Updated at 1:21 p.m. with comments from commissioners and more details and at 2:20 p.m. with a comment from Michaels.

Dallas County commissioners voted Friday to reopen craft stores and partially scale back an order requiring residents to wear masks in public.

County Judge Clay Jenkins issued the order Thursday that requires county residents to wear face coverings when working, riding public transit and running essential errands, effective at 11:59 p.m. Friday.

Friday morning’s 3-2 vote was taken during an emergency meeting to give residents access to materials craft stores sell that can be used to make masks. Commissioners John Wiley Price, J.J. Koch and Theresa Daniel voted in favor, while Commissioner Elba Garcia and Jenkins voted against the move.

The vote, taken after some commissioners complained that Jenkins wasn’t properly communicating with them, also changes the order to explicitly say that residents not in compliance won’t be fined or incur any other issue with law enforcement.

Jenkins’ order requires anyone older than 2 who rides public transit, works at an essential business or is performing an essential task like going to the grocery store to wear a face covering. The county judge said items such as scarves and bandannas were acceptable.

Establishments are allowed to refuse to let in people who aren’t wearing face coverings.

Removing wording about a possible $1,000 fine from the original order was necessary to prevent the public from having unnecessary run-ins with law enforcement, Koch said.

Jenkins had said during a news conference Thursday night that law enforcement would not be fining people not wearing masks.

“No amount of the judge saying it’s not going to happen could stop it from happening,” said Koch, who made the motion to reopen stores and remove the enforcement language. “The Sheriff’s Department doesn’t follow suggestions, they follow the judge’s legal orders.”

During Friday’s meeting, Jenkins said that while the county was making progress in slowing the spread of coronavirus, the mask order was needed to continue flattening the curve. He said he worried that changing the language would cause the public to not take the order seriously.

“We haven’t reached the peak. It’s not a time to back away from CDC recommendations at this point,” Jenkins said, referring to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Crafts stores such as Hobby Lobby, Michaels and Joann were forced to closer earlier this month after being deemed nonessential under the local shelter-in-place order.

Mallory Smith, manager of public relations for Michaels, said the chain would reopen “promptly” and would follow protective guidelines that include limiting store hours, social distancing, issuing masks to staff members, curbside pickup and more frequent in-store cleaning.

“We will continue to monitor and follow the latest state and local directives to ensure our efforts are aligned to help slowing the spread of COVID-19,” Smith said.

While grocers appreciate the added protection that the mask order gives their employees, local retailers won’t deny service to anyone, said Gary Huddleston, grocery industry consultant for the Texas Retailers Association.

Huddleston, speaking during the emergency meeting, said that there was “certainly no intent to have someone at the door monitoring” for people not wearing masks but that the order “was prudent and very workable” for grocery stores.

During Friday’s fiery meeting, commissioners again cited concerns that Jenkins was not communicating with them. Jenkins did notify commissioners of the mask order the day before, though some commissioners felt they should have had more input.

Price, who had criticized the mask order Thursday night, said implementing it made no sense unless it was part of a larger plan to get the county back to normal. He added that the order as written sent mixed messages to the public.

“All of a sudden we come up with a knee-jerk reaction because everyone else is doing it,” Price said.

Last week, county commissioners voted to partially limit Jenkins’ emergency powers. Commissioners said during that meeting that they felt that Jenkins wasn’t consulting them in his decision making.

They voted unanimously then — Jenkins included — to require the county judge to notify all four commissioners at least three hours before amending his shelter-in-place order so they would have time to call an emergency meeting if they felt the need to discuss the change.

Koch said that while he fully supports asking the public to wear masks in public and does not reject the science behind the measure, he still would like to see Jenkins communicate better with the commissioners.

“Today makes it very clear that until the judge starts bringing his commissioners into the decision-making process, we’re going to continue having these very damaging fights in public,” Koch said.