Forestry Field Supervisor and Tree Trimming Contract
At a glance
What: Staff proposed a working forestry field supervisor and/or an added tree trimming contract amount to address a service request backlog and a trimming cycle that had run longer than the seven-year target.
Where it stands: At the 2026-11-10 workshop, no members backed the supervisor alone, two backed added trimming dollars alone, and council direction favored the supervisor plus a one-time added amount, with a manager's memorandum in late summer 2027 and no automatic increase in the 2028 budget.
Next: the 2027 budget returns for a vote on December 1.
Sources
Posted agenda and YouTube auto-generated captions; names and figures may be misheard.
Staff compared three options: supervisor only, added contract dollars only, or both. Staff said service requests rose 37 percent from 2021 to 2025 and response times can reach six months. Council debated whether added trimming dollars would reduce complaints that are not tied to the trimming cycle. See 2027 Budget and 2027-2031 Capital Improvement Plan.