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Council amends fluoridation ordinance to follow state Department of Health Services guidance
Summary
The council approved an ordinance amendment removing specific fluoride dosing amounts from municipal code and directing the city to follow Wisconsin Department of Health Services recommendations for fluoridation.
The Delavan Common Council approved an ordinance amendment to municipal code section 9-1-55(b) removing language that specified exact fluoride injection amounts and instead requiring the city to follow recommendations from the Wisconsin Department of Health Services.
A motion to approve the proposed ordinance amendment was made and seconded during the council meeting and passed by voice vote. The motion's text removes the specified amounts from local code and directs the city to adopt the state health department's guidance on fluoridation levels.
Nut graf The change replaces locally specified numeric dosing language with an instruction to follow the state health department's recommendations; the council did not discuss additional implementation detail at length during the meeting.
Ending The motion passed by voice vote; no further schedule for implementation was specified in the meeting record.
