Trussville officials said last week that the city will not spray for mosquitoes, but instead is using a larvacide to protect residents from West Nile Virus.

Mayor Gene Melton said workers are putting larvacide wherever there is standing water to prevent the spread of mosquitoes in the city. "But we're not going to spray," Melton said during last week's City Council meeting. "The Health Department has said that spraying is ineffective." Melton said that the city will take caution not to spray insecticide to protect those residents who have respiratory problems. [...]

Lewis V. "Cooter" Simpson, head of Trussville's streets and sanitation department, said that workers found three dead birds a couple of weeks ago in the city and sent them to the health department for testing.

"We haven't heard anything back from them," Simpson said. [...]