![]() Cei Kratz District Manager |
![]() Karen Mellor Entomologist & Operations Supervisor |
![]() Leann Verdick Administrative Assistant |
![]() Keith White Field Supervisor |
![]() John Michalski Lab Technician |
![]() Tony McDowell Vector Control Technician |

![]() Arnie Rodio LA County |
![]() Barbara Little LA County |
![]() Joyce Axley LA County |
Dennis Persons City of Palmdale |
Matthew Smith City of Lancaster |
The Board of Trustees meets the fourth Tuesday of every month at 4:00 p.m. at the District Office.
All meetings are open to the Public.
A Vector is an organism (mostly insects) that can carry and transmit a disease-causing pathogen from one animal/plant to another or causes direct harm and injury to humans or animals.
Examples: mosquitoes, Africanized honey bees, fleas, ticks, mites, lice, flies, rats, eye gnats, spiders, scorpions, rattlesnakes.
The AVMVCD currently only handles issues with mosquitoes and Africanized honey bees.
Special districts are a form of local government created by a local community to meet a specific need. Inadequate tax bases and competing demands for existing taxes make it hard for cities and counties to provide all the services their citizens’ desire. When residents and landowners want new services o higher levels of existing services, they can form a district to pay for and administer them. Independent special districts are sanctioned under California Law for the performance of local governmental functions within specified boundaries.
For more information about special districts see the Special Districts Fact Sheet .