(Colusa, CA) – Officials with the Colusa Mosquito Abatement District are urging homeowners to vote in favor of an assessment to help fund their continued efforts to control the area’s population of the disease-carrying insects.

Ballots were mailed out last month and are due by the 29th of this month.

The proposed assessment would average $11.80 per year for a single family home. The funds will be earmarked exclusively to the Colusa Mosquito Abatement District to fully restore “continued, comprehensive, year-round mosquito control and disease prevention services” according to a District statement.