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Committee presses for oversight of utility tree pruning; votes to request no‑fee permit for FPL contractors
Summary
The committee debated FPL-style overhead line vegetation management and passed a motion requesting that the village council consider a no‑fee notification/permit so staff can monitor utility pruning work; the meeting also approved the agenda and accepted prior minutes.
Committee members raised concerns about recent, severe line‑clearance pruning along Seabrook/Seabrook Drive that trimmed large oaks into V‑cuts and left unattractive, possibly structurally compromised crowns. Members described the work as consistent with utility vegetation‑management standards but visually and structurally problematic in village streetscapes.
"It's temporarily ugly," one committee member said, and committee discussion referenced the utility's state authority to…
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