The city of Montgomery on March 20 received 28 cases of protective masks, holding 210 masks each, with dry rot in a shipment from the strategic national stockpile.

The masks, numbering 5,880 in total, had an expiration date of 2010, according to Director of Public Information and External Affairs, Michael Briddell. The order for masks was placed by the Montgomery City-County Emergency Management Agency.

Since then, EMA has been able to get good masks from the stockpile and they have been distributed throughout the community, Briddell said. The replacement masks arrived seven to 10 days later.

The U.S. Conference of Mayors conducted a survey of its member cities, inquiring about any difficulties they have encountered receiving equipment to protect against coronavirus. The conference provided a summary of the report to the media and that sparked interest in the incident of Montgomery’s dry-rotted masks.

"Montgomery noted that it received a Strategic National Stockpile delivery of expired masks approved by the CDC/FDA; of these, 28 cases of 210 masks (5,880) were dry rotted," the U.S. Conference of Mayors report reads.

The Washington Post reported Tuesday the the U.S. Conference of Mayors report released on Friday said 28 cases of masks shipped to Montgomery had dry rot.

CNBC will air an interview with Mayor Steven Reed on Friday, April 3, postponed from today’s original air date target).

Sara MacNeil can be reached at smacneil@montgome.gannett.com. Follow her on Twitter.