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BOARD OF HEALTH
Resolution of the Jefferson County Board of Health Resolution No. 37-20
June 18, 2020
The Jefferson County Board of Health, having reviewed the recommendations of the Jefferson
County Health Officer, hereby resolves to authorize the Jefferson County Public Health Director
to submit a variance application to the Washington State Department of Health to move from
Phase 2 to Phase 3 of the Safe Start Washington phased reopening plan without restriction.
Phase 3 Variance activities applied for:
High Risk Populations: Strongly encouraged, but not required, to stay home unless engaging in
Phase 1, 2, or 3 permissible activities
Recreation: Outdoor group recreation and sports activities (50 or fewer people) and
Recreational facilities at <50% capacity (gyms, public pools, etc.) allowed
Gatherings (non religious): Allow gatherings with no more than 50 people
Travel: Resume non -essential travel
Business/Employers (required to follow safety plans written by the State):
Restaurants/taverns <75% capacity/table size no larger than 10. Bar areas in restaurants/taverns
a <25% capacity. Theaters at <50% capacity. Customer -facing government services resume
(telework remains strongly encouraged). Libraries and museums reopen. All other business
activities not yet listed except for nightclubs and events with greater than 50 people.
The Jefferson County Board of Health further recommends that Jefferson County commit to
ongoing funding of case management, contact tracing, and needed isolation and quarantine
support services as an essential component of Jefferson County's pandemic coronavirus response
efforts.
Member votes:
# Yea 7 # Nay 0
Signed:
# Abstaining 0
Sheila Westerman, Chair
Date: 06/18/20
# Absent 0
Board Members
Sheila Westerman, Chair, Citizen at Large; Pamela Adams, rice Chair, City of Port Townsend City Council;
Kate Dean, Member, County Commissioner District #1; David Sullivan, Member, County Commissioner District #2; Greg Brotherton,
Member, County Commissioner District #3; Denis Stearns, Member, Citizen at Large, Kees Kolff, Hospital Commissioner, District #2
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