Decatur City Council votes to end city’s mask mandate
Decatur councilmembers have voted to lift a local mask mandate.
Posted: Apr 7, 2021 4:20 PM
Updated: Apr 7, 2021 7:23 PM
Posted By: Ashley Thusius, Olivia Schueller
The Decatur City Council voted on Wednesday to end the city’s mask mandate Apr. 9.
Councilman Billy Jackson was the only member to vote against the mandate being lifted.
Prior to voting at the special session, Councilman Carlton McMasters spoke about his experience with the coronavirus. He said he ll continue to wear his mask until he feels safe.
McMasters said that s the right thing to do as a citizen. The councilman also mentioned the infection rate in Texas, since the state lifted the mask mandate. He said numbers were the lowest Texas had seen in 10 months.
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Implementing a plan to improve the entrance into Decatur along Sixth Avenue will cost $5 million to $6 million, Decatur officials said, and they expect details of the plan to be unveiled early in 2021.
Those involved with the plan to beautify Sixth Avenue from the Hudson Memorial Bridge to Delano Park met in a video conference Wednesday with consultant Volkert Inc., which estimated the cost of the project.
Their goal is to improve this city entrance from the north so itâs more inviting to visitors and developers.
Birmingham-based Volkert is receiving $100,000, funded primarily by the Alabama Department of Transportation, to do the streetscape study and create a plan.