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Tree Commission Minutes, May 12, 2025
City Hall, Galesburg, Illinois
Meeting was called to order by Ann Pennington at 4:00 pm
Roll Call: Present: Members: Ann Pennington, Pat Trant, Bill Sime, Jane Easterly, Dan
Thompson (arrived at 4:10pm), Arborist Brandon Phillips, and Parks and
Recreation Director Don Miles
Absent: none
Minutes: Minutes from the April meeting were approved by a motion from Bill Sime, seconded
by Jane Easterly.
Forestry Report:
The Forestry Report was presented by Arborist Brandon Phillips. Members noticed that trims,
removals, and stump removals were all up compared to last month's report. The plan for
Forestry going forward is to grind all the stumps on the list, then go back to tree removals. Once
a tree has been removed the stump will then be ground within the next week. This plan should
eliminate the number of calls about stump removals going forward and increase the efficiency
of the Forestry Division.
Old Business:
Ann read a thank you text from the fourth-grade teacher at King School that helped orchestrate
the Arbor Day tree planting.
Bill and Ann are willing to volunteer to check the tree tags and update the tree inventory at
Standish to find out which tags are missing, and which additional ones are needed for new
plantings, so that more tags can be ordered.
New Business:
A discussion was held about possible future events that the commission could set an
informational table up to raise the awareness about the importance of trees.
Citizen Comments:
None.
Meeting adjourned at 4:24 P.M.
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Don Miles, Parks and Recreation Director