Roeland Park takes steps to help city staff amidst pandemic, procedural approvals to enact county, state orders

The Roeland Park city council on Friday evening held a special city council meeting to address issues brought on by the novel coronavirus.

Below are the four measures the city council approved:

• Allow city employees to use paid sick leave to make childcare arrangements through May 22.
• In the case of the city being ordered to shut down operations entirely, city staff would receive pay through April 6.
• An ordinance allowing the mayor to impose an emergency proclamation.
• A resolution ratifying the emergency actions the city had to implement due to COVID-19.

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