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At a glance: Somerset council votes to award contracts, adopt amended fee schedule and support local grant

Somerset Town Council · October 15, 2025
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Summary

Council approved routine permits and contracts — including tree removals, a leaf-vacuuming contract and an amended fee schedule that removed a proposed food-truck deposit — and voted to provide a conditional letter of support for Somerset House’s stream-restoration grant.

Somerset — At its regular meeting the Town Council took several formal actions, approving permits, a service contract, an amended fee schedule and a grant-support letter.

What passed - Tree removals: Council approved four homeowner tree-removal permits in a single motion after staff and the town arborist described reasons (decay, lightning strike, significant deadwood). (Motion and vote: Speaker 4 moved; motion approved.)

- Leaf vacuuming contract: After an RFP that generated six bids, the council awarded the three-year leaf vacuuming and removal contract to Ray Brothers…

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