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Villa Park to deploy metal trap boxes and EPA‑approved carbon monoxide device to target rats
Summary
Village manager Mike Rivas said Villa Park will deploy metal boxes containing snap traps and use an EPA‑approved carbon monoxide device to treat rat burrows; the village also reached out to Metro and Union Pacific to clean debris along the tracks to reduce habitat.
Villa Park village manager Mike Rivas said the village will begin deploying metal trap boxes and an EPA‑approved carbon monoxide device to address a persistent rat problem, with details provided by Cliff Duple of a local pest control company.
Rivas opened the manager's minute by describing devices residents will see around town “to help with our rat and rodent problem,” and introduced Duple to explain the equipment and installation. "The device that we're gonna…
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