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Commissioners ask staff to return options on hiring an arborist after debate over on‑call services
Summary
Augusta-Richmond County commissioners asked staff to return with costed options to provide professional arborist services after repeated public and commissioner concerns about post‑hurricane tree removals and replacements.
Augusta-Richmond County commissioners asked county staff to return to the next committee cycle with options for hiring or otherwise providing professional arborist services after several commissioners described ongoing concerns about tree removals and replacements.
Commissioner Catherine Smith Rice told the committee she has repeatedly requested a professional arborist to guide decisions about which trees are removed and what is replanted. “We can't continue to cut trees down throughout Augusta,” Rice said, urging the county to identify funding…
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