Templeton Annual Town Meeting on May 19 to vote on Citizen’s Petition on Fluoridation

Templeton Annual Town Meeting on May 19 to vote on Citizen’s Petition on Fluoridation

Source: Town of Templeton Warrant | April 27th, 2018

Location: United States, Massachusetts

Excerpts from Warrant for Annual Town Meeting, May 19, 2018
To either of the Constables of the Town of Templeton in said County:

In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby directed to notify and warn the inhabitants of the precincts of the Town of Templeton, County of Worcester, qualified to vote in elections and Town affairs to meet in the Narragansett Regional Middle School, 460 Baldwinville Road, Baldwinville, in said Templeton on:

Saturday, May 19, 2018, at 9:00 a.m.

ARTICLE 35: CITIZEN’S PETITION: FLUORIDE WARNING ON WATER BILLS

Shall the Town vote to approve a warning concerning Templeton citizen’s fluorosis risk the additive poses to infants, to be added to all water bills and consumer confidence reports (which must be mailed to all water consumers, be posted online, and available at the Selectmen’s Office and the Light and Water Department). The warning is as follows:

“Your public water supply is fluoridated. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, if your child under the age of 6 months is exclusively consuming infant formula reconstituted with fluoridated water, there may be an increased chance of dental fluorosis. Consult your child’s health care provider for more information.”

Or take any other action related thereto.

A citizen’s petition submitted by Peter Farrell and 19 others

ARTICLE 36: CITIZEN’S PETITION: TO SEE IF THE TOWN OF TEMPLETON SHALL INSTITUTE A MORATORIUM ON WATER FLUORIDATION

To see if the Town of Templeton shall institute a moratorium on water fluoridation in Templeton until such time as the manufacturer of the fluoridating chemical provides information regarding the identification of any contaminants in the fluoridating chemical batch, and a toxicological report and verification of safety for the fluoridating chemical.

A citizen’s petition submitted by Peter Farrell and 19 others

ARTICLE 37: CITIZEN PETITION: FLUORIDE LEGISLATION

Move that the town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to seek Special Legislation as set forth below: provided, however, that the General Court may make clerical or editorial changes of form only to the bill, unless the Board of Selectmen is hereby authorized to approve amendments which shall be within the scope of the general public objectives of the petition as follows:

An Act authorizing Annual Town Meeting as the responsible party on any and all decisions involving fluoridating or not fluoridating the public water supply.

Section 1. Notwithstanding Section 8C, Chapter 111, Title XV1, of the general laws or of any general of special law to the contrary, the legislative body at Annual Town Meeting with a majority vote shall be authorized to make any and all decisions in regards to fluoridating or not fluoridating the public water supply however should town meeting vote to fluoridate the public water supply oversight on fluoride dose shall go to the town Board of Health. Annual town meeting shall also make decisions on health warning involving water fluoridation any any other decisions involving fluoride and the public water supply.

Section 2. Upon effective date of this act the Legislative body at Annual Town Meeting shall become the responsible party for all matters concerning fluoride and the public water supply.

Section 3. This act shall take effect upon passage.

A citizen’s petition submitted by Peter Farrell and 19 others

*Original Warrant online at http://www.templeton1.org/sites/templetonma/files/file/file/atm_warrant_5.19.18.pdf