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Abilene council votes to permanently end addition of fluoride to city water
Summary
After months of debate and a prior temporary suspension, the Abilene City Council voted to repeal the ordinance authorizing fluoridation and to stop adding fluoride to the municipal water supply; the vote was 6–2 with two council members opposed.
The Abilene City Council voted to repeal the ordinance that authorized adding fluoride to the city's water supply, permanently ending the municipal fluoridation program.
Council members voted to repeal Ordinance 532000 on final reading; Councilman Price and Councilman McAllister voted no and the remaining members voted yes. With the ordinance's passage, staff will notify the Texas Health and Human Services Commission and provide a 60-day customer notice as required by regulations before the city completes the change.
City Water Utilities Director Rodney Taylor told the council the item before them was a final-reading ordinance to "permanently discontinue fluoridation of Abilene's public water supply." He said the city initially implemented fluoridation under Ordinance 532000 in November 2000 and had maintained the program until a recent court ruling prompted staff to pause adding fluoride.
Taylor explained that a…
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