[CANUFNET] Tree Maintenance Backlog

[Glenn Chernick]

Our response time to answer a service request where we are asked to reply is within 48 working hours.  This does not mean we will do the work asked of us, but we answer the customer's (home owner or property owner) request.  Saskatchewan has Dutch Elm Disease Regulations which prevent pruning of elm trees from April 1st to September 1st each year on all elm species, except where pruning is needed to prevent property damage or damage to persons, or their potential so work in many cases must be prioritized accordingly.  Also all pruning requests are often organized according to when the best time to prune them would be according to tree health or needs. The property owners are notified of such action plans where they ask for contact
Glenn Chernick
Forestry Technician
City of Regina

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On Apr 13, 2016, at 10:19 AM, "Giroux, Paul" <pgiroux at citywindsor.ca<mailto:pgiroux at citywindsor.ca>> wrote:

Good afternoon,

Currently the City of Windsor's Forestry Division is experiencing an 'all time high' back log of Forestry services for both tree trimming and tree removals. This back log is about 6 years in the making, mostly as a response to the management of EAB (from 2003 to 2010'ish) and to deep cut's to our Forestry's Operating Budget over the years.

I have recently put together and presented to Council, a plan to reduce the back log and for a way to get back to Area Trims/Cycle Pruning through the use of both Operating and Enhanced Capital dollars. Currently our back log for tree removals and trimming is around 400 days or 12 to 18 months, depending on the activity and its associated risk rating. I am proposing to have this back log cleaned up by the end of 2017.gulp.

For one of our Councillors here in the City, this plan is not specific enough. He is enquiring what the 'new' waiting period will be, once I have established a 'return to preventative maintenance' through cycle pruning and other best management practices. Specifically, he would like to know the number of days or the waiting period for tree maintenance once the back log is completed and preventative maintenance is occurring (2018 and beyond).

My question to the group is, if you have a preventive maintenance program or even if you do not, what is your City/Municipalities current back log/waiting period (if any) for tree maintenance (tree trimming or removal only please). My assumption is that even with a preventative maintenance program in place, there will always be a manageable back log of tree services, not unlike any other City Service.

For those able to respond, thank you for your time.

Paul Giroux, RPF
City Forester/Manager of Forestry and Natural Areas
Parks Department
2450 McDougall Street, Windsor, ON  N8X 3N6
Office: 519.253.2300. ext. 2760.
Email: pgiroux at citywindsor.ca<mailto:pgiroux at citywindsor.ca>

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