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Franklin City tree advisory committee sets June 3 special meeting to approve revised tree ordinance and manual
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The Franklin City Tree Advisory Committee scheduled a special meeting for 5 p.m. June 3 to finalize a revised city tree ordinance and tree care manual for submission to the Franklin City Council after members identified missing content, pagination errors and unclear species lists.
The Franklin City Tree Advisory Committee on Tuesday set a special meeting for 5 p.m. June 3 to consider approving a revised Franklin City tree ordinance and the accompanying tree care manual for forwarding to the Franklin City Council.
Committee members said the draft manual currently has missing pages and incorrect pagination and that the ordinance and manual do not clearly show fees or the list of prohibited or approved species. "Since a lot of the stuff was marked out, there's several pages that are, like, completely gone now," Committee member Joanne Cummings said, describing missing pages and incorrect page numbers in the current draft.
The committee said the manual also still uses the older phrase "tree board" and that language should be changed to the current designation, "tree advisory committee." Members noted there are no per-tree permit fees shown in the manual and that fees may…
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