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Murray power and forestry report: high reliability, Tree City USA streak continues
Summary
The city’s power and forestry divisions reported operational metrics, tree maintenance activity, a Tree City USA recognition (47th consecutive year) and ongoing AMI meter rollout; officials said tree‑caused outages remained very low.
Murray City’s power department and forestry crews reported performance and operational highlights to the council on Jan. 7, including outage metrics, tree management activity and progress on advanced metering infrastructure (AMI).
What the department reported: Greg Belan presented the department update and praised crews as the city’s “greatest asset.” He provided the following figures: - Tree work: forestry crews pruned about 870 trees, removed 218 trees and maintained roughly 6,668 street trees in 2024; staff planted 89 street trees…
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