Broken Arrow City Council
It was a familiar scene at Tuesday's Broken Arrow City Council meeting: Councilor Johnnie Parks expressed interest in exploring a mask mandate to address rising rates of COVID-19, but the suggestion did not garner enthusiasm from the majority of either his colleagues or public commenters.
"We've looked at this for several months now and our rates keep increasing. I think that we need to have it on the next city council meeting as a decision item," Parks said of either a mask mandate or recommendation. "With the opportunity, maybe, to do something different as leaders in the community, to see if there's some way we can help this."