1989-05927-Minutes for Meeting February 23,1989 Recorded 3/16/198989-05927 0095 0846
CONTINUATION OF PUBLIC HEARING
VECTOR CONTROL DISTRIC4% HA ( 6 PH 4: 31
10:00 a.m. , February 23, W6 SU- PENHEOL -T _
Community Development Meeting ~iY CLERK
Deschutes County Administration Building
Before the Board was a continuation of the February 22, 1989,
public hearing concerning review and approval of Vector Control
District Plans. Board members present were Lois Bristow Prante and
Tom Throop. Also attending were: Ted Fies, Department of Fish and
Wildlife; Norman DeWitte, DRRH Unit 6 Vector Control District;
Bruce Landolt and Claude Sprouse, Four Rivers Vector Control
District; Buck Simmons, Redmond aerial spraying company. Steve
LaVelle, Lazy River Vector Control District, was unable to attend
but had submitted information in writing.
Bruce Landolt, Director of Four Rivers Vector Control District,
stated their program had not changed from the past four years, and
included: (1) identifying and mapping larval habitat; (2) source
reduction; (3) treatment of surviving larvae with BTI; (4)
treatment of surviving adults with Scourge; (5) education of
residents on elimination of unnecessary habitat.
Current tax rates for the districts
Lazy River Vector Control District
Four Rivers Vector Control District
sq. miles).
DRRH Unit 6 Vector Control District
acres).
were stated as:
is $1.018 per thousand.
is $0.83 per thousand for (10
is $2.018 per thousand for (450
Claude Sprouse expressed concern over the lack of direction given
to the Vector Control Districts in the statute. He said they use
BTI in granule form with aerial spraying so it will not hang up in
the trees. He stated that Baytex killed the insects
indiscriminately and interrupted the food chain.
Ted Fies, Fish and Wildlife, stated that the best part about using
BTI was that it was a very narrow spectrum pesticide. It had a
protein that was toxic to a very narrow spectrum of the insect
population and did not harm mammals or birds. Also, there were no
environmental problems with using it.
Norman DeWitte expressed concern over the cost of using BTI. He
felt it would be more expensive than Baytex and less effective.
Commissioner Prante questioned whether it would be possible for the
Four Rivers Vector Control District to do the spraying for DRRH
Unit 6. Claude Sprouse said that the statues allowed for
annexation or merger, however, he said Four Rivers would nofi''~w&-WtMED
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to merge if the taxpayers in their district had to pay more due to
the merger. Bruce Landolt said there might be a possibility of
contracting the services if a merger didn't work out.
Commissioner Prante stated that her basic philosophy was to look
at the information submitted and the costs to the taxpayer and then
move in the direction of the safest alternative. She also would
like to move in the direction of handing the Vector Control
District Plan approval process over to a group that was more
equipped educationally and scientifically to make those of
decisions. She said she didn't feel it was appropriate for the
Board of Commissioners to make decisions on scientific matters
without the proper educational background.
Commissioner Throop stated that the Deschutes Basin Resource
Committee, which included a broad spectrum of professionals from
the community, took an extensive look at the pesticide issue and
came to a unanimous opinion that the County should not allow the
use of organophosphates near the upper river. He said he felt the
Board was charged with finding how to get the job done in the
safest fashion for the least amount of taxpayer dollars. He said
the Board wanted the Vector District to use a more narrow,
nonorganophosphate pesticide after this year.
Commissioner Prante stated that the Board would contact the
Clearinghouse and forward to the Vector Control Districts the
information/guidelines for getting approval from the Clearinghouse
prior to plan submission to the Board next year.
Buck Simmons stated that the people who sell the chemicals told him
that Scourge was not economically feasible to use in the
concentrations that were necessary to be effective.
Chair Prante closed the public hearing.
THROOP: I would entertain a motion for the approval of the DRRH
Unit 6 Vector Control Plan using Dersaban or Baytex.
PRANTE: I'll second.
VOTE: PRANTE: YES
THROOP: YES
MAUDLIN: Excused
THROOP: I'll move the Four Rivers Vector Control District Plan.
PRANTE: Second.
VOTE: PRANTE: YES
THROOP: YES
MAUDLIN: Excused
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THROOP: I'll move the Lazy River Plan as well which includes
Malathion.
PRANTE: I will second.
VOTE: PRANTE: YES
THROOP: YES
MAUDLIN: Excused
DESCHUTES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
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Prant
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Tom Throop,fCommissioner
(EXCUSED)
Dick Maudlin, Commissioner
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