County contractor outlines mosquito inspections; county contract roughly $5,000 a year
Joseph "Joey" Ritz described door-to-door container inspections, education and follow-ups for container-breeding mosquitoes; staff said the county contract is about $5,000 for the year and reported a roughly 74% compliance rate on rechecks.
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Joseph "Joey" Ritz, who identified himself as a mosquito-control contractor, described the county's approach to reducing container-breeding mosquitoes: street-by-street drives, alley checks, targeted stops at properties with tires or other water-collecting containers, leaving educational pamphlets when no one answers, and follow-up rechecks late summer.
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