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City of Moorhead <br />2021 MOSQUITO CONTROL AGREEMENT <br />BETWEEN THE CITY OF MOORHEAD AND CASS COUNTY GOVERNMENT <br />This agreement for mosquito control services is made between the City of Moorhead whose office is at PO Box 779, 500 Center Ave Moorhead, MN 56561 hereinafter CITY, and the Cass County Commission, whose office is at 211 Ninth Street, Fargo, North Dakota 58108. Mailing address is Box 2806 Fargo, ND 58108 hereinafter CASS COUNTY (CITY and CASS COUNTY collectively and/or referred to as “Party” and/or “Parties”) <br />WHEREAS, pursuant to Chapter 54-40.3, N.D.C.C. and Minnesota Statutes Section 471.59, the above-named governmental units have the legal authority to enter into an agreement, through action of their respective governing bodies, to jointly or cooperatively exercise any power common to the contracting powers or any similar powers, including those which are the same except for territorial limits within which they may be exercised. <br />THE PARTIES STIPULATE AND AGREE AS FOLLOWS: <br />1)The purpose of this agreement is to collaborate under a single unit for the control of mosquitoesand related pests in the joint jurisdictions for 2021. CASS COUNTY agrees to provide mosquitocontrol activities throughout the CITY commensurate with available funding and resources. <br />2)All activities herein are to be funded by the CITY. These activities include but are not limited to:collection of adult mosquito traps, specimen identification, data reporting, pesticide applications on <br />public and private lands, inspection of public and private property, as well as applications for thecontrol of adult mosquitoes. <br />3)CITY agrees to provide full funding for all labor, supplies, and additional cost of any and allactivities within and adjacent to CITY as designated by CITY. <br />4)Estimated annual cost for items in paragraph 2 is: <br />a)$90,000 for the 2021 mosquito control season <br />b)Estimated start and end dates for the above activities is May 15th to Sept. 15th. <br />5)CITY agrees to fund the cost of City-wide adult mosquito spraying at $1,500 per application.Estimate between 5 and 10 applications per season dependent upon conditions. Adult mosquitospraying will be invoiced monthly. <br />6)CASS COUNTY will provide 4 statements each year for time and materials referred to in <br />paragraphs 2 and 3 covering the following date ranges: April through June 15, June 16 to July 15,July 16 to Aug 15, Aug 16 to Season End. <br />7)The Cass County Director of Vector Control and other fulltime CASS COUNTY staff will providetechnical direction, coordination of activities, public relations, and any other miscellaneousactivities as requested through the duration of the agreement. The Vector Director will also workin cooperation with CITY officials to provide other technical and administrative assistance asnecessary.