HomeMy Public PortalAboutEXECUTIVE ORDER - COVID19 Modification Rules For Public Meetings, August 25, 2020Memorandum
Date: August 25, 2020
To: All Citizens and Interested Parties
Riverdale City Council
From: Mayor Mike Bawden
Re: Executive Order: Modification to Rules for Public Meetings
Summary: Effective immediately, all public meetings of the City are to be held in a
hybrid fashion (online and in -person) and all deliberative members of the
body are asked to attend online so their comments and votes on matters
can be properly recorded.
Notes: Public meetings should be held, whenever possible, in a hybrid fashion
with the chair of the meeting present in the Community Room at City Hall
along with up to fourteen other participants (residents, guests,
consultants, etc.).
Deliberative participants (members of the City Council or commission
members required to attend) and the remainder of the public body
interested in attending the meeting, must do so online through the Virtual
Community Room feature found on the City's website.
In -person attendance at meetings cannot exceed fifteen people. If more
than fifteen people come to the meeting, those who arrive after the
fifteenth person will be asked to leave the building and attend online.
All meetings should be recorded so accurate meeting minutes can be
constructed for the public record.
All in -person, meeting attendees are required to wear a face mask. It is not
the City's responsibility to provide face masks. If a person does not have a
face mask or refuses to wear one, they are required to leave the building.
The order will remain in effect until the number of new COVID-19 cases in
Scott County has returned to its pre -summer spike level (a total of 50 or
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City of Riverdale, Iowa 110 Manor Drive, Riverdale, Iowa 52722 • (563) 355-2511 • www.riverdaleiowa.com
EXECUTIVE ORDER: Modification to Rules for Public Meetings
August 25, 2020
fewer cases over a two -week period). The infection rate in the county will
be checked monthly.
An announcement of changes to or the termination of this executive order
will be posted to City Hall and the website when it occurs.
Mike Bawden
Mayor
City of Riverdale, Iowa 110 Manor Drive, Riverdale, Iowa 52722 • (563) 355-2511 • ww v.riverdaleiowa.com