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Townsend Mosquito Board approves minutes, warns Stageline Flats residents to petition for district service
Summary
The Townsend Mosquito Board approved minutes and reviewed its budget and operations, noting that a separate BOR provider has stopped adulticide service to Stageline Flats; residents must petition to join the mosquito district to receive treatment.
The Townsend Mosquito Board approved minutes from its July 16, 2024, meeting and reviewed financial and operational plans while noting that some Stageline Flats residents are no longer receiving adulticide service and would need to petition to join the mosquito district to restore service.
Board members said the district is preparing to begin trapping and that staff member Carol will begin testing mosquitoes this week; the board reported no West Nile virus–positive mosquito samples were caught in the district last season. The board gave a revenue figure of $42,612.23 and cited expenditures of $34,384 but said actual spending often runs below budgeted levels.
A board member said an outside BOR provider has stopped offering adulticide service to Stageline Flats because that provider's budget was affected, and that funding tied to FWP for wildlife management areas remains in place. "If those residents are interested, then they need to petition to join our mosquito district basically to receive service," the board member said. The board identified Angie (Clerk and Recorder) as the contact for information on filing a special-district petition.
On operational approach, a board member described how the district schedules fogging: "We try not to fog on demand, but when we have the pressure counts in the traps, we will fog roughly on a schedule for the week, but we always operate to leave room in our application per acre so that we can treat West Nile." The board said that conserving application capacity early in the season allows the district to provide service later in the season rather than exhausting its allowable application and having to stop service in July.
The board discussed event coverage and confirmed plans to treat the fairgrounds ahead of the Line Lineman's Rodeo (noted for July 19). The board said it has not begun larvicide treatments yet and will continue to use trap counts to determine whether treatment thresholds are met.
The only formal action recorded was approval of the minutes for July 16, 2024, by motion, second and voice vote. The board scheduled its next meeting for July 15 at 4 p.m.
The meeting included routine roundtable comments from board members about the start of the season and public-notification practices; the board said it posts spray schedules on Facebook and accepts caller reports, which staff then verify with traps before deciding on treatment.
