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City outlines summer vegetation program for 340+ ditches amid staffing shortfall
Summary
City staff described a vegetation-control plan using contracted spraying on 64 high-profile ditches this summer to offset reduced staffing and temporary labor, aiming to cut regrowth roughly in half in sprayed areas.
City staff presented the administration’s vegetation-control plan for the summer, citing a staffing shortfall and a new contract to spray selected ditches and right-of-way areas.
Trey Flowers, the city staff presenter for the vegetation program, told the council the city maintains "340 plus ditches" and that crews are reduced: "we have exactly 24 people and 2 mowers to maintain all of the ditches. We, are down 24 people because we're no longer utilizing the, trustee labor and, we don't have our temporary employee program this summer running for budgetary reasons." To…
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