Supervisors on Tuesday will consider a plan to lay off a county
employee overseeing the mosquito abatement program and to have two
other workers use a portion of their time on the duties, according
to the board’s staff report.
HOLLISTER
Supervisors on Tuesday will consider a plan to lay off a county employee overseeing the mosquito abatement program and to have two other workers use a portion of their time on the duties, according to the board’s staff report.
The plan proposed for supervisors’ approval would save an estimated $67,000 – while a deputy agriculture commissioner would spend 30 percent of his or her time on mosquito abatement and a biologist would spend 50 percent of his or her time on it, according to the report.
County officials in the report also note that they believe the change would not affect service levels as residents continue paying an annual mosquito abatement tax of about $10.
County voters approved of the mosquito abatement program in July 2007. Program advocates have said mosquito abatement is needed to reduce health risks such as West Nile virus, encephalitis and malaria.
The supervisors meeting is set for 9 a.m. Tuesday at the County Administration Building, 481 Fourth St.
