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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, September 21, 2015

MOTION NO. 3

MOTION: Councillor R. McMahon

That the Chief Executive reinstate the 2nd Tree Pruning crew with immediate effect and follow through on the commitment given to this Council last year, and allow them to help clear the excessive back log of trees that require pruning or removal.

REPORT:

A dedicated year round tree crew was established in 2014 and provided with comprehensive training to enable them to work on trees and to deal with the substantial volume of work that has built up in recent years. Earlier this year, it was agreed to establish a second tree crew to work across the county, also on a year round basis.  The deployment of the second tree crew had to be managed from within existing staff resources and over the first half of 2015 it was not possible for operational reasons to dedicate this crew to tree pruning only.  However, the second crew was fully mobilised in July last and is now deployed to the tree maintenance programme.  It is expected that this measure will further assist in reducing the volume of work to be addressed in the annual Tree Maintenance Programme.