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Elk Mound trustees vote to continue fluoridation despite public objections
Summary
After public comment urging an end to fluoridation, the Village of Elk Mound Board of Trustees voted to accept the Public Works & Streets Committee recommendation to continue adding fluoride to the municipal water supply.
The Village of Elk Mound Board of Trustees voted Oct. 21 to continue adding fluoride to the village water supply, overriding public pleas to stop the treatment.
During the citizen forum earlier in the meeting Tom Gilbert and John Nickolai urged trustees to discontinue fluoridation. Gilbert expressed "continued concerns" and asked the Board to consider stopping the process; Nickolai said he also supported discontinuing the practice. Trustees discussed the issue as part of the Public Works & Streets Committee recommendation and then voted to accept that recommendation.
Trustee Bob Bachman moved and Pat Hahn seconded the motion to accept the committee recommendation to continue fluoridation; the motion carried. The minutes record that the Board accepted the Public Works & Streets Committee's recommendation but do not include a roll-call vote tally in the open minutes.
The decision follows committee-level review; the Water/Sewer Report and the Director of Public Works' reports were placed on file with the Public Works office, but no additional technical details or alternative treatment options were recorded in the public minutes. Next steps or follow-up studies were not specified in the meeting record.
