{"id":"MET-DET-005","kind":"order","level":"city","jurisdiction":"City of Detroit, Michigan","state":"MI","metro":"DET","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Detroit Health Department, Denise Fair, Chief Public Health Officer","authority":"MCL 333.2453; MCL 15.263 and 15.263a(1)(b)","instrument":"Emergency Epidemic Order in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic: Declaration of Continued Emergency Due to COVID-19","title":"Declaration of continued emergency to allow public meetings of governmental bodies to be held remotely, effective September 1, 2021 to December 31, 2021","dateIssued":"2021-08-25","effective":"2021-09-01","end":"2021-12-31 11:59 p.m. (unless withdrawn or replaced)","startDate":"2021-09-01","endDate":"2021-12-31","quarters":["2021Q3"],"types":["EMER","GATH","CRT"],"addressees":["every public body within the jurisdiction of the Detroit Health Department"],"clause":"The undersigned... hereby extends the Local Public Health Emergency Epidemic Order (originally issued March 20, 2021) for the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pursuant to 333.2453... COVID-19 remains an imminent threat to the public throughout Detroit.... a local public health emergency is declared, and it is ordered that each individual public body within the jurisdiction of the Detroit Health Department can plan for remote, hybrid, and in-person meetings that allow for safe public access... This order is hereby effective as of September 1, 2021, and will remain in effect until December 31, 2021, at 11:59 p.m.... Such measures will be enforced, and any violations are subject to citation and penalties as outlined in the Michigan Public Health Code.","enforcement":"Citation and penalties under the Public Health Code (recited); MCL 333.2443","functions":["CT/CRT public bodies, boards and commissions (remote and hybrid meetings)","GATH meetings"],"notes":"Q3 2021 instrument: a city health officer\u0027s finding on Aug. 25, 2021 that \u0027COVID-19 remains an imminent threat to the public throughout Detroit\u0027 and declaration of a local public health emergency for Sept. 1-Dec. 31, 2021; recites the Delta variant (B.1.617.2) and low vaccination rates","sourceUrl":"https://detroitmi.gov/sites/detroitmi.localhost/files/2021-08/8.25%20Epidemic%20Order.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":125054,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MET-DET","url":"/library/MET-DET-005","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MET-DET-005","citation":"Detroit Health Department, Denise Fair, Chief Public Health Officer, Emergency Epidemic Order in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic: Declaration of Continued Emergency Due to COVID-19 (Aug. 25, 2021) (Ex. MET-DET-005)","stateName":"Michigan","related":["MET-DET-055","MET-DET-003","MET-DET-047","SEC-08-GM-010","SEC-10-GM-001","SEC-10-GM-021","SEC-10-GM-025"]}