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OFFICE OF THE MAYOR
PROCLAMATION OF CIVIL EMERGENCY
I, Daniel R. Barron, as the duly elected and sworn Mayor of the Town of Taos, hereby do invoke those
powers vested in the Office of the Mayor under Chapter 2.04 CIVIL EMERGENCIES of the Town Code
and upon consultation with the Town Manager, Police Chief and Fire Chief, do declare, that a civil
emergency exists, as defined in Section 2.04.010 of the Town Code, and, consistent with those powers
therein granted under Section 2.04.020, do declare as follows:
1. A PUBLIC CURFEW IS HEREBY DECLARED:
That commencing Tuesday, June 30th at 12:00 a.m. local time and continuing thereafter each day
until an order by the Mayor or Council is issued declaring this emergency to have ceased, a curfew
shall exist within the corporate limits of the Town of Taos beginning at 12:00 a.m. each evening
and continuing to 5:00 a.m. each day, requiring all persons to forthwith remove themselves from
the public streets, alleys, parks, rights of way, grounds or other public and semi-public places,
whether on foot,bicycle, in vehicles of any type or by any other means of conveyance during the
period of said curfew.
The following persons,vehicles and services shall be exempt from the curfew while in the conduct
of official business:
a. Emergency vehicles and personnel of any government or quasi-government entity(police,fire,
EMT, E-911, emergency management, public and quasi-public utilities, public works, animal
control,law enforcement,building and fire inspections,prisoner transport,and other approved
governmental employees and services).
b. Health care workers, home medical visits or welfare checks, including law enforcement,
CYFD, doctors, nurses, home health and nursing home aides, veterinarians, psychiatrists,
psychologists,social workers,state case workers and family members or neighbors responding
to the needs of the elderly and infirm.
c. Emergency repairs or deliveries related to food, water, sewer, electric, propane, and medical
supplies or equipment.
d. Delivery vehicles providing supplies, services or provisions to and persons employed by and
going to or returning home from work or conducting the official business of any business or
entity defined as"essential"by State of New Mexico Public Health Order 3-24-2020 by New
Mexico Department of Health Secretary Kathleen M. Kunkel(attached hereto).
2. PUBLIC NOTICE OF PROCLAMATION OF CIVIL EMERGENCY AND CURFEW:
That, consistent with Section 2.04.020.A. of the Town Code a copy of this Proclamation shall be
delivered to the Chief of Police,who shall see that copies are therefore delivered to all news media
within the Town, and who shall also use public address systems to notify the public of said
proclamation and curfew hours and to warn the public that said curfew constitutes a misdemeanor
and violators are subject to arrest.
Further, that, as Mayor, I direct that copies of this proclamation shall be provided to the Town
Manager and Emergency Management Team, and to the Town Clerk for posting at the entrance to
Town Hall,on the Town website,the Town's Facebook site,distributed through the Town Council
email list,and by publication in the Taos News, as the newspaper of record.
3. DURATION:
That the issuance of this emergency, as proclaimed by the Mayor herein, is consistent with the
actions of the Taos Town Council taken on March 13,2020 under Resolution 20-10 Declaration of
Health Emergency for the Town of Taos declaring a state of emergency and empowering the Mayor
and Town Manager to take all measures required for the health,safety and welfare of the town and
its residents and as reaffirmed on June 30, 200 under Resolution 20-27 Amendment to Resolution
20-10 Declaration of Health Emergency for the Town of Taos.
That said proclamation by the Mayor shall be in effect for 48 hours from its issuance and must,
consistent with Section 2.04.040 of the Town Code, be affirmed by a majority vote of the Town
Council prior to its expiration and may be extended by the action of the Council by their granting
the authority to the Mayor through Resolution 20-10 on March 13, 2020 Declaration of Health
Emergency for the Town of Taos and Resolution 20-13 Reaffirming and Extending a Declaration
of Civil and Health Emergency for the Town of Taos on April 3, 2020 to renew the proclamation
of health emergency,declaring a health emergency and a daily curfew as long as required, or until
either the Mayor or Council rescind said proclamation.
4. AMENDMENTS:
The Mayor has evaluated independent findings on June 25,2020 by the Governor,Epidemiologist
and Health Department of the State of New Mexico that epidemic levels of outbreak of the virus
exist in neighboring states, such as Utah, Arizona and Texas that are impacting residents in New
Mexico and leading to increased spread of the virus and hospitalizations to New Mexico residents.
Further,the mayor has reviewed reporting by staff that high numbers of visitors to Taos are arriving
from highly impacted states, including Florida, Texas, Georgia, Arizona, Utah and California and
that many of these states do not have or have relaxed or are not enforcing requirements for face
coverings and social distancing. Additionally,the Town has received reports and complaints from
businesses and residents that numbers of these out-of-state visitors ae refusing to comply with
requests to maintain social distancing or to wear face coverings when offered and that this is leading
to verbal and increasing levels of confrontation, for which businesses and employees are seeking
help. The Town is also receiving reports and has conducted investigations where businesses and
employees, especially in grocery stores and restaurants, are not wearing face coverings when
handling or serving food.
Therefore, in order to assist businesses and employees in avoiding confrontations, the increasing
potential for violence and the possibility of transmission of the virus to locals, as well as to ensure
the protection of locals and visitors alike by requiring face coverings and social distancing at the
municipal level, I do hereby declare the following additional public health measures to be taken
and in force:
A. The wearing of face coverings when in public or interacting with the public or in a place where
a person may interact with the public, deliberately or not, all persons including employees,
customers, residents and tourists over the age of 4, shall be required to wear face coverings,
with the exceptions while eating, drinking and exercising.
B. Social distancing (maintaining a distance in all directions of a minimum of 6 feet) shall be
maintained by all persons when outside of your home, temporary or permanent residence. All
businesses, offices, organizations, museums, movie theaters, galleries, spas, gymnasiums,
offices, health facilities, any and all commercial activities, whether for-profit or non-profit,
shall provide such physical and informational measures as required to maintain social
distancing between all persons.
C. Staff are directed,through the Town Manager,to produce necessary informational mechanisms
so as to alert businesses, the public and tourists as to these requirements and shall develop a
system of reporting and enforcement so as to ensure their implementation in consultation with
the Town Code Officer,the Chief of Police and the Town Attorney.
D. Violations of this order shall be considered a petty misdemeanor, consistent with the Town
Code and laws of the State of New Mexico.
5. EFFECTIVE DATE:
This Proclamation of Civil Emergency and the accompanying declared curfew shall become
effective at 12:00 a.m., Tuesday,June 30, 2020.
Proclaimed and declared this 30th day of June,2020.
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Approved as to form:
Stephen Ross
Town Attorney
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PUBLIC HEALTH ORDER
NEW MEXICO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
CABINET SECRETARY KATHYLEEN M. KUNKEL
MARCH 23, 2020
Public Health Emergency Order Closing All Businesses and Non-Profit
Entities Except for those Deemed Essential and
Providing Additional Restrictions on Mass Gatherings Due to COVID-19
WHEREAS, on March 11, 2020, because of the spread of the novel Coronavirus Disease
2019("COVID-19"),Michelle Lujan Grisham,the Governor of the State of New Mexico,declared
that a Public Health Emergency exists in New Mexico under the Public Health Emergency
Response Act, and invoked her authority under the All Hazards Emergency Management Act;
WHEREAS, COVID-19 continues to spread in New Mexico and nationally. Since,
Executive Order 2020-004 was issued, COVID-19 infections in the United States have increased
from 1,000 confirmed cases to over 30,000 confirmed cases;
WHEREAS, the further spread of COVID-19 in the State of New Mexico poses a threat
to the health,safety,wellbeing and property of the residents in the State due to,among other things,
illness from COVID-19,illness-related absenteeism from employment(particularly among public
safety and law enforcement personnel and persons engaged in activities and businesses critical to
the economy and infrastructure of the State), potential displacement of persons, and closures of
schools or other places of public gathering;
WHEREAS, social distancing is the sole way New Mexicans can minimize the spread of
COVID-19 and currently constitutes the most effective means of mitigating the potentially
devastating impact of this pandemic in New Mexico; and
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WHEREAS,the New Mexico Department of Health possesses legal authority pursuant to
the Public Health Act, NMSA 1978, Sections 24-1-1 to -40, the Public Health Emergency
Response Act, NMSA 1978, Sections 12-10A-1 to -10, the Department of Health Act, NMSA
1978, Sections 9-7-1 to -18, and inherent constitutional police powers of the New Mexico state
government, to preserve and promote public health and safety, to adopt isolation and quarantine,
and to close public places and forbid gatherings of people when deemed necessary by the
Department for the protection of public health.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Kathyleen M. Kunkel, Cabinet Secretary of the New Mexico
Department of Health, in accordance with the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the
Laws of the State of New Mexico, and as directed by the Governor pursuant to the full scope of
her emergency powers under the All Hazard Emergency Management Act as invoked through
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Executive Order 2020-004, do hereby declare the current outbreak of COVID-19 a condition of
public health importance as defined in the New Mexico Public Health Act,NMSA 1978, Section
24-1-2(A) as an infection, a disease, a syndrome, a symptom, an injury or other threat that is
identifiable on an individual or community level and can reasonably be expected to lead to adverse
health effects in the community, and that poses an imminent threat of substantial harm to the
population of New Mexico.
The following definitions are adopted for the purposes of this Order:
Definitions: As used in this Public Health Order, the following terms shall have the
meaning given to them, except where the context clearly requires otherwise:
(1) "Condition of public health importance" means an infection, a disease, a
syndrome, a symptom,an injury or other threat that is identifiable on an individual or community
level and can reasonably be expected to lead to adverse health effects in the community.
(2) "Disease"means an illness, including those caused by infectious agents or
their toxic products which may be transmitted to a susceptible host.
(3) "Essential business"means any business or non-profit entity falling within
one or more of the following categories:
a. Health care operations including hospitals, walk-in-care health facilities,
emergency veterinary and livestock services, pharmacies, medical
wholesale and distribution, home health care workers or aides for the
elderly, emergency dental facilities, nursing homes, residential health care
facilities, research facilities, congregate care facilities, intermediate care
facilities for those with intellectual or developmental disabilities,supportive
living homes, home health care providers, and medical supplies and
equipment manufacturers and providers;
b. Homeless shelters,food banks,and other services providing care to indigent
or needy populations;
c. Childcare facilities necessary to provide services to those workers
employed by essential businesses and essential non-profit entities;
d. Grocery stores, all food and beverage stores, supermarkets, food banks,
farmers' markets and vendors who sell food, convenience stores, and other
businesses that generate the majority of their revenue from the sale of
canned food,dry goods, fresh fruits and vegetables,pet food,feed,and other
animal supply stores, fresh meats, fish, and poultry, and any other
household consumer products;
e. Farms, ranches, and other food cultivation, processing, or packaging
operations;
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f. All facilities used by law enforcement personnel, first responders,
firefighters, emergency management personnel, and dispatch operators;
g. Infrastructure operations including, but not limited to, public works
construction, commercial and residential construction and maintenance,
airport operations, public transportation, airlines, taxis, private
transportation providers water, gas, electrical, oil drilling, oil refining,
natural resources extraction or mining operations,nuclear material research
and enrichment, those attendant to the repair and construction of roads and
highways, solid waste collection and removal, trash and recycling
collection,processing and disposal, sewer,data and internet providers,data
centers, technology support operations, and telecommunications systems;
h. Manufacturing operations involved in food processing, manufacturing
agents, chemicals, fertilizer, pharmaceuticals, sanitary products, household
paper products, microelectronics/semi-conductor, primary metals
manufacturers, electrical equipment, appliance, and component
manufacturers, and transportation equipment manufacturers;
i. Services necessary to maintain the safety and sanitation of residences or
essential businesses including security services, custodial services,
plumbers, electricians, and other skilled trades;
j. Media services including television,radio, and newspaper operations;
k. Gas stations, automobile repair facilities, and retailers who generate the
majority of their revenue from the sale of automobile repair products;
I. Hardware stores;
m. Laundromats and dry cleaner services;
n. Utilities, including their contractors, suppliers, and supportive operations,
engaged in power generation, fuel supply and transmission, water and
wastewater supply;
o. Funeral homes,crematoriums and cemeteries;
p. Banks, credit unions, insurance providers, payroll services, brokerage
services, and investment management firms;
q. Real estate services including brokers,title companies,and related services.
r. Businesses providing mailing and shipping services, including post office
boxes;
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s. Laboratories and defense and national security-related operations
supporting the United States government or a contractor to the United States
government;
t. Restaurants, but only for delivery or carry out and local breweries or
distillers but only for carry out;
u. Professional services, such as legal or accounting services,but only where
necessary to assist in compliance with legally mandated activities; and
v. Logistics and businesses that store,ship or deliver groceries,food, goods or
services directly to residences or retailers.
(4) "Individuals"means natural persons.
(5) "Gathering" means any grouping together of individuals in a single
connected location.
(6) "Mass gathering"means any public or private gathering that brings together
five (5) or more individuals in a single room or connected space, confined outdoor space or an
open outdoor space where individuals are within six (6) feet of each other, but does not include
the presence of five (5) or more individuals where those individuals regularly reside. "Mass
gathering" does not include "individuals" congregated in a church, synagogue, mosque, or other
place of worship.
I HEREBY DIRECT AS FOLLOWS:
(1) All Mass Gatherings are hereby prohibited under the powers and authority set forth in
the New Mexico Public Health Act, and all regulations promulgated pursuant thereto.
(2) All businesses, except those entities identified as "essential businesses", are hereby
directed to reduce the in-person workforce at each business or business location by
100%. "Essential businesses" may remain open provided they minimize their
operations and staff to the greatest extent possible. Further, all essential businesses
shall, to the greatest extent possible, adhere to social distancing protocol and maintain
at least six-foot social distancing from other individuals, avoid person-to-person
contact, and direct employees to wash their hands frequently. Further, all essential
businesses shall ensure that all surfaces are cleaned routinely.
(3) This Order only requires the closure of physical office spaces, retail spaces, or other
public spaces of a business and does not otherwise restrict the conduct of business
operations through telecommuting or otherwise working from home in which an
employee only interacts with clients or customers remotely.
(4) All casinos and horse racing facilities shall close during the pendency of this Order.
This directive excludes those casinos operating on Tribal lands.
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(5) Hotels, motels, RV parks, and other places of lodging shall not operate at more than
fifty percent of maximum occupancy. Health care workers who are engaged in the
provision of care to New Mexico residents or individuals utilizing lodging facilities for
extended stays or as temporary housing shall not be counted for purposes of
determining maximum occupancy.
(6) All call centers situated in New Mexico are directed to reduce their in-person workforce
by 100%.
(7) The New Mexico Department of Public Safety, the New Mexico Department of
Homeland Security and Emergency Management,the Department of the Environment,
and all other State departments and agencies are authorized to take all appropriate steps
to ensure compliance with this Order.
(8) All public and private employers are required to comply with this Order and any
instructions provided by State departments or agencies regarding COVID-19.
(9) In order to minimize the shortage of health care supplies and other necessary goods,
grocery stores and other retailers are hereby directed to limit the sale of medications,
durable medical equipment,baby formula,diapers, sanitary care products,and hygiene
products to three items per individual. NMSA 1978, § 12-10A-6(2012).
I FURTHER DIRECT as follows:
(1) This Order shall be broadly disseminated in English, Spanish and other appropriate
languages to the citizens of the State of New Mexico.
(2) This Order declaring restrictions based upon the existence of a condition of public health
importance shall not abrogate any disease-reporting requirements set forth in the New
Mexico Public Health Act.
(3) This Order shall remain in effect for the duration of Executive Order 2020-004. This Order
may be renewed consistent with any direction from the Governor.
I FURTHER ADVISE the public to take the following preventive precautions:
- New Mexico citizens should stay at home and undertake only those outings absolutely
necessary for their health, safety, or welfare.
- Retailers should take appropriate action consistent with this order to reduce hoarding and
ensure that all New Mexicans can purchase necessary goods.
- Avoid crowds.
- Avoid all non-essential travel including plane trips and cruise ships.
THIS ORDER amends the Public Health Emergency Order to Limit Mass Gatherings Due
to COVID-19 issued on March 19, 2020, supersedes any other previous orders, proclamations, or
directives in conflict.
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ATTEST: DONE AT THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE
THIS 24TH DAY OF MARCH 2020
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MAGGIE TOULOUSE OLIVER SEAL OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO
SECRETARY OF STATE
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