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File #: 25-0130    Version: 1
Type: Order Status: Sent for Discussion
File created: 1/20/2025 In control: Rodent Issues Special Committee
On agenda: 1/23/2025 Final action:
Enactment date: 1/23/2025 Enactment #: 218225
Title: That the Environmental Health Manager update this Council on the current policy regarding usage of Second Generation Anticoagulant Rodenticides (SGARs) and any plans to remove SGARs currently deployed in bait boxes in light of multiple recent birds of prey deaths apparently related to ingesting rat poison.
Sponsors: Jake Wilson, Ben Ewen-Campen, Kristen Strezo, Jesse Clingan, Lance L. Davis, Willie Burnley Jr., Wilfred N. Mbah, Naima Sait
Indexes: Inspectional Services

Agenda Summary

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That the Environmental Health Manager update this Council on the current policy regarding usage of Second Generation Anticoagulant Rodenticides (SGARs) and any plans to remove SGARs currently deployed in bait boxes in light of multiple recent birds of prey deaths apparently related to ingesting rat poison.

 

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Official Text

That the Environmental Health Manager update this Council on the current policy regarding usage of Second Generation Anticoagulant Rodenticides (SGARs) and any plans to remove SGARs currently deployed in bait boxes in light of multiple recent birds of prey deaths apparently related to ingesting rat poison.