New Mask Mandate for Evansville

mask mandate

And back to that breaking news --- within the past hour --- mayor lloyd winnecke of evansville announcing --- he is in the process of drafting -- an executive order mandating mask in the city of evansville.

The mandate will take effect next wednesday.

The mayor says --- more details will be released early next week.

Here's what he had to say -- to 44news -- about the mandate.

"the trends are going the way they are if they continue it puts a lot of things in jeopardy and it causes more contingencies to be made and one of the paramount concerns is the safe reopening of our schools."

The mayor says -- he is not considering issuing fines*right no* for those who don't adhere to the new requirement.

This comes just days after -- a proposal was made by city council members to mask up -- and a petition against a mask mandate -- was started