4 - City of Oxford

97768.— wrommmoin
MINUTE BOOK No. 24, CITY OF OXFORD
Came on for consideration the matter of an advertisement for the sale of
the 1964 model truck which was formerlly used as a firetruck for the City of
Oxford. Motion was duly made, seconded and passed unanimously to advertise
this 1964 model truck for sale; bids to be taken at the Mayor and Board of
Aldermen's meeting at City Hall on November 19, 1968 at 7:30 p. m.
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Oxford Elementray PTA presented the following petition to the Mayor and
Board of Aldermen:
Resolution by the Oxford Elementary Parent Teachers Organization on September
19, 1968:
WHEREAS, epidemiological studies have demonstrated people living in
natural fluoride areas experience only one third the dental caries prevalent
in non-fluoride areas, and
WHEREAS, the addition of up to one part in a million of fluoride to
communal water supplies has reduced dental caries in children from 55 to 65
percent, and
WHEREAS, convincing evidence of the safety and practically of this procedure
has been produced, and
WHEREAS, the American Medical Association, the American Dental Association
the U. S. Public Health Service, the National Research Council, the Mississippi
State Medical Association, and the Oxford-Lafayette County Hospital Staff have
all gone on record as recommending the fluoridation of communal water supplies,
be it therefore
RESOLVED, that the Oxford Elementary Parent-Teachers Association Organization
firmly states its position favoring controlled fluoride supplementation
of the pbblic water supply of Oxford, Mississippi.
Alderman McLaurin moved the adoption of the following resolution authorizing
and directing the introduction of fluoride into the City of Oxford water
system:
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE INTRODUCTING OF FLUORIDES INTO
THE WATER SYSTEM OF THE CITY OF OXFORD, MISSISSIPPI.
WHEREAS, it is the concensus of scientific, dental and medical opinion
that the presence of fluorides in drinking water is a deterrent to tooth decay;
and
WHEREAS, such chemical element is not found in the supply of water distributed
to the City of Oxford in sufficient quanitities to be of any value
as a deterrent to tooth decay; and
WHEREAS, the Mayor and Board of Aldermen finds and determines that fluoride
can be introduced into the supply of water distributed to the citizens of Oxford
and that the introduction of the same is to the best interest of the citizens
of the community and will promote the public health and welfare;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the
City of Oxford, Mississippi:
Section 1. The Water Department of the City of Oxford is hereby authorized
and empowered and directed to provide the means and to proceed with the introduction
of such amount of fluoride into the water system of the City of Oxford
to give such water a fluoride content of 0.8 ppm to 1.2 ppm in the treated
water, from and after the effective date hereof.
Section 2. This resolution shall be in full force and take effect from
and after the Mississippi State Board of Health has determined the adequace of
the equipment and technical supervision proposed and has approved the method
of introduction of fluorides and the quantity proposed to be introduced into
the system.
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