City of Somerville, Massachusetts - File #: 204172

• File #: 204172
• Version: 1
• Type: Order
• Status: Approved
• File created: 9/12/2017
• In control: City Council
• On agenda: 9/14/2017
• Final action: 2/14/2019
• Enactment date: 9/14/2017
• Enactment #: 204172
• Title: That the Superintendent of Inspectional Services report to this Board on the use of raptors (hawks, owls, etc.) to control rats and whether they might work here, and on the use of poisons to control rats and whether they also kill raptors.
• Sponsors: Mark Niedergang

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
2/14/2019	4	City Council	Work completed
1/29/2019	3	Rodent Issues Special Committee	Work completed
9/14/2017	2	City Council	Approved

  Agenda Text

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That the Superintendent of Inspectional Services report to this Board on the use of raptors (hawks, owls, etc.) to control rats and whether they might work here, and on the use of poisons to control rats and whether they also kill raptors.

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Official Text

That the Superintendent of Inspectional Services report to this Board on the use of raptors (hawks, owls, etc.) to control rats in other cities, such as San Francisco, and whether such programs might be viable in Somerville, and also report on whether poisons currently in use to kill rats are also killing raptors.