City of Madison - File #: 03650

• File #: 03650
• Version: 1
• Name: Accept a Grant for West Nile Virus Mosquito Assessment and Control
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 5/8/2006
• In control: BOARD OF ESTIMATES (ended 4/2017)
• On agenda: 6/6/2006
• Final action: 6/6/2006
• Enactment date: 6/15/2006
• Enactment #: RES-06-00486
• Title: Authorizing the Madison Department of Public Health to accept a grant for West Nile Virus Mosquito Assessment and Control from the State of Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services-Division of Public Health, Bureau of Communicable Diseases for up to $23,350 in 2006 and authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to sign the grant agreement.
• Sponsors: Judy K. Olson

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
6/6/2006	1	COMMON COUNCIL	Adopt	Pass
5/22/2006	1	BOARD OF ESTIMATES (ended 4/2017)	RECOMMEND TO COUNCIL TO ADOPT - REPORT OF OFFICER	Pass
5/18/2006	1	BOARD OF HEALTH FOR MADISON AND DANE COUNTY	Return to Lead with the Recommendation for Approval	Pass
5/16/2006	1	COMMON COUNCIL	Refer
5/16/2006	1	BOARD OF ESTIMATES (ended 4/2017)	Refer
5/9/2006	1	Finance Dept/Approval Group	Approved Fiscal Note By The Comptroller's Office
5/9/2006	1	Health Department	Referred for Introduction
5/8/2006	1	Health Department	Fiscal Note Required / Approval

Fiscal Note
Revenues and expenditures of $23,350 will be added to the 2006 Public Health Operating Budget. There is no impact upon cost controls or the tax levy.
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Authorizing the Madison Department of Public Health to accept a grant for
West Nile Virus Mosquito Assessment and Control from the State of Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services-Division of Public Health, Bureau of Communicable Diseases for up to $23,350 in 2006 and authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to sign the grant agreement.
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PREAMBLE
Since 2002 the Madison Department of Public Health (MDPH) has conducted West Nile Virus (WNV) surveillance in the Madison metropolitan area. Currently, the program involves monitoring accessible surface water on public property for mosquito larvae, treatment of surface waters when larvae populations are high, capturing adult mosquitoes to measure population levels and monitor for the presence of WNV infection, and monitoring reports of WNV illness in birds and humans to assess the risk of human WNV infection.

The existing program has three objectives:
- Increase our understanding of the potential for urban water sources to produce mosquitoes that may carry disease.
- Take action to eliminate large populations of mosquito larvae in public water sources through larvicide treatment.
- Identify the time period when the risk of WNV to humans is high so the community can be reminded to take precautions.

West Nile virus is now considered to be endemic to Wisconsin. While there was only one case of WNV in Dane County in 2004, there were three cases in 2005-one a fatality.

MDPH has received a grant of $23,350 from the State of Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services-Division of Public Health, Bureau of Communicable Diseases to use for WNV mosquito assessment and control. The grant agreement is for January 1, 2006 through December 31, 2006. With this resolution, the Common Cou...