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Council directs staff to start 90-day notice to consider removing fluoride from water supply
Summary
Council directed staff to draft an ordinance (24-1696) to repeal Ordinance No. 371 (LMC 13.04.440) to discontinue fluoridation and to initiate the 90-day customer notice required by state law; motion passed unanimously 6-0.
The council directed staff to prepare an ordinance to repeal the municipal fluoridation ordinance and to initiate the statutorily required 90-day notice to water customers.
Minutes record the motion: "Councilor Bode moved, and Councilor Strengholt seconded that City Council direct staff to create and distribute notice to all municipal water customers regarding the potential removal of Fluoride and place on the agenda Ordinance 24-1696 to repeal Ordinance 371 thus discontinuing the practice of adding fluoride to the water supply. Motion approved 6-0." The ordinance to repeal Ordinance No. 371 (codified at Lynden Municipal Code 13.04.440) was to be placed on the next practical City Council meeting agenda after the notice period.
This action begins the formal notice period required before the council considers final repeal; it does not itself repeal the ordinance or change water treatment practices pending the notice process and further council action.
