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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#050505">A new amendment to the state’s capacity limits order provides greater flexibility to hold in-person meetings.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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An order signed Wednesday by the Michigan Department of Health & Human Services (MDHHS) notes that while many counties and other local units of government have declared a local state of emergency, others have not, meaning in-person meetings “may now be the
only lawful option to conduct the public’s business in accordance with the Open Meetings Act.”
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Previously, capacity limits were for no more than 25 total people, no matter how large the space. The amendment allows “gatherings of public bodies and attendees of meetings held by public bodies” at “50% of the total occupancy limits established by the fire
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#050505"><a href="https://www.michigan.gov/documents/coronavirus/FINAL_Masks_and_Gatherings_order_-_3-31-21_-_OMA_amendment_1235pm_721001_7.pdf">https://www.michigan.gov/documents/coronavirus/FINAL_Masks_and_Gatherings_order_-_3-31-21_-_OMA_amendment_1235pm_721001_7.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#050505">Debbie<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#4597A5">Deborah E. Mikula</span></b><span style="color:#4597A5"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Executive Director</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Michigan Library Association<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">3410 Belle Chase Way, Suite 100<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Lansing, MI 48911<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Office: 517-394-2774, ext. 224<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Cell: 517-404-3533<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><a href="mailto:dmikula@milibraries.org"><span style="color:#0563C1">dmikula@milibraries.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><a href="http://www.milibraries.org"><span style="color:#0563C1">www.milibraries.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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