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Board recommends higher per-tree assessment as staffing limits shrink spring planting program
Summary
The board recommended the Common Council set a public hearing and approved raising the homeowner assessment for new street trees to $3.97 per tree for spring 2025, citing lower planting numbers, staffing limits and species-diversity goals.
The Waukesha City Parks, Recreation and Forestry Board on Feb. 17 recommended the Common Council set a public hearing and approved increasing the homeowner assessment for new street trees to $3.97 per tree for the spring 2025 program.
Melissa Lipska, filling in for City Forestry Supervisor Aaron Laynard, told the board the spring program plans 47 new plantings in…
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