18 of 1961 - A resolution declaring fluoridation costs on the issue of whether or not Salt Lake City Corporation Resolution No
By--..Mayor-.J...Bracken-Lee •
a COMMISSIONER
Declaring fluoridation costs on
the issue of whether or not Salt
Lake City Corporation should
fluoridate its water supply by
an initiative and referendum beingl�
presented to the electors of Salt
Lake City for determination by
vote in the coming general election
to be held on November 7, 1961.
Presented to the Board of Commissioner;
AND PASSED
OCT1 91961
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CITY RECORDER
REC. IO2 1.; I UEN
'ROLL CALL Salt Lake City, Utah, October 19 • 196 . 1
VOTING Aye Nay
I move that the Resolution be adopted.
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Harrison . . . /2/ �Smart �1 "` -� la
Romney . . . .
Mn Chairman Y RESOLUTION
Result . . . .
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WHEREAS, the issue of whether or not Salt Lake City Corporation
should fluoridate its water supply is by an initiative and referendum
being presented to the electors of Salt flake City for determination by
vote in the coming general election to be held on November 7, 1961; and
WHEREAS, it has been deemed advisable by the Board of Commissioners
of Salt Lake City to publish the cost to the Salt Lake City Corporation
of adding fluorides to its water supply in order to fully apprise and
inform the electors of the additional cost of water to the water users
of Salt Lake City Corporation, if by their vote in said election the
electors determine that said city should fluoridate its water supply;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Commissioners of
Salt Lake City, Utah, that based on estimates and cost figures obtained
from the Water Department of Salt Lake City Corporation, as determined
from a thorough and exhaustive study of fluoridation costs which have
been determined as nearly as possible without the benefit of preliminary
engineering design, which would be costly before the issue of fluori-
dation is determined, it is hereby declared as follows:
1 . That the approximate initial cost of purchasing, installing and
housing of fluoridation equipment, plus cost of the chemicals and the
operation and maintenance of the fluoridation equipment necessary to
properly fluoridate the 19 existing separate sources of supply of water
of Salt Lake City Corporation, for the first year of operation would
be $416,000.00.
2. That the annual cost thereafter of chemicals, cost of the
operation and maintenance of the fluoridation equipment, and the cost
of a reserve for depreciation of the equipment already in use, would
be approximately $115,500.00.
3. That based upon the foregoing initial and annual costs of
fluoridation, the average additional cost per connection to the Salt
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Lake City water system, whether within or without the city limits,
will be approximately $7.00 for the first year and approximately $2.00
per year thereafter.
4. That assuming the water consumption of Salt Lake City remains
the same as at the present time, the additional cost of water per water
connection for the first year of fluoridation will be approximately
14% and for each year thereafter, the additional cost per connection
will be 4%. For example, a water connection where the use as shown
by the meter costs the user $50.00 annually under the present rates,
such user would have to pay a water bill of $57.00 for the first year
of fluoridation and for each year thereafter his water bill would be
$52.00 per year to cover the expense of fluoridation.
Passed by the Board of Commissioners of Salt Lake City, Utah,
this 19th day of October , 1961 .
Mayor
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