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Isanti committee debates fluoride but leaves dosing unchanged for now
Summary
Council members and staff debated health risks, legal limits and operational licensing tied to fluoride dosing; staff said state rules and licensing constrain local action, and council decided to keep current dosing in place pending further information.
The Isanti City Committee of the Whole reopened a debate about adding fluoride to the municipal water system but decided Tuesday to leave the city’s dosing unchanged for now.
Unidentified Speaker 1 introduced the item as a carryover and said staff raised operational concerns, including whether public-works employees could comply with state licensing if the city directed them to stop dosing. "I think since I've been on council, I felt like the goal setting meeting was not extremely productive..." the speaker said while explaining the request to revisit timing and procedure. Later in the fluoride discussion the same speaker warned…
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