Doña Ana County begins process to repeal mask mandate
LAS CRUCES - Doña Ana County has begun the process of repealing its local mask mandate.
At a meeting of the Board of County Commissioners Tuesday, the commission voted to approve the publication of an ordinance repealing the county s mask mandate, which was first enacted by the commission last May in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
While it mirrored existing state requirements at the time, it allowed the Doña Ana County Sheriff s Office to enforce face masks in public and inside private businesses in unincorporated areas of the county. Sheriff Kim Stewart opposed the local mandate and sought voluntary compliance instead of doling out citations.
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LAS CRUCES â Under a new directive, all new Doña Ana County employees will be required to be vaccinated against COVID-19 as a condition of employment.
The policy was announced in a Saturday return-to-work memorandum from County Manager Fernando Macias, a copy of which was obtained by the Las Cruces Sun-News and verified as authentic by County Attorney Nelson Goodin.
The memo says county employees will resume working on-site effective June 1, with all locations adhering to the New Mexico Department of Health’s public orders pertaining to the COVID-19 pandemic, including changes to the state’s mask mandate Friday that drop mandatory face coverings for fully vaccinated individuals in most situations.
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