{"id":"MET-PDX-003","kind":"order","level":"county","jurisdiction":"Multnomah County, Oregon","state":"OR","metro":"PDX","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Chair Deborah Kafoury; Library Director Vailey Oehlke; Sheriff Mike Reese","authority":"Multnomah County Declaration of Emergency of March 11, 2020; County administrative authority over County facilities","instrument":"Closure of all 19 Multnomah County Library branches; suspension of in-person jail visits (County facility closures under the emergency)","title":"County closes libraries to slow spread of COVID-19, critical health and law enforcement services remain unchanged","dateIssued":"2020-03-13","effective":"2020-03-13 (immediate)","end":"Not stated; libraries remained closed to walk-in service through the stay-home period; reopening dates not in this exhibit set","startDate":"2020-03-13","endDate":"2020-06-30","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["CLOSE","CRT","OTHER"],"addressees":["library patrons","persons in custody and visitors"],"clause":"Multnomah Chair Deborah Kafoury appeared Friday evening alongside Sheriff Mike Reese, Health Officer Dr. Jennifer Vines and Library Director Vailey Oehlke to announce the immediate closure of the county\u0027s 19 library branches... Patrons are asked not to return library books during the closure.... Suspending in-person visits except for professional and legal visits.","enforcement":"Not stated","functions":["CRT public offices and facilities closed","CB public access to County services","WF telework of County staff (\u0027teleworking where possible\u0027)"],"notes":"Records the County\u0027s first facility closures, two days after the declaration, alongside the Governor\u0027s school closure (four weeks) and gathering ban.","sourceUrl":"","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20200316003340/","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":105014,"grade":"secondary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MET-PDX","url":"/library/MET-PDX-003","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MET-PDX-003","citation":"Chair Deborah Kafoury; Library Director Vailey Oehlke; Sheriff Mike Reese, Closure of all 19 Multnomah County Library branches; suspension of in-person jail visits (County facility closures under the emergency) (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. MET-PDX-003)","stateName":"Oregon","related":[]}