I have to question as to the reason a unanimous decision by the council to remove the Fluoride from the water supply was made. I suspect the City, with its 135,566 residents will now save a grand total of $42,025.00 a year for the population. The cost for the fluoride is about $0.31 cents per resident per year, 3 drops of fluoride per 55 gallons of water. It's obvious they saw the savings and I bet no one on the council did any research as to what savings it will give to each resident. The average cost per person now will result in $32.00 additional dental treatment for cavities, lost teeth etc.... That cost savings results in a cost to the Cities residents of $4,338,112.00 per year in treatments with the lack of fluoride. Nice going looking out for the residents. I'd gladly pay $0.31 a year vs. $32.00 plus the inconveience. Nice job Palm Bay Council.
I question the NEED for $1.5 MILLION -worth of furnishings to equip these TWO locations. Even IF the allotted budget was $3.7 million, does that mean you HAVE to go overboard on furnishings? How about 1) we tighten our belts on this, as these are TEMPORARY units and 2) a list of itemized furnishings and prices is provided to the public to ensure transparency? Anyone remember those General Dynamics' $800 hammers? I do! Let's see that furnishings list.
Good summary, I watched the delayed podcast last night. It was good to see the folks in force boldly voice their preferences on fluoridated water , and the Council respond favorably to their input. Some observations; by the standards of the last Council, IMO if there had been a State or Fed grant involved to fluoridate our municipal water, the last Council would have ruled the other way. Which brings me back to the mandatory utilities connection ordinance from the last Council. If you like your residential well water, that is the ultimate safeguard from the City water utility tampering with your water, not to mention the numerous reported outages, low pressure instances, odd smells and boil water alerts etc. that we read about monthly. On the Econ Development subject, thank goodness that some wiser heads pushed back on "increased staffing" , IMO the last thing we need to right now is to grow City Government.
I have to question as to the reason a unanimous decision by the council to remove the Fluoride from the water supply was made. I suspect the City, with its 135,566 residents will now save a grand total of $42,025.00 a year for the population. The cost for the fluoride is about $0.31 cents per resident per year, 3 drops of fluoride per 55 gallons of water. It's obvious they saw the savings and I bet no one on the council did any research as to what savings it will give to each resident. The average cost per person now will result in $32.00 additional dental treatment for cavities, lost teeth etc.... That cost savings results in a cost to the Cities residents of $4,338,112.00 per year in treatments with the lack of fluoride. Nice going looking out for the residents. I'd gladly pay $0.31 a year vs. $32.00 plus the inconveience. Nice job Palm Bay Council.
I question the NEED for $1.5 MILLION -worth of furnishings to equip these TWO locations. Even IF the allotted budget was $3.7 million, does that mean you HAVE to go overboard on furnishings? How about 1) we tighten our belts on this, as these are TEMPORARY units and 2) a list of itemized furnishings and prices is provided to the public to ensure transparency? Anyone remember those General Dynamics' $800 hammers? I do! Let's see that furnishings list.
Good summary, I watched the delayed podcast last night. It was good to see the folks in force boldly voice their preferences on fluoridated water , and the Council respond favorably to their input. Some observations; by the standards of the last Council, IMO if there had been a State or Fed grant involved to fluoridate our municipal water, the last Council would have ruled the other way. Which brings me back to the mandatory utilities connection ordinance from the last Council. If you like your residential well water, that is the ultimate safeguard from the City water utility tampering with your water, not to mention the numerous reported outages, low pressure instances, odd smells and boil water alerts etc. that we read about monthly. On the Econ Development subject, thank goodness that some wiser heads pushed back on "increased staffing" , IMO the last thing we need to right now is to grow City Government.