in line with Johnson County’s then-new guidance, Assistant City Administrator Erin Winn said in an email Tuesday morning to the Shawnee Mission Post.

More:
https://shawneemissionpost.com/2021/08/24/roeland-park-mask-mandate-130931/

[KS Toronado]

1. Mask mandate should be for the entire state

until we get covid under control, and KN95 or N95 masks should be required.