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Explainer: How Monroe would repeal its fluoridation ordinance
Summary
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.
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.
As staff described it, if the committee recommends the proposed ordinance repeal, the mayor will set the public hearing (staff said December 2 was discussed); if the committee does not recommend repeal, the ordinance could still be scheduled for hearing only if the council suspends rules with the required supermajority. Staff cited municipal code provisions governing recommendations and suspension of rules and stressed the committee’s recommendation affects how and whether the council will schedule a hearing.
