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SHADE TREE PROGRAM SHADE TREE Provides for the control and eradication of Dutch Elm .and Oak Wilt 1997 1998 1999 2000 disease through the education of employees who identify diseased ACTUAL ACTUAL ADOPTED PROPOSED trees and either treat or remove the trees that are located on public PERSONAL SERVICES $290 4906 $4,500 $1,250 8,206 51000 4,700 property. The city also assists the, public in control of tree diseases _ SUPPLIES 4,570 OTHER SERVICES 8 CHARGES 3,328 1,048 2,000 2,000 on private property. CAPITAL OUTLAY 0 0 0 0 TOTAL 58.188 410,160 $11,500 $7,950 --- Provides for a tree replanting. program to offset the diseased trees that are removed in an effort to maintain the aesthetics of the EXPENDITURE ANALYSIS community. PERSONAL SERVICES 2000 BUDGET COMPARED WITH 1999 BUDGET Regular Pay ............................. $1, 000 00 Employee Pensions..................................... 1b0 $1250 Employee Insurance .............................. ...... This departmental budget is: SUPPLIES - Proposed in the amount of $7,950; Operating Supplies ......... ......... 4,700 4,700 - Is a $3,550 decrease compared to the adopted 1999 budget; OTHER SERVICES & CHARGES - Less than 1% of the total general fund expenditures, The amountof staff time spent in the shade tree program and the amount of Equipment Rent .. ....................... ... 2,000 2,000 $7,950 supplies purchased and services contracted for are all relatively small. The of staff time spent on this program is directly related to how much amount timeis required on other higher priority activities. Additionally, the amount of time spent in this program is related to the amount of trees that become available from time to time for city purposes. Finally, the amount of staff time available for this program depends significantly upon the time required for brush/tree clean up if a major storm event takes place. In the last five plus years, the city has had a relatively passive shade tree program and this budget is a very small part of the total city expenses. If a significant is desired to be undertaken in 2000, then these expenditures would program have to come out of the city council contingency budget or a reserve. In the 2001 budget, it is planned that this departmental budget will become a within the parks budget and these expenses will be incorporated. program into the overall parks budget. The 2000 operating supplies is for the purchase of additional trees to be planted in the public boulevards and parks and for the replacement of trees that are removed by the city. The equipment line item is for the rental of a tree spade to plant trees and forthe rental of a stump grinder that is sometimes necessary after trees are removed... Recently the city entered into a joint power agreement with neighboring communities, and Sherburne County. spent SCORE funds for us to jointly use 45 and maintain a large-scale brush grinder. 44