This measure involves a modification of the pest control contract, awarded in April 2023 to the company Lokimica for five million euros, to incorporate an expansion of rodent control actions. The service reinforcement will be carried out by the same contracting company.

The plan includes 66 additional working days during the first extension period of the contract, which is now beginning. The objective is to reduce the rodent population «to an acceptable tolerance level for citizens» due to their «excessive proliferation».

Currently, the contract provides for a staff of 29 treatment applicators, who perform this work on all working days of the year. The proposed plan would involve incorporating 4 more technicians during the 66 additional days.

According to municipal technical reports, the modification primarily responds to two factors: the increase in urban green areas —which have grown by approximately 145,000 square meters since the contract was formalized three years ago— and the expansion of the city with new urbanized areas. This growth has increased the kilometers of the sewer network and the number of points to be treated, especially in neighborhoods such as Malilla, La Punta, Beniferri, or La Marina.

Furthermore, the report from the Health area justifies that the City Council has had to take on new areas of action after the disappearance of the Consorcio Valencia 2007, which has increased the workload of the service. The council has justified that this modification does not significantly alter the original contract, as it represents only 1.88% of the initial award amount, which exceeded five million.