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Metropolitan Mosquito Control District Metropolitan counties working together to prevent insect transmitted disease and annoyance since 1958 Dakota County Board Presentation March 12, 2019 Governance 2019 Levy / Budget Mosquito Biology /
Metropolitan counties working together to prevent insect transmitted disease and annoyance since 1958
Governance 2019 Levy / Budget Mosquito Biology / Control Disease Prevention Plans for 2019
Established in state statutes in 1958 Governed by a board of 18 elected County Commissioners 2,900 square mile service area Population 3,000,000 70,000 wetland habitats 30,000 woodland habitats Focus on larval control
Anoka Ramsey Washington Dakota Scott Hennepin Carver
Anoka County Hennepin County Scott County Mike Gamache Jan Callison Michael Beard Mandy Meisner Angela Conley Tom Wolf * Robyn West * Jeff Johnson * (Vice Chair) Carver County Ramsey County Washington County Jim Ische * Blake Huffman Gary Kriesel * (Secretary) Tom Workman Mary Jo McGuire * Fran Miron Jim McDonough Dakota County Thomas Egan Mary Liz Holberg * Executive Committee members Liz Workman * (Chair)
Change
$22,171,180 $23,812,402 $1,641,222 (7%)
$17,940,570 $18,299,381 $358,811 (2%)
Dakota Co. Levy
$2,283,835 $2,400,879 $117,044
Budget
$19,166,321 $19,357,984 $191,663 (1%)
Eggs laid individually
species) Eggs laid in a raft on the waters surface (Culex species)
Common pest species
– Aedes vexans – Aedes cinereus – Aedes trivittatus – Coquillettidia perturbans
Mosquito-borne illnesses
– LAC (Aedes triseriatus) – JCV (Aedes species) – WEE (Culex tarsalis) – EEE (Culiseta melanura) – WNV (Culex pipiens, restuans) – Zika (Aedes albopictus)
Methoprene Bti Spinosad
Primarily in children Vector: Aedes triseriatus Possible vector: Aedes japonicus Source reduction (tires, treeholes, containers) Public education
Jamestown Canyon virus is an illness that is transmitted to people through the bite of an infected mosquito. The virus is a Bunyavirus within the California serogroup and is closely related to La Crosse encephalitis virus. Symptoms may include: fever headache flu-like illness Severe cases involving the Central Nervous System (CNS) may include meningitis (inflammation of the membranes surrounding the brain) or encephalitis (inflammation of the brain). Treatment for Jamestown Canyon virus involves supportive care until the illness resolves.
Aedes Species Deer, Moose, Elk
Culex pipiens Culex tarsalis Culex restuans
2018 0 Cases 8 Cases 63 Cases (0 District) (2 District) (19 District) 2017 1 Cases 17 Cases 30 Cases (0 District) (4 District) (8 District)
MMCD monitors the distribution of deer ticks in the metropolitan area Public education is the main focus to reduce the risk of tick transmitted diseases
Mississippi and Minnesota Rivers
Manage budget and expenditures with a goal of maintaining service levels while minimizing impact on metro taxpayers in the near and long term Emphasize disease risk reduction services including responding to new vector-borne diseases Evaluate how the District’s Control Programs can respond more flexibly to increased weather variability Creating a Sustainability Program at the District Implement long term succession planning and key employee retention
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