Fort Myers Beach Mosquito Control District to hold informational meetings at library
Ever wonder how mosquitoes are monitored, what
methods are used to control them, or what the Fort Myers
Beach Mosquito Control District actually does?
The Fort Myers Beach Library will be holding an
information session to inform the public this Wednesday
and next Wednesday to present some facts about the Fort
Myers Beach Mosquito Control District.
Representatives from the district will share information
about their operations and integrated mosquito
control plan, explain how mosquito populations are managed,
and answer questions from residents.
There will be two sessions: Wednesday, Oct. 14th at
10 a.m. and Wednesday, Oct. 21 at 6:30 pm. on the third
Floor, Room A.
This Nov. 3, voters on Fort Myers Beach will be
asked whether they want to give up their local mosquito
control and merge with the Lee County Mosquito Control
District. If a majority of Fort Myers Beach voters and
voters in the rest of Lee County elect to do so, Fort Myers
Beach will no longer have control of its own mosquito
control.
Did you know that the millage rate for the Fort Myers
Beach Mosquito Control District is approximately half of
the millage rate that taxpayers in the rest of Lee County
pay for to have their mosquito operations taken care of by
the Lee County Mosquito Control District?
The Fort Myers Beach Mosquito Control District
has a millage rate of .1123 and a budget of $950,520.
The Lee County Mosquito Control District has a millage
rate of .2201 and a budget of approximately $30
million.
That means if Fort Myers Beach and voters in
the rest of Lee County vote to merge the two districts,
Fort Myers Beach residents will not only lost their
local control over mosquitoes, but will be paying more
in taxes for it.