Health Board sets attendance cap on events

The Jefferson County Health Board voted Tuesday to put a cap of 50 people at non-school events in the county.

The number was based on Gov. Steve Bullock’s directive earlier this year, which called for a 50-person limit on events, while the cap itself was in response to a rising number of new COVID-19 cases in the county, which has grown by 51 — at the time of the meeting — over the last two weeks. 

The idea is to limit the opportunity for transmission as much as possible while still allowing school events to occur, according to Jefferson County Public Health Department Supervisor Pam Hanna, who was also standing in at the meeting for interim Health Officer Sandy Sacry who was ill.