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Townsend Mosquito Board elects Swenson chair, names Lindsay Rickmeyer vice chair; approves bylaws and hears district update
Summary
The Townsend Mosquito Board elected Commissioner Swenson as chair and Lindsay Rickmeyer as vice chair, approved updated bylaws for 2025, and heard a district operations update noting low trap counts until recently and no West Nile positives to date.
The Townsend Mosquito Board elected Commissioner Swenson as its new chair and Lindsay Rickmeyer as vice chair during a July 15 meeting in Townsend, Broadwater County, and approved updated board bylaws for 2025, board members said.
Board members also heard an operations update reporting low mosquito trap counts until the previous week, no West Nile virus detections in the district so far, and fogging schedules that are being posted and tailored to weekly trap counts.
The elections came during the meeting’s new-business segment. A board member moved to nominate Commissioner Swenson as chair; another seconded the motion and members approved the nomination by voice vote, with the chair declaring the motion passed. Later, Lindsay Rickmeyer was nominated and approved as vice chair by voice vote.
During the district update, a board representative said traps had been in the single digits until about a week earlier, when counts began to rise. “We do not have any West Nile positives in the district yet,” the representative said. The board was advised that fogging is posted to the board’s Facebook page and is targeted to areas with higher trap counts; the representative said traps are set one night a week in an area and asked residents to notify the district if conditions at a property change (for example, new gates or dogs) or if they want to stop receiving mosquito service at a property.
Board members also discussed attendance at a lineman’s rodeo on July 19 and noted some trap locations closer to the wildlife management area have shown higher counts. The representative cautioned that while fogging aims to reduce discomfort, it cannot guarantee elimination of all mosquitoes.
On administrative business, the board approved minutes from the June 17 meeting and approved a corrected copy of the Townsend Mosquito Board bylaws for 2025 after a typographical correction on the first page; members agreed to sign a revised signature page to reflect the corrected vice chair listing. The board scheduled its next meeting for Aug. 19 at 4 p.m. and adjourned at 4:11 p.m.
Votes at a glance - Approval of minutes from June 17 — Motion carried by voice vote; mover and seconder recorded in the meeting but individual tallies not specified in the transcript. - Election of Commissioner Swenson as chair — Motion carried by voice vote; mover and seconder recorded; individual tallies not specified. - Appointment of Lindsay Rickmeyer as vice chair — Motion carried by voice vote; mover and seconder recorded; individual tallies not specified. - Approval of Townsend Mosquito Board bylaws (2025) with correction to the first page — Motion carried by voice vote; members agreed to supply a corrected signature page; individual tallies not specified.
The meeting record shows no public comments were offered during the public-comment periods. District staff and board members reiterated that fogging and trap-setting are driven by trap counts and that residents should consult the board’s Facebook page for schedule updates.
