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MOSQUITO CONTROL - FELLSMERE AND VERO LAKES ESTATES <br />The Board reviewed the following memo dated 8/17/90: <br />TO: Members of the Board <br />of County Commissioners <br />DATE: August 17, 1990 <br />SUBJECT: MOSQUITO CONTROL - MISACME AND <br />VERO LAKES ESTATES <br />EMERGENCY ITEM <br />FROM: Joseph A. Baird <br />OMB Director <br />DESCRIPTION OF CONDITIONS <br />Within the last few days Indian River County has been put on an alert for St. Louis <br />Encephalitis, carried by the Culex nigripalpus mosquito. The Indian River County Mosquito <br />Control District has offered to extend its spraying area to populated areas of Fellsmere and <br />Vero Lakes Estates. The county would have to bear the costs for the spraying, which is <br />estimated at $600.00 per treatment for up to 8 treatments (for a total of $4,800) through <br />the transmission season. It is not anticipated that aerial spraying will be necessary at this <br />time; however if it appears that it is needed costs could be three times this amount. <br />RECOMMENDATION <br />Staff recommends that the Board of County Commissioners approve funding for spraying <br />for the Culex nigripalpus mosquito in Fellsmere and Vero Lakes Estates. <br />Administrator Chandler advised that the Mosquito Control <br />District is looking to us to pick up the expense of providing the <br />additional spraying for Felismere and Vero Lake Estates inasmuch <br />as it is not covered by the District. They estimate that <br />sprayings will be done twice per month up until sometime in <br />November, perhaps 6 sprayings in all for a total of $4800. If <br />there is'an increased problem with the illness, there is a <br />potential for aerial spraying. <br />John Beidier, Director of the Indian River Mosquito Control <br />District, confirmed that the Fellsmere area has asked to be <br />35 <br />AUG 211990 <br />