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Hudson committee approves $1,800 forester payment, discusses tree grants and protections
Summary
The city advisory council agreed to release $1,800 from its 2025 street-tree budget to pay a contracted forester, reviewed a single bid for spring plantings and heard residents urge stronger protections for courthouse and heritage trees.
Hudson’s Conservation Advisory Council on Tuesday agreed to release $1,800 from this year’s street-tree planting budget to pay a forester who performed an assessment used in a grant application.
The council’s decision was presented during the budget discussion portion of the meeting and accepted by verbal consent. The money will come from the council’s 2025 allocation for street tree planting, which members said they expect to be about $13,150 for the year.
The move matters because the forester’s work — inventory, survey maps and other materials — has already been used in a pending grant application, members said. Council members also noted that the council…
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