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Extracted from Consolidated Report
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Butte County Grand Jury
• 2019-2020
Butte County Mosquito Abatement Districts
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Findings 19 findings
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Mosquito migration northward poses health risks to Butte County residents: West Nile Virus, Dengue, Yellow Fever, Zika and others.
F2
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Butte County has significant vector risk due to the large agriculture base, wetlands and estuaries, all breeding grounds for mosquitoes.
F3
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Mosquito Abatement and Vector Control Districts are funded almost entirely by property taxes which underfunds a rural area like Butte County.
F4
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Butte County would benefit from regularly scheduled meetings between BCMVCD and DMAD. Butte County Department of Public Health
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BCDPH Mosquito and vector public information and outreach needs to be expanded.
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BCDPH website is not user friendly on the topic of mosquitoes. Butte County Local Agency Formation Commission
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LAFCO is limited in its effort to integrate DMAD and BCMVCD.
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LAFCO has reduced Butte County’s risk by removing DMAD’s SOI over 15,000 acres of rice fields. 39
F9
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LAFCO has provided excellent oversight and direction for BCMVCD and DMAD. Butte County Mosquito and Vector Control District
F10
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BCMVCD excels in mosquito abatement despite its limited budget.
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BCMVCD did a great job identifying and treating mosquitoes in the Camp Fire Burn Scar area following the crisis.
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BCMVCD will face budgetary problems when tax-backfill funds end next year because Paradise is not being repopulated to its pre-Camp Fire level.
F13
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BCMVCD would benefit from more funding for public education and outreach.
F14
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BCMVCD’s funding is not adequate to thoroughly protect Butte County.
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BCMVCD would benefit from personnel dedicated to acquiring funds. Durham Mosquito Abatement District
F16
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DMAD’s website has improved.
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DMAD customers are satisfied with their level of service and cost.
F18
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Butte County would benefit from the DMAD District Manager’s regular attendance at BCDPH monthly West Nile Virus Task Force Meetings.
F19
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DMAD would benefit from more funding for public education and outreach. RECOMENDATIONS: Butte County Department of Public Health
Recommendations 7
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R1Page 58Butte County Department of Public Health should add the term Mosquitoes to its search engine and to its drop-down menu on the BCDPH website
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R2Page 58Butte County Department of Public Health should increase access to public information regarding mosquito disease prevention by creating a link on their website home page and through increased public service announcements by January 1, 2021. Butte County Mosquito and Vector Control District
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R3Page 59BCMVCD should create a new position dedicated to finding new funding
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R4Page 59BCMVCD should increase the funding for public information and outreach by January 1, 2021. Durham Mosquito Abatement District
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R5Page 59DMAD should thoroughly comply with LAFCO’s recommendations regarding its website
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R6Page 59DMAD District Manager should regularly attend the BCDPH West Nile Virus Task Force Meetings beginning September 1, 2020.
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R7Page 59DMAD should increase the funding for public information and outreach by January 1, 2021. RESPONSES Pursuant to Penal Code 933, the following responses are required: From the following governing bodies: • Director, Butte County Mosquito Vector Control: F12, F13, F14, F15 and R3, R4