Title
Resolution - A Resolution Adopting a New Mansfield Mosquito Surveillance & Control Policy
Recommendation
The Environmental Staff recommends the approval of the new Mansfield Mosquito Surveillance & Control Policy as the most effective means of reducing the risk of an outbreak of mosquito borne pathogens, protecting the public from a potential outbreak and using public funds in the most cost effective manner.
Description/History
The main goals for considering the update of the Mosquito Policy are: 1) update the introductory sections to be the same as Tarrant County; 2) better describe the City’s existing implementation of its surveillance program; 3) inclusion of a table describing when adult treatments in response to West Nile Virus should be implemented; 4) eliminate the 48-hour notice prior to adult mosquito treatments; and 5) to include information and steps related to non-West Nile Virus diseases (Chikungunya, Zika, Dengue). The proposed document is intended to be used by staff to guide activities related to mosquito surveillance and control, and for those members of the public with greater interest in what activities the City is engaged in. General public educational materials will continue to be hosted on webpages and provided through handouts and brochures.
The first Mosquito Surveillance and Control Policy for the City of Mansfield was adopted in 2008 and based largely on a policy for the City of Denton. The first update to that policy was in 2013, as a result of the West Nile Virus outbreak of 2012, but still largely based on language from the City of Denton.
This proposed policy is based largely on the Tarrant County Public Health policy. Sections 1 & 2, 3.1, and 3.2 are almost verbatim from Tarrant County. Section 3.3 describes responses to complaints about mosquitoes. Section 4 begins with language from Tarrant County and is followed by specific education activities performed by the City. Section 5 describes the Risk Categories for Culex...
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