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Forestry to reissue RFI on urban wood uses after limited initial response
Summary
Forestry Services will reissue an RFI to better understand local capacity for processing urban wood after the department's current milling partner reported only 20–30% of city logs are suitable for higher-value milling; staff said a city-run facility was studied and estimated at roughly $3.3 million but may not be financially feasible given current local market demand.
Forestry Services Manager Aaron Stoeckel updated the committee on the city's urban-wood disposition and said an updated request-for-information will seek more flexible local responses. Stoeckel said Kettle Moraine Hardwood currently takes the city's logs and uses roughly 20–30% for higher-value milling while the remainder becomes mulch or firewood; annual shipping costs to the contractor are roughly $72,000–$90,000.
Stoeckel said the department will reissue the RFI to capture smaller-scale local capacity and options short of a full city-run facility; he noted a feasibility study prepared in 2025 estimated initial capital and operating costs near $3.3 million for a city facility and questioned whether local demand could sustain that investment. The committee directed staff to share the RFI draft and timing before publication.
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