While the Southlake Mosquito Abatement District — the last of its kind in Lake County — has been dissolved, it’s all but certain that it will be consolidated with a similar neighboring Cook County district, despite resistance from Lake County leadership.

The Southlake District board voted Monday to dissolve the district and begin the first steps toward annexation into the North Shore Mosquito Abatement District to the south. According to North Shore District Director Mark Clifton, the board will vote on annexation on Thursday evening.

Southlake District trustee Kim Stone said without mosquito abatement districts, municipalities would simply contract for chemical sprays, the “least effective and most expensive approach,” rather than be “proactive.”

Mosquito control requires “specialized

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