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F C E 26 1991 <br />BOOK? f'1[1E `r C <br />WHEREAS, since SOMM's formation in 1983, Mosquito Control <br />has actively promoted "best management practices" (BMP) for Florida's <br />ecologically important and environmentally sensitive salt marshes; and <br />WHEREAS, research funded through Mosquito Control has <br />helped define BMPs allowing for improved management- of thousands of <br />acres of Florida's salt marshes with a reduced reliance on mosquito <br />control chemicals, and the loss of the state Mosquito Control programs <br />would eliminate this funding source; and <br />WHEREAS, Mosquito Control serves a major role in <br />coordinating mosquito control activities on environmentally sensitive <br />state lands; and <br />WHEREAS, the funding of Mosquito Control proved vitally <br />important to the control of the St. Louis encephalitis mosquito outbreak <br />of 1990; and <br />WHEREAS, the public health concerns warrant continued <br />vigilance in fighting this deadly disease -bearing mosquito, <br />NOW,. THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF <br />COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA, that <br />it strongly supports the continued funding of the state Mosquito Control <br />programs in . the Entomology Services Unit of the Department of Health <br />and Rehabilitative Services. <br />The foregoing resolution was offered by Commissioner <br />Eggert and seconded by Commissioner Bowman , and, being put <br />to a vote, the vote was as follows: <br />Chairman Richard N. Bird Ave <br />-Vice Chairman Gary C. Wheeler Ave <br />Commissioner Margaret C. Bowman Ave <br />Commissioner Don C. Scurlock, Jr. Aye <br />Commissioner Carolyn K. Eggert Are <br />The Chairman thereupon declared the resolution duly passed <br />and adopted this 26th day of February, 1991. <br />BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br />INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA <br />By: <br />Richard N. Bird, Chairman <br />s0 <br />