The town of Signal Mountain is now mandating masks in public spaces inside its municipal buildings.
“I think the time has come for us to really be prepared to hunker down,” said Vice Mayor Susannah Murdock, who proposed the mask mandate during a town council meeting. “This variant is not going anywhere, and I think people up here are looking for leadership in that way and we need to show it.”
The city of Chattanooga implemented a similar mandate in early August.
Signal Mountain employees may remove their masks while in their private workspaces in some town facilities while in their private workspaces, but the mandate applies to anyone using public spaces inside town buildings unless actively engaging in sports at the town gym.
Councilman Andrew Gardner requested that the council set a specific date to reassess the spread of COVID-19 in the community rather than issuing a mandate that would continue indefinitely.