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Council approves $40,000 transfer, authorizes application for $25,000 DNR urban forestry grant to accelerate tree removals
Summary
The City Council authorized submission of a $25,000 Wisconsin DNR Urban Forestry Grant application and approved a one-time $40,000 budget transfer from the Community Development Fund to the Urban Forestry Fund to remove dead street and park trees.
The 2 Rivers City Council voted Monday to submit an application for a $25,000 Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Urban Forestry Grant and to transfer $40,000 from the Community Development Fund to the Urban forestry budget to accelerate removal of dead and dying trees.
The grant application was described at the meeting by Director Mike Mathis, who said, “This grant is a $25,000 grant from Wisconsin DNR for urban forestry. We use our current budget for urban forestry and street planting trees to do the match for this.” He added the city would use existing budgeted funds and in-kind administrative time as the required 1:1 match.
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