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Board authorizes Prop. 218 ballot mailing for countywide mosquito and vector-control assessment
Summary
The county's mosquito and vector control division asked the board to authorize mailing weighted property-owner ballots for a Proposition 218 benefit assessment to fund surveillance, treatment and outreach. The board approved mailing ballots; tabulation is scheduled for Nov. 18 if ballots are returned by Nov. 4.
The Board of Supervisors on Aug. 19 authorized county staff to mail weighted, property-owner ballots under Proposition 218 to fund a countywide mosquito and vector-control assessment. Staff said current assessments have not kept pace with rising operational costs and with new invasive-mosquito threats.
What the assessment would do: Vector-control staff described countywide surveillance, laboratory testing for…
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