City Council meetings are held at City Hall the first and third Monday of each month at 7:00 pm. Agendas are available on Thursday at noon before each meeting. The official agenda is posted outside of city hall in a display case, at the Lathrop Post Office, Lathrop Community Center and at the Fire Station. Special meetings are scheduled and posted as needed.

Council meetings are taped and then televised on your local broadcast cable channel 97 at 7:00 PM on Tuesday and Noon on Wednesday following the Council Meeting.

During broadcasting please report any technical issue by calling 209-941-7342.

WEST NILE VIRUS
INFORMATION

http://www.sjmosquito.org/
spray information and schedules

Press Releases - SJCMVCD

WEST NILE VIRUS
Information obtained from the WNV website and from Lathrop Animal Services
By: Becky Enneking, Lathrop Animal Services Manager

When dealing with West Nile virus, prevention is your best bet. Fighting mosquito bites reduces your risk of getting this disease, along with others that mosquitoes can carry.

The San Joaquin County Mosquito and Vector Control District advises that residents can reduce their risk of WNV and other mosquito transmitted diseases by taking these precautions:

Eliminate all sources of standing water on your property that can support mosquito breeding.
Apply insect repellent containing the active ingredient DEET or Picaridin when outdoors, according to label instructions.
Avoid spending time outside when mosquitoes are most active, at dawn and dusk, and especially for the first two hours after sunset.
When outdoors, wear long pants, long-sleeved shirts and other protective clothing.
Exclude mosquitoes from your home with tight fitting screens on doors and windows.
Contact your veterinarian for information on vaccinating equine against WNV.
Report significant mosquito infestations to San Joaquin County Mosquito & Vector Control District at (209) 982-4675, 1-800-300-4675, or www.sjmosquito.org.
Report dead birds and tree squirrels to 1-877-WNV-BIRD (1-877-968-2473) or

www.westnile.ca.gov.

In an effort to track and monitor this disease, the Department of Health Services has requested the assistance of all animal services agencies to report deceased birds and squirrels within their jurisdictions. While reporting is not required, Lathrop voluntarily participates in reporting, continuing to support the DHS's efforts to monitor the spread of this disease and keep our citizens updated and informed at a local level.

Lathrop Animal Services handled 84 service calls for birds from 7/1/2007 to 6/30/2008. These numbers reflect only what Lathrop Animal Services was called to respond to, reported bythe general public. These numbers do not reflect calls from the general publicdirectly to the DHS or WNV hotlinerequesting assistance. A table with a breakdown of the types and numbers of birds follows this article.

No positive WNV birds have been reported to Lathrop by DHS this year; below are statistics for San Joaquin County.

2008 WNV Activity by County

Source: http://www.westnile.ca.gov

	Human Cases	Horses	Dead Birds	Mosquito Samples	Sentinel Chickens	Squirrels
State Totals	1	1	184	57	2	0
San Joaquin	-	-	14	10	-	-

Dead Birds Reported- Tested, and Positive for WNV
by County in California in 2008
Source: http://www.westnile.ca.gov

	Reported*	Tested	Positive
San Joaquin	550	83	14

West Nile Virus Positive Dead Birds
by County and City California, 2008
Source: http://www.westnile.ca.gov

San Joaquin County
Stockton	3
Tracy	11
Total Positives for San Joaquin County:	14

Remember, your best protection is prevention. Use good common sense and avoid bites and illness, clean out the mosquitoes from the places where you work and play, and help Lathrop control the disease by reporting dead birds and squirrels to Lathrop Animals Services at 209-941-7240.

City of Lathrop Statistics

For more information about West Nile Virus: