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Lynden council directs staff to draft ordinance to remove fluoride from city drinking water
Summary
Following a summary of a federal court ruling regarding EPA fluoride rules, Lynden council voted 7-0 to direct staff to draft an ordinance to remove fluoride from the city's water supply and to begin state-required notification under Washington RCW.
City Attorney Luke Phifer briefed the council on a September 2024 federal court ruling in California instructing the Environmental Protection Agency to strengthen regulations on fluoride in drinking water. After council discussion, Councilor Gary Bode moved and Councilor Kyle Strengholt seconded a motion to bring back a new ordinance to remove fluoride from the city's drinking water and to instruct staff to begin the notification process required by Washington State RCW; the motion passed 7-0.
The minutes record this action as direction to prepare an ordinance and to start the notification procedures under RCW; the council did not adopt an ordinance at this meeting and no executive session was held. Staff and council will return with draft ordinance language and next steps for public notification and potential hearings.
