Bellevue's mayor took to Facebook to see how residents feel about making masks a requirement in the city.
“So I just thought I’d put it out there to get a pulse,” Rusty Hike tells 6 News. “I was thinking I’d only get a couple hundred comments, but I think it ended up around 2,000.”
He described the feedback as 60/40 in favor of requiring masks. He and other civic leaders in Sarpy and Cass Counties have been meeting with their health department to help stop the spread of COVID-19.
Hike says he’s keeping an eye on whether Omaha will pass a mask ordinance Tuesday afternoon.
Hike says it would be tricky to implement a mandate across multiple cities in Cass and Sarpy Counties. He is not sure if his city even needs it right now as the coronavirus curve was decreasing Monday.
“I don’t think it needs it right now just because we’re trending down,” he tells 6 News. “Those numbers are coming down a little bit so things are looking good this week, but we all know that can change.”
The Bellevue City Council hasn’t brought forth a mask ordinance and Hike said it couldn’t be enforced unless the city council votes on it.
“Our legal department is searching out any kind of legal issues that might take place and so we just don’t want to be caught unprepared if we need to do it,” Hike said.