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March 2022: This Face Covering Rule has expired.

At it's meeting of January 6, 2022, the Jericho Selectboard adopted a Face Covering Rule for all public indoor places in Jericho that was in place for 45 days. This rule has since expired.

View the Signed Rule

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The Rule is based on the new temporary state law, Act 1, which relates to temporary municipal rules in response to Covid-19. Act 1 allows Selectboards to adopt a temporary rule that requires individuals within a town to wear face coverings while indoors at locations that are open to the public. The Rule passed by the Jericho Selectboard goes into effect immediately and covers all businesses, including houses of worship, but does exempt the following:

• Children under 2 years
• A person with a disability who cannot wear a face covering or cannot safely wear a face covering for reasons related to the disability
• A person for whom wearing a face covering would create a risk to workplace health, safety, or job duty as determined by the workplace risk assessment
• Any person while eating or drinking inside any establishment that serves food or beverage

The Rule Reads as Follows:

Section 1. Authority.

This Rule is adopted by the Selectboard of the Town of Jericho under authority of Act 1, an act relating to temporary municipal rules in response to COVID-19 (2021).

Section 2. Purpose.

The purpose of this Rule is to require all individuals to wear face coverings while indoors at locations that are open to the public in order to prevent and mitigate the spread of COVID-19 and protect the public health and safety of the Town of Jericho.

Section 3. Requirement to Wear Face Coverings.

All individuals in the Town of Jericho shall wear face coverings while indoors at locations that are open to the public.

Section 4. Exceptions.

Face coverings are not required for:

• Children under 2 years
• A person with a disability who cannot wear a face covering or cannot safely wear a face covering for reasons related to the disability
• A person for whom wearing a face covering would create a risk to workplace health, safety, or job duty as determined by the workplace risk assessment
• Any person while eating or drinking inside any establishment that serves food or beverage

Section 5. Other Laws.

This Rule is in addition to all other ordinances and rules of the Town of Jericho and all applicable laws of the State of Vermont. All ordinances, rules, or parts of ordinances, rules, resolutions, regulations, or other documents inconsistent with the provisions of this Rule are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency.

Section 6. Severability.

If any section or provision of this Rule is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such finding shall not invalidate any other part of this Rule.

Section 7. Effective Period.

This Rule shall take effect immediately upon the approval by the Selectboard and shall remain in effect for a period not to exceed 45 days following its initial adoption.

Thereafter, the Selectboard shall meet to reconsider this Rule, at which meeting the Selectboard shall vote either to rescind this Rule or to extend it for an additional 30-day period. The filing of a petition under 24 V.S.A. §§ 1972 and 1973, shall not govern the taking effect of this Rule.

ADOPTED by the Selectboard of the Town of Jericho of at its meeting On this 6^th day of January, 2022.

Given the latest restrictions on public gatherings due to community contracted cases of COVID-19 operations at Town Hall have been changed.

Specifically, starting Wednesday March 18 and until further notice, the Town Hall will be closed to walk-ins. Individuals will need to call or email the appropriate staff person who will then figure out how to assist them remotely. The Town Clerk will be scheduling appointments for anyone that needs to research land records in order to keep the number of people in the office at one time to a minimum. Town staff contact information is below:

• Chris Flinn, Zoning Administrator - cflinn@jerichovt.gov 899-2287 ext. 104
• Katherine Sonnick, Planning Director - ksonnick@jerichovt.gov 899-2209 ext. 103
• Amy Morse, Financial Coordinator - amorse@jerichovt.gov 899-9970 ext. 102
• Paula Carrier, Admin/Personnel Assistant - pcarrier@jerichovt.gov 899-9970 ext. 101
• Todd Odit, Town Administrator - todit@jerichovt.gov 899-9970 ext. 109
• Adam Magee, Road Foreman - jerichohighway@jerichovt.gov 899-3180
• Lori Dykema, Lister - listers@jerichovt.gov 899-9970 ext. 106
• Jessica Alexander, Town Clerk - jerichovermont@yahoo.com 899-4936 ext.1

Town staff are not experts on the Coronavirus, thus we are monitoring and following the Vermont Department of Health and CDC recommendations and guidelines for safe operation of our services. For the latest information on the virus, please go to the VT Department of Health and Centers for Disease Control (CDC) webpages which are updated daily. You can also call 211. If you have questions regarding your health, please call your doctor.

Thank you very much for your continued patience and support as we navigate this challenging and fluid situation

Please be aware that town staff are working to put plans in place in response to the Coronavirus outbreak. Our plans are being guided by the following:

• slowing the transmission of the virus;
• continuing essential municipal services and
• ensuring the safety and health of town employees and our citizens.

Depending on the severity of this unfolding health crisis, we may need to re-prioritize municipal services which could include postponing, delaying or cancelling some events, meetings or other services due to safety concerns. We appreciate your understanding as we make adjustments in order to provide as many services as we can while balancing the need for staff and community safety. With this in mind, we respectfully ask that if you do your municipal business by phone, email or our drop boxes. We will do our best to accommodate what you need without you having to visit the town hall. Per CDC guidelines.... less contact is better.

In an effort to keep people safe we have decided to close or limit the following municipal services at this time:

1. Access to the town hall conference room is eliminated except for essential meetings of municipal bodies, which will be curtailed as much as possible.
2. No members of the public may visit the Highway Garage.
3. Most town committee meetings are canceled until further notice.

As you know, the situation is changing every day and sometimes by the minute. Town staff are not experts on the Coronavirus, thus we are monitoring and following the Vermont Department of Health and CDC recommendations and guidelines for safe operation of our services. For the latest information on the virus, please go to the VT Department of Health and Centers for Disease Control (CDC) webpages which are updated daily. You can also call 211. If you have questions regarding your health, please call your doctor.

Thank you very much for your continued patience and support as we navigate this challenging and fluid situation