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Report Number 12-136 <br /> �� Agenda Section VI-7 <br /> s�forxv Council MeetingDate June 12, 2012 <br /> the city that works for you <br /> REQUEST FOR COUNCIL CONSIDERATION <br /> ITEM DESCRIPTION: MOTION TO ACCEPT MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH <br /> 2012 COMMUNITY FLUORIDATION GRANT FUNDS <br /> DEPARTMENT HEAD'S APPROVAL: (jr✓ <br /> CITY MANAGER'S APPROVAL: <br /> No comments to supplement this report Comments attached <br /> Recommendation: Motion to accept a 201 Community Fluoridation Grant and to authorize the City Manager <br /> and Public Works Director to execute the Minnesota Department of Health Grant Agreement. <br /> Legislative History: N/A <br /> Financial Impact: The City received a 2012 Community Fluoridation Grant in an amount of$1,520. The grant <br /> requires a minimum 20 percent local match. The breakdown is as follows: <br /> Replace fluoride pumps,hose&foot valves at Water Treatment Plant 1 $1,520 <br /> Required City Match(20%) $380 <br /> Total $1,900 <br /> Explanation: The goal of the Minnesota Community Fluoridation Grant is to increase the number of <br /> Minnesotans receiving the oral health benefits of optimally fluoridated drinking water. This goal may be <br /> achieved by helping a community public water supply optimize their fluoridation process. The Minnesota <br /> Department of Health Drinking Water Protection Section will administer federal grant funds to reimburse eligible <br /> public water systems for costs involved in implementing drinking water fluoridation. <br /> The City of New Brighton currently fluoridates our drinking water as required for all public water suppliers as set <br /> forth by the Safe Drinking Water Act(SDWA). Under SDWA,the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency(EPA) <br /> sets standards for drinking water quality and oversees the states, localities, and water suppliers that implement <br /> those standards. <br /> Costs and Funding: The required local match will be paid from our Water Operations budget-Fund 701. <br /> /11) <br /> Grant M. yffels, <br /> Director of Public orks <br /> Attachments <br /> Letter from MDH dated May 24, 2012 <br /> Grant Agreement <br />