City of Albuquerque - File #: R-22-2

• File #: R-22-2
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Sustained
• File created: 1/19/2022
• In control: City Council
• Final action: 4/4/2022
• Title: F/S Setting City Policy Banning COVID-19 Vaccine Requirements For City Employees (Lewis)
• Sponsors: Dan Lewis

Date	Action By	Action	Result
4/4/2022	City Council	Sustained
3/31/2022	Mayor	Vetoed
3/28/2022	City Council	Sent to Mayor for Signature
3/21/2022	City Council	Passed as Substituted	Pass
3/21/2022	City Council	Motion	Pass
3/21/2022	City Council	Substituted	Pass
3/7/2022	City Council	Postponed	Pass
2/23/2022	City Council	Accepted Without Recommendation
2/14/2022	Finance & Government Operations Committee	Sent to Council Without Recommendation	Pass
1/19/2022	City Council	Introduced and Referred
1/19/2022	President

CITY of ALBUQUERQUE
TWENTY FIFTH COUNCIL


COUNCIL BILL NO. F/S R-22-2 ENACTMENT NO. ________________________

SPONSORED BY: Dan Lewis

RESOLUTION
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F/S Setting City Policy Banning COVID-19 Vaccine Requirements For City Employees (Lewis)
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SETTING CITY POLICY BANNING COVID-19 VACCINE REQUIREMENTS FOR CITY EMPLOYEES.
WHEREAS, On March 17, 2020, pursuant to Albuquerque's Civil Emergency Powers Ordinance, Mayor Tim Keller declared a Local State of Emergency throughout the City of Albuquerque due to the effects of the novel coronavirus COVID-19; and
WHEREAS, A number of public health measures aimed at reducing transmission of COVID-19 have been implemented at the Federal, State, and Local levels, including but not limited to: face-covering requirements, social distancing requirements, occupancy limits, limitations on gatherings, encouraging increased hand washing, infection testing, contact-tracing, isolation and quarantine, reduction of in-person operations for businesses, closure of "non-essential" businesses, travel restrictions, school closures, cancellation of public events and other mass gatherings, and vaccinations; and
WHEREAS, COVID-19 vaccination rates are increasing in the City of Albuquerque, with over 81% of Bernalillo County being fully vaccinated and over 94% of County residents having at least one shot; and
WHEREAS, The City urges all residents and City employees to receive safe and effective vaccines, however, doing so should be voluntary; and
WHEREAS, The public interest is served by maintaining the liberty of individuals to make intensely personal decisions according to their own convictions and comfort with personal medical decisions; and
WHEREAS, The decision whether to vaccinate is a personal choice, and City employees should not be coerced into making the decision based on fear of employment-related consequences; and
WHEREAS, A City vaccine mandate may lead to employee resignat...