Mesquite, TX – June 16, 2020 – At the June 15 Council meeting, the City Council voted to extend a Declaration of Local Disaster for the Public Health Emergency issued by Mayor Bruce Archer on March 23. The document provides provisions and authorities for a variety of emergency operational decisions and services in response to the coronavirus pandemic. Watch City Council’s vote to extend the Declaration of Local Disaster.

The declaration will be a tool the city uses to direct its residents to comply with orders from the State of Texas and Dallas County, and to request federal reimbursement for expenses related to the coronavirus pandemic.

Visit www.cityofmesquite.com/Coronavirus to view other Mesquite updates concerning the coronavirus.