CENTRE WELLINGTON – Centre Wellington is taking a step towards a termite management program.
On Monday, council approved staff’s proposed arms-length approach to the termite management program that would provide up to 85% of the initial exterior treatment to a maximum of $2,500 per property in the red or blue zones identified in the 2020/2021 survey.
The program may also be extended to 50 properties outside these zones to account for termite migration.
The township says after unsuccessful negotiations with two pest control companies, two vendors licensed to use Sentricon have agreed to work with the township, offering preferred pricing.
Staff said they have engaged both vendors and continue discussions to support a program.
“These discussions have been formalized through the issuance of an invitational Request for Information to both vendors, and subsequent follow-up clarification including signed confirmation from each that they are willing to provide comparable preferred (discounted) pricing options, and work collaboratively in the Township and have documented their understanding that:
- They will be responsible for engaging residents
- They will be entering into contracts with property owners – not the Township
- They are not guaranteed a defined number of properties for treatment, and that they must complete education and outreach to programs independently to obtain sufficient buy-in to generate their own business
- The Township will be acting at arms-length with property owners to provide subsidy only upon verification of treatment and is limited to treatment outside of the home
The treatment requirements of the Sentricon and Altriset or Bora-Care products include, but may not necessarily be limited to the following:
- coring concrete / asphalt surfaces to install bait stations every 8-10 feet around the perimeter of the property
- holes drilled through concrete floors and foundation walls to facilitate injection underneath basement/concrete slab approximately every 30 cm. around interior walls.
- property owners will be required to provide a 3 foot clear working space around interior walls
- locates would need to be arranged to identify all exterior services prior to treatment.
- property owners would be required to be on-site for treatment to identify any exterior gas lines for barbeques or firepits, in-ground sprinkler systems, or buried electrical lines supplying lamp posts, garages, sheds, or exterior features, and would have to allow access to both hydro and water supply to facilitate treatment.
“Once installed, stations using the Sentricon product must be inspected annually and the property owner must make annual subscription payments to support the ongoing monitoring, inspection, permanent station movement, temporary station removal, and station cartridge replacements,” the township said.
Staff will provide an update to council on the program in October.
You can find the full report here.
