MORROW COUNTY — Morrow County voters for a fourth time approved the tax levy that supports the North Morrow Vector Control District’s efforts to control the spread of disease-transmitting mosquitoes.

According to the Oregon Secretary of State’s unofficial election results Tuesday night, Nov. 5, Measure 25-102 passed 2,065-540 votes.

The measure is a continuation of the prior option levy that imposes a tax of 10 cents per $1,000 of assessed value for mosquito disease prevention.

The funding helps improve response time to West Nile virus and other emerging mosquito-borne diseases, increase use of aircraft, upgrade available technology and maintain vehicle and equipment replacements.

The proposed levy will cost the owner of a property valued at $300,000 within the district $30 per year. It will raise approximately $300,000 annually during the four years, for a total of $1.2 million. That estimation is based on the best available information from the Morrow County tax assessor.

The measure was first introduced to Irrigon and Boardman in 2008 and has been renewed every general election since.

The mosquito and vector control district serves 274 square miles of residential, industrial and farmland and more than 3,000 acres of wildlife refuges.

With the voters’ approval the levy will roll into the 2025-26 fiscal year.