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Council directs scaled Holiday Square: city to light 30 trees, seek private funding to offset staff hours
Summary
Facing budget and staffing constraints, Casper City Council instructed staff to proceed with a reduced Holiday Square plan this year: about 30 lit trees and the larger lighted displays will remain while staff aggressively solicits private sponsorships and contractors to limit reallocation of city arborist hours.
Casper City Council on June 24 directed staff to proceed with a scaled version of Holiday Square that reduces the number of lit trees and redirects staff hours toward critical urban-forestry work.
Staff recommended trimming the lighting program because a seasonal staff position was cut in this year’s budget; the recommendation would reallocate roughly 480 staff hours to tree-priority work and reduce the number of lit trees from 67 to about 30 while retaining major lighted amenities such…
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