BCC Agenda 02/13/2024 Item #10A (Discussion on whether to continue using fluoride in the public potable water supply by Collier County Public Utilities Division's Water Department)SEE REVERSE SIDE
Proposed Agenda Changes
Board of County Commissioners Meeting
February 13, 2024
Add-on Item 16F10: Recommendation to renew the annual Collier County’s Certificate of Public Convenience
and Necessity (COPCN) for Collier County Emergency Medical Services to provide Class 1 Advanced Life Support
Transport (ALS) for one year and authorize the Chairman to execute the Permit and Certificate, with a retroactive
effective date of January 1, 2024. (Staff’s Request)
Move Item 16A4 to 11C: Recommendation to adopt a Resolution scheduling a public hearing to consider vacating
the 10‐foot‐wide public road right‐of‐way easement over the westerly 10 feet of Tract A‐1, as described in Official
Record Book 1476, Page 242, of the Public Records of Collier County, Florida, located approximately 2,000 feet
south of Immokalee Road (CR‐846) and 1,000 feet west of Richards Street in Section 25, Township 48 South,
Range 26 East, Collier County, Florida. (PL20230007642) (Commissioners Saunders’ and McDaniel’s Separate
Requests)
Continue Item 16F4 to the February 27, 2024, BCC Meeting: Recommendation to award Invitation to Negotiate
(“ITN”) 23‐8177 ‐ “Gasoline and Diesel Fuel Multi‐Agency Cooperative Purchase” to Palmdale Oil Company, LLC,
and authorize the Chairman to sign the attached Agreement. (Commissioner McDaniel’s Request)
Continue Item 16F5 to the February 27, 2024, BCC Meeting: Recommendation to award Fixed Fee Professional
Service Agreement to Digitech Computer, LLC, under Request for Proposal (RFP) 23‐8098 EMS Billing Services and
authorize the Chairman to sign the attached agreement. (Commissioner McDaniel’s Request)
Continue Item 16B7 to the February 27, 2024, BCC Meeting: Recommendation to award Request for Professional
Services (“RPS”) No. 22‐8015, “Professional Services for Nearshore Biological Monitoring,” to CSA Ocean Sciences
Inc., and authorize the Chairman to sign the attached agreement. (Staff’s Request)
Notes:
TIME CERTAIN ITEMS:
Item 5C to be heard 9:30AM: Update by the Pelican Bay Foundation, Inc., on Pickleball at Pelican Bay
Community Park.
Item 10A to be heard at 10AM: Discussion regarding the use of fluoride in the public potable water supply
distributed by the County’s Public Utilities Division’s Water Department.
2/20/2024 10:31 AM
02/13/2024
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
That the Board discuss whether to continue using fluoride in the public potable water supply distributed by
the County’s Public Utilities Division’s Water Department.
OBJECTIVE: To consider ending the addition of fluoride to the public water system.
CONSIDERATIONS: There is no legal requirement to add fluoride to the public drinking water, but if added,
there is a legal limit of 4 milligrams per liter, with a recommended level of .7 milligrams per liter. Although Collier
County’s fluoridation program strictly adheres to these standards, it is my belief that we are medicating people
without their informed consent. I would like the Board to consider ending this practice.
FISCAL IMPACT: Ending the fluoridation program would save the Collier County Water Division
approximately $126,000 per year.
GROWTH MANAGEMENT IMPACT: There are no Growth Management Impacts associated with the
Executive Summary.
LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS: This item has been reviewed by the County Attorney, is approved as to form and
legality and requires a majority vote for Board approval. -JAK
RECOMMENDATION: That the Board discuss whether to continue using fluoride in the public potable water
supply distributed by the County’s Public Utilities Division’s Water Department
Prepared by: Dan Kowal, Commissioner, District 4
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COLLIER COUNTY
Board of County Commissioners
Item Number: 10.A
Doc ID: 27655
Item Summary: *** This item to be heard at 10 AM *** That the Board discuss whether to continue using
fluoride in the public potable water supply distributed by the County’s Public Utilities Division’s Water
Department.
Meeting Date: 02/13/2024
Prepared by:
Title: Management Analyst II – County Manager's Office
Name: Geoffrey Willig
02/07/2024 10:31 AM
Submitted by:
Title: Deputy County Manager – County Manager's Office
Name: Amy Patterson
02/07/2024 10:31 AM
Approved By:
Review:
Office of Management and Budget Debra Windsor Level 3 OMB Gatekeeper Review Completed 02/07/2024 10:36 AM
County Attorney's Office Jeffrey A. Klatzkow Level 3 County Attorney's Office Review Completed 02/07/2024 10:59 AM
Office of Management and Budget Christopher Johnson Additional Reviewer Completed 02/07/2024 12:56 PM
County Manager's Office Geoffrey Willig Level 4 County Manager Review Completed 02/07/2024 3:06 PM
Board of County Commissioners Geoffrey Willig Meeting Pending 02/13/2024 9:00 AM
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