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Council hears city plan to measure and scale rodent-control interventions; site-cleanliness license counts rising
Summary
City departments described sensor pilots, new rodent-resistant trash cans, a cross-department rodent-action working group and growth in site-cleanliness licensing; officials also discussed tools for chronic problem properties and receivership.
City officials told the City Council’s Ways and Means committee they are deploying sensors and targeted interventions to measure what reduces rodent activity, expanding site-cleanliness licensing and using multiple enforcement tools on chronic problem properties.
Inspectional Services Commissioner Tanya Del Rio and property management officials described a multi-agency working group that is deploying interventions and measuring outcomes with rodent sensors. Del Rio said complaint data alone is an imperfect input and that sensors will help identify hot spots where residents do not always call 311. Public works replaced public trash cans in the North End with rodent-resistant containers as a trial; officials said they…
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