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Madison County Board of Health withdraws draft reopening resolution and forms committee to rewrite it
Summary
After hours of public-member remarks and legal concerns, the Madison County Board of Health voted unanimously May 8 to withdraw a draft resolution that would have lifted the county stay-at-home directive and to form a bipartisan committee to craft a revised reopening plan, with the Board to reconvene May 12.
Madison County Board of Health members voted unanimously May 8 to withdraw a draft resolution that would have lifted a general county stay-at-home directive and allowed businesses to reopen upon submission of a reopening plan, and instead created a working committee to rewrite the measure.
Chair Kurt Prenzler introduced the draft resolution at the start of the telephonic special session, saying the document was intended to give a process for businesses and churches to re-open locally. The draft would have allowed a business to reopen after submitting a Notice of Re-opening and a plan, tasked the Madison County Health Department to evaluate plans and attempt to reach agreement, and made the State’s…
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