West Kelowna city council has rejected the idea of a mosquito-control program.

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Neis said given that it is now the middle of June, by the time such a program would be up and running the mosquitoes will likely have died off for the season. She added she did not want to see money and staff time used on the program when so much is already happening in the city that needs staff attention.

Coun. Bryden Winsby said he feared the public would react negatively to a program that only dealt with mosquitoes on public, not private, land.

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The Central Okanagan Regional District, which has operated a small mosquito control program in two areas of the city dating back to before provincial money was available for the task during the West Nile Virus scare 10 years ago, has estimated the cost of a city-wide program would be between $22,000 and $44,000 per year. Provincial money for mosquito control dried up in 2012.

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