HomeMy WebLinkAbout24-2044RESOLUTION NO. 24-2044
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF DENTON, A TEXAS HOME-RULE MUNICIPAL
CORPORATION. AUTHORIZING THE USE OF RISK LEVEL 5 CONTROL MEASURES
PURSUANT TO THE CITY’S MOSQUITO SURVEILLANCE AND RESPONSE PLAN -
2024 SEASON; AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, in 2002, the City’s Department of Environmental Services and Sustainability,
at the direction of City Council, drafted and implemented the Mosquito Surveillance and
Response Plan (the “Plan”), which is reviewed before each mosquito season and was last
updated in 2020; and
WHEREAS, the objectives of the Plan are to: (1) provide guidelines and information on
mosquito populations, prevalence of diseases – particularly West Nile Virus (“WNV“), and
control strategies; (2) provide a systematic approach for using mosquito sampling and human
disease data to establish risk levels; (3) establish actions that will be undertaken for each risk
level; (4) provide City staff and elected officials with a decision-support system; and (5) set forth
the roles and responsibilities of City staff and elected officials; and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that on September 20, 2024, the City entered Risk
Level 4 – triggered by multiple mosquito pools collected at different times, locations testing
positive for anthropod-borne virus/diseases, and confirmation of one human case of WNV within
the City; and
WHEREAS, control measures, described and defined by the Plan for Risk Level 4, include
efforts to finalize all actions needed for implementing ground level spraying activities using
ultra-low volume applications of pyrethroids; and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds it to be in the best interest of the public health and
safety to authorize the ground-based application of targeted mosquito adulticides in accordance
with the Plan when the City reaches Risk Level 5; and
NOW, THEREFORE, THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON HEREBY
RESOLVES :
SECTION 1. The recitals in the preamb ie of this Resolution are true and correct and
incorporated into the body of this Resolution as if copied in their entirety.
SECTION 2. Ground-based, targeted application of mosquito adulticides in accordance
with Risk Level 5 of the Mosquito Surveillance and Response Plan – Season 2024, is authorized
so long as the City of Denton shall be in Risk Level 5 during the 2024 mosquito season.
SECTION 3. The City Manager shall ensure maximum dissemination of information to
residents in areas where application of mosquito adulticides will occur.
SECTION 4 This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its passage and
approval.
The motion to approve this Resolution was made by Brian Beck and seconded by Paul
Meltzer; the Resolution was passed and approved by the following vote [ 7 - 0 ]:
Aye Nay Abstain Absent
Mayor Gerard Hudspeth:
Vicki Byrd, District 1 :
Brian Beck, District 2:
Paul Meitzer. District 3 :
Joe Holland, District 4:
Brandon Chase McGee, At Large Place 5 :
Jill Jester, At Large Place 6:
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PASSED AND APPROVED this the 15th day of October, 2024.
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ATTEST:
LAUREN THODEN, CITY SECRETARY
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APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM:
MACK RE[NWAND, CITY ATTORNEY