Council roundup: Kent will consider a city mask mandate

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Council roundup: Kent will consider a city mask mandate

- Lyndsey Brennan

Kent City Council members unanimously voted Wednesday to consider whether the city should implement a mask mandate during a Health and Safety Committee meeting on Sept. 1. 

Ward 6 Council Member Tracy Wallach introduced the motion, saying she is concerned about the rapidly spreading delta variant, which is in part responsible for adding almost 3,500 cases and 170 hospitalizations to Ohio’s numbers in the past 24 hours. She said she’d also like the city to be consistent with Kent State’s masking guidance. 

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