[CANUFNET] Tree Maintenance of City trees

[Adrina Bardekjian via CANUFNET]

Sent on behalf of Paul Giroux <pgiroux at citywindsor.ca>


Dear CANUFNET members,

During a recent Council meeting, one of our councillors asked whether our City would entertain allowing homeowners to engage and hire the private tree care sector for tree maintenance of City trees as an option to expedite the tree maintenance process. In other words, if the homeowner didn't want to wait for the City to provide the maintenance of the city tree (which could take between 6 months to a year or more to complete), they could have the option to call a tree care contractor directly and theoretically, have the work done much sooner.

So my question(s) to the group is, does your City, Municipality or Region allow for this, and if so;


a)      Do you provide a approved 'roster list' so to speak of who they can use to have the work completed?

b)      What checks and balances do you have in place to ensure that the work is done by one of the approved vendors?

c)       Does the homeowner pay for this service directly and 'out of pocket' or does your program reimburse them partially or fully for the completed service?

Look forward to hearing from many of you. Thank you.

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


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