Explainer: How Monroe would repeal its fluoridation ordinance
Staff told the committee that repealing a city-code fluoridation requirement requires a committee recommendation, council action and a public hearing; if the committee does not recommend repeal, council would need a supermajority to schedule a hearing. The procedural path — not immediate policy adoption — was central to the committee debate.
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City staff told the Judiciary & Ordinance Review Committee that because fluoridation is written into the Monroe City Code (section 8-4-10), repealing it requires following the city's ordinance process: a committee recommendation, referral to council and a required public hearing before final action.
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