Sand Springs City Council To Vote On Lifting Mask Mandate

The Sand Springs City Council is scheduled to vote on whether or not to lift the city's mask mandate at Monday night's city council meeting. If they were to decide to lift that mandate, it would not take place immediately. As with all votes, there is a 30 day holding period after the decision.

The City of Sand Springs has had an active mask mandate in place since November, but at a March council meeting, the idea of lifting the mandate in Monday's meeting was brought up. Council mentioned in March they have seen COVID-19 numbers drop within the city drastically since the beginning of the year.

Council said they would wait for Monday to hold the vote because they wanted to get through the Herbal Affair event first to ensure the event was not a COVID-19 super spreader.

That discussion and vote are now scheduled to take place on Monday, but if the council were to receive and approve a recommendation to rescind the mandate, it would not go into effect for 30 days, which is customary for council decisions. This means a mask would still be required in the city through May 27th unless the council approves an emergency clause, which would rescind the mandate potentially by Tuesday.

The meeting is scheduled for 6 p.m. at the Sand Springs Municipal Building.