Community Development outlines cuts, tree mitigation rules and revenue tracking

Jul 28, 2026

Community Development staff reported $1.3 million in proposed reductions, maintained required tree maintenance spending to keep Tree City USA status, and explained tree mitigation revenue is held in a separate account and spent via council action.

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Community Development staff presented the department's draft budget that shows roughly $1.3 million in reductions from the prior year. The director said some costs (tree maintenance, natural gas, telephone, software licensing) are effectively non‑reductions and together total about $378,594; after those non‑flexible items the available supplies and services budget would be narrow.

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