The Summerville City Council, discussed a mask mandate at Monday night’s called meeting, but took no action on the proposed measure.

Georgia Governor Brian Kemp signed a new executive order that allows local governments to enact mask requirements to help fight the coronavirus pandemic earlier this month.

The order says residents and visitors of the state are “strongly encouraged” to wear face coverings when they are outside of their homes, except when eating, drinking or exercising outside. But unlike previous orders, this one allows local governments in counties that have reached a “threshold requirement” to require the wearing of masks on government-owned property.

A county meets that threshold requirement if it has had 100 or more confirmed cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 people over the previous 14 days.

Almost all Georgia counties, including Chattooga County, fall within that threshold.