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Commission reviews 2025 budget items: Green Our City, native‑plant work and informational signage
Summary
The commission reviewed budget line items for fiscal 2025 including Green Our City plantings, an educational outreach/video line, the native‑plant task force, community‑day participation and interpretive signage, and discussed Public Works’ role in future plantings and tree‑fund coverage.
Members of the Webster Groves Green Space Advisory Commission reviewed and discussed multiple budget line items for 2025, including the Green Our City initiative, educational outreach and native‑plant efforts, community parade participation and interpretive signage for parks.
The packet shows the commission’s prior-year Green Our City budget at $4,475 and a 2025 eco‑ed allocation of $400 for refreshments and materials. The native‑plant task force currently has $3,200 budgeted for plants, educational marketing pieces and interpretive signage; commission members discussed combining educational outreach and native‑plant video efforts but decided to keep the line items separate pending scope decisions. The commission also discussed spending on saplings for Arbor Day, noting saplings can be inexpensive and sometimes donated by the supplier.
Scott Davis of Public Works provided context on coordination: Public Works plans to take on more of the planting operations and may use the tree fund to cover planting costs, while Green Space could support outreach, homeowner coordination, and training. Davis said Public Works’ available planting counts for recent years were included in staff materials but that the department does not maintain a complete tracking system for removals; he encouraged Green Space to help with outreach, establishment follow‑up and homeowner agreements for the first two years of tree care.
Commissioners discussed signage needs, including replacing two park signs (a Larson rain‑garden sign and a prairie sign at Lockwood Park), and the idea of watershed‑entry signage to raise awareness of Deer Creek, Grandview Creek and Shady Creek. Members agreed to collect pricing and present cost estimates at the next meeting to inform the FY26 request.
The commission also discussed whether to participate in the community parade; the line item for T‑shirts and float supplies is $400 and members will decide at the March meeting prior to the budget submission deadline.
