October 18, 2022
Mayor's Office
DATE: October 18, 2022
TO: Members of the City Council
FROM: Tom Butt, Mayor
Subject: Contra Costa Mosquito and Vector Control District Board of Trustees Appointment
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STATEMENT OF THE
ISSUE:
John Chris Dupin is applying for the City of Richmond’s vacant seat on the Contra Costa Mosquito and Vector
Control District’s Board of Trustees.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: APPOINT John Chris Dupin, Contra Costa Mosquito and Vector Control’s Board of Trustees, City of Richmond’s
Seat, Term Expires October 18, 2024 - Mayor’s Office
(Mayor Tom Butt 510-620-6503).
DISCUSSION:
John Chris Dupin is a retired journalist and lab technician. John was a journalist for several publications covering shipping and other industries. John worked as a laboratory technician in the Entomology Department of Rutgers University while earning AGENDA
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a biology degree. John took several entomology courses and the lab John worked in tested mosquitoes for resistance to pesticide as well as conducting basic research.
John collected mosquitos and reared their eggs into mosquito larvae, which were then tested for larvicide resistance. John retired in 2020 as a reporter for American Shipper.
DOCUMENTS ATTACHED:
Attachment 1 – John Chris Dupin’s Application