FRAMINGHAM, Mass. -- As it warms up following all the rain that's fallen in southeastern Massachusetts, seasonal concerns over a bumper crop of mosquitoes and the diseases they carry are surfacing in many communities.

But one town has decided to put a stop to mosquito spraying until the town holds a meeting next week to decide which chemicals will be used to try to prevent the spread of mosquitoes and consensus is reached on how best to notify residents of the spraying.

"There's a new health director in Framingham, and this is the first time he's gone through the spraying. I think there are new dynamics between the health director and the Board of Health, and they'd like to discuss it," said David Henley, of the East Middlesex Mosquito Control Project.

Henley said that one of the items he plans to address is the relative safety of the pesticides he uses.

"(It) is classified as a slightly toxic material. We are using it at a very low dose," he said.

The area received 3 to 5 inches of rain Tuesday and more on Wednesday, as much as 2 inches near Hopkinton, which led to flooding and a lot of standing water -- the perfect breeding ground for mosquitoes.

"The floodplain of the Sudbury and Concord River is way over its banks," Henley said. "That's a tremendous mosquito habitat."

Health officials said within two weeks a sizeable mosquito population should emerge because of all the rain and they're concerned the bugs will spread West Nile virus and Triple E. Currently, none of the insects tested positive for the diseases.

Spraying was scheduled to begin this week but was postponed because of concerns over which chemicals are used and because all of the alert and warning notices are printed in English and much of the spraying occurs in the south side of town, which has heavy Spanish and Portuguese-speaking populations.

The Board of Health is scheduled to meet with representatives of the Mosquito Control Project to determine how to approach the problem.