Council members of Beaufort County, the Town of Port Royal and the town of Bluffton are all holding meetings this week to discuss and consider emergency ordinances to make mask wearing mandatory in their areas.
On Wednesday, July 1, at 4 p.m. Beaufort County Council will meet to discuss and take action on an emergency ordinance to require the use of face masks “in certain places where individuals will not be able to social distance.”
The County’s meeting will be held virtually, but will be broadcast live to the public on The County Channel and streamed live on Beaufort County Government SC’s Facebook page.
Public comments to the County meeting may can emailed to sbrock@bcgov.net or posted in real-time on the County’s Facebook livestream of the meeting. You can also visit here to see the agenda for the meeting.
The Town of Hilton Head Island and the City of Beaufort councils both passed emergency face mask ordinances on Monday, June 29, that go in effect within town and city limits at 11:59 p.m. Tuesday, June 30.
Also the Town of Port Royal’s council members will discuss a face mask ordinance at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday. Port Royal is considering an emergency ordinance requiring individuals to wear face coverings in certain circumstances.
To read the city of Beaufort’s newly passed ordinance, visit here. To read the town of Hilton Head’s ordinance, visit here.
And, the Town of Bluffton Council will discuss a face mask ordinance at 2 p.m. Tuesday, June 30. For an agenda of that meeting, click here.
For ongoing statistics on new cases of COVID-19 in Beaufort County, visit here.
Watch all programming for The County Channel live on Comcast channel 2, Hargray channels 9 and 113, and Spectrum channel 1304. Viewers can also watch programming live and on-demand at The County Channel’s website at www.beaufortcountysc.gov.
