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RESOLUTION NO. 91- 25
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY,
FLORIDA, OPPOSING ELIMINATING OR WEAKENING
MOSQUITO CONTROL IN THE DEPARTMENT OF
HEALTH AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES.
WHEREAS, it is reported that the current Administration and
the Florida Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services are
considering diminishing or eliminating the Mosquito Control programs
within Entomology Services; and
WHEREAS, the state Mosquito Control is an indispensable
asset to the SUBCOMMITTEE ON MANAGED MARSHES (SOMM) and in
coordinating the St. Johns River Water
marsh restoration program; and
WHEREAS, without the state Mosquito Control
continuing ability of SOMM to function as the leading
Management District's SWIM salt
support, the
committee
in
determining and encouraging optimal salt marsh management practices in
the state will be severely jeopardized, a critical loss for the citizens of
the STATE OF FLORIDA; and
WHEREAS, since SOMM's formation in 1983, Mosquito Control
has actively promoted "best management practices" (BMP) for Florida's
ecologically important and environmentally sensitive salt marshes; and
WHEREAS, research funded through Mosquito Control has
helped define BMPs allowing for improved management of thousands of
acres of Florida's salt marshes with a reduced reliance on mosquito
control chemicals, and the loss of the state Mosquito Control programs
would eliminate this funding source; and
WHEREAS, Mosquito Control serves a major role in
coordinating mosquito control activities on environmentally sensitive
state lands; and
WHEREAS, the funding of Mosquito Control proved vitally
important to the control of the St. Louis encephalitis mosquito outbreak
of 1990; and
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WHEREAS, the public health concerns warrant continued
vigilance in fighting this deadly disease -bearing mosquito,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA, that
it strongly supports the continued funding of the state Mosquito Control
programs in the Entomology Services Unit of the Department of Health
and Rehabilitative Services.
The foregoing resolution was offered by Commissioner
Eggert and seconded by Commissioner Bowman , and, being put
to a vote, the vote was as follows:
Chairman Richard N. Bird
Vice Chairman Gary C. Wheeler
Commissioner Margaret C. Bowman
Commissioner Don C. Scurlock, Jr.
Commissioner Carolyn K. Eggert
Aye
Aye
Ave
Aye
Ave
The Chairman thereupon declared the resolution duly passed
and adopted this 26th day of February, 1991.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA
ATTEST:.
Jeffrey
Barton Clerk
By:
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Richard N. Bird, Chairman