Resolution Relative to Face Coverings

Resolution of Governing Body

A Resolution Relative to Face Coverings

WHEREAS, we remain in the midst of a global pandemic; and 

WHEREAS, on August 16, 2020, the Enfield Board of Selectmen established a policy that “It is essential that all Town employees, board and committee members do their part” to model good public health behavior by wearing a face mask when in public areas inside municipal offices, including lobbies, hallways and meeting rooms in the Town Hall, Public Works Facility, and Police Station; and 

WHEREAS, on September 20, 2021, the Enfield Board of Selectmen voted to continue to “strongly support” any mask requirements set by individual Enfield businesses and organizations;  

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Selectmen of the Town of Enfield, requests in the strongest possible terms that: 

1.   Its residents and visitors wear a face mask in public (excepting children under the age of 2) where physical distancing is not practicable, regardless of vaccination status; and

2.  Its residents and visitors respect and follow the mask requirements imposed by individual businesses and organizations, and 

3.  Its residents and visitors continue to abide by the policy requiring that face masks be worn in all public areas inside municipal offices. 

October 7, 2021