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Le Mars outlines ash-tree removals, right-of-way rules and new grinding contracts
Summary
Street staff reported removing hundreds of ash trees from city property and the right of way, explained maintenance responsibilities under Iowa law, and said the city is seeking paid grinding contracts to manage growing wood piles.
Le Mars street staff told the council the city removed hundreds of ash trees and is adjusting disposal arrangements as demand for grinding services grows.
Scott Kinnight, of the Le Mars Street Department, said the city and parks crews removed 280 ash trees on city-owned property and that the street department removed 52 ash trees in the public right of way. He said crews have completed stump removal and backfilling on roughly 80–90% of those trees and that workers trimmed or listed 271…
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