The county council is authorized, subject to the county charter and limitations stated
in this article, to do any and all things necessary for the control and elimination
of all species of mosquitoes and flies, and is specifically authorized to provide
for the construction and maintenance of canals, ditches, drains, dikes, fills and
other necessary works and to install and maintain pumps, excavators and other machinery
and equipment, and to use U.S. Environmental Protection Agency approved pesticides
or any other chemicals approved by the state Department of Agriculture and Consumer
Services, but only in such quantities as may be necessary to control and eliminate
flies and mosquitoes.
