22-024 Acknowledging the Omicron Variant Surge of the Covid-19 Health Pandemic Impacting In-Person Meetings of the City Council and Advisory CommissionsCITY OF SHOREWOOD
RESOLUTION NO.22-024
A RESOLUTION ACKNOWLEDGING THE OMICRON VARIANT SURGE OF THE
COVID-19 HEALTH PANDEMIC IMPACTING IN -PERSON MEETINGS OF THE
CITY COUNCIL AND ADVISORY COMMISSIONS
WHEREAS, The Shorewood City Council adopted Resolution No. 2022-009 on January 10,
2022 in response to the Omicron Variant Surge of the Covid-19 Health Pandemic; and,
WHEREAS, that Resolution called for all meetings of the City Council and City Advisory
Commissions to be conducted by interactive technology/videoconferencing until February 28,
2022; and
WHEREAS, the provision of that Resolution would expire at 11:59 p.m. on February 28, 2022
without future City Council action; and
WHEREAS, despite relaxation of state and local measures to respond to the COVID-19
pandemic, the pandemic persists.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SHOREWOOD MAKES
THE FOLLOWING FINDINGS:
1. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ("CDC") has stated that data
suggests that persons, regardless of vaccination status may, in some cases, become
infected with COVID-19 and its variants and transmit the same to other persons.
2. The existence of COVID-19 within the community poses a direct threat to the health,
safety, and well-being of the community.
3. Pursuant to Minn. Stat. § 13D.021, subd. 1(1), and consistent with the previous
determination of Mayor Jennifer Labadie, the City Administrator, and the City
Attorney it remains neither practical nor prudent to hold in -person meetings of the City
Council or City advisory commission due to the status of the COVID-19 health
pandemic.
4. Furthermore, due to the measures necessary to contain and mitigate the impacts of
COVID-19, it has been determined that attendance at the regular meeting location by
members of the public is not feasible and that the physical presence at the regular
meeting location by at least one member of the body, chief legal counsel, or chief
administrative officer is also not feasible.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of Shorewood, as
follows:
1. The City Council finds that given the current impacts of Covid-19, that in -person
meetings of the City Council and all City advisory commission is not practical or prudent
due to current status of the COVID-19 pandemic and that all meetings of the City council
and meetings of City advisory commissions shall continue to be conducted by interactive
technology/videoconferencing under the authority and requirements of Minn. Stat. §
13D.021, so as to permit any persons, including but not limited to members of the City
Council or advisory commissions, to participate from a remote location not open to the
public.
2. This Resolution and its directives shall expire without further action at 11:59 p.m. on
April 1, 2022, unless rescinded or extended, as the case may be, by Resolution of the City
Council.
Adopted by the City Council of the City of Shorewood this 281" day of February, 2022.
Ma Je fer Labadie
ATTEST
Sandie Thone, City Clerk