Iverson Tree Service
Tree Removal
Santa Fe St. between 5th Av. & 6th Av.
April 2007
Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA.
City Outsourced Tree Services (January 2007 – April 2007)
TOTAL (January 2007 – April 2007): $ 45,525
Carmel-by-the-Sea
April 2007 Check Register
(Includes Checks Dated 3/27/07)
112737 4/3/07 GATES TREE SERVICE, INC. $ 1,600.00 TREE REMOVAL - JUNIPERO & 9TH
112740 4/3/07 IVERSON TREE SERVICE $ 6,050.00 TREE REMOVAL SERVICES
112706 3/27/07 JOHN LEY'S TREE SERVICE $ 8,615.00 TREE REMOVAL SERVICES
112741 4/3/07 JOHN LEY'S TREE SERVICE $ 1,800.00 TREE REMOVAL SERVICES
112857 4/20/07 JOHN LEY'S TREE SERVICE $ 1,650.00 TREE REMOVAL SERVICES
----Vendor Total---- $ 12,065.00
TOTAL: $19,715.00
Carmel-by-the-Sea
March 2007 Check Register
(Includes Checks Dated 2/27/07)
112521 3/6/07 JOHN LEY'S TREE SERVICE $ 485.00 OUTSIDE LABOR
TOTAL: $485.00
Carmel-by-the-Sea
February 2007 Check Register
Includes Checks Dated 1/30/07)
112271 1/30/07 IVERSON TREE SERVICE $1,100.00 OUTSIDE LABOR
112272 1/30/07 JOHN LEY'S TREE SERVICE $3,045.00 OUTSIDE LABOR
112368 2/13/07 JOHN LEY'S TREE SERVICE $1,735.00 OUTSIDE LABOR
----Vendor Total---- $4,780.00
112385 2/13/07 SPENCERS TREE SERVICE $1,500.00 OUTSIDE LABOR
112303 1/30/07 WEST COAST ARBORISTS INC $15,120.00 TREE GRID PRUNING
TOTAL: $22,500
Carmel-by-the-Sea
January 2007 Check Register
Includes Checks Dated 12/22/06 - 12/31/06)
112061 12/22/06 IVERSON TREE SERVICE $ 2,000.00 OUTSIDE LABOR
112062 12/22/06 JOHN LEY'S TREE SERVICE $ 675.00 REMOVAL OF TWO OAK TREES NEAR SUNSET CTR
112080 12/22/06 TOPE'S TREE SERVICE $ 150.00 FORESTRY OUTSIDE LABOR
TOTAL: $2,825
COMMENTS:
From the current CITY OF CARMEL-BY-THE-SEA CALIFORNIA DRAFT BUDGET, as follows:
FOREST, PARKS AND BEACH
The Forest, Parks and Beach Department manages and maintains the City's urban forest, parks and beach in order to preserve the windbreak protection, abate soil erosion, enhance the natural beauty, and maintain the outdoor recreational facilities of the community.
Revised 06/07
$ 284,137 Salaries / Benefits
$ 160,854 Materials / Services (includes $104,431 Outside Labor)
$ 444,991 Total
TOTAL FY 2006/07 Expenditures: $ 12,536,960
Note: For Fiscal Year 2006/07, the Total Forest, Parks and Beach Department Budget represents only 3.5% of the Total 2006/07 Budget. For comparison purposes, the City’s Enabling Grant to Sunset Cultural Center for the management of the Sunset Center is proposed to be $750,000 in FY 2007/08, representing 6% of the FY 2007/08 Budget.
Over the three year period, Fiscal Years 2005-06, 2006-07, 2007-08, as follows:
Forest, Parks and Beach $ 393,759 $ 444,991 $ 457,661
Total: $1,296,411
3.5% of 3-Year Total
Community and Cultural (SCC Enabling Grant) $ 772,000 $ 713,000 $ 750,000
Total: $2,235,000
6.0% of 3-Year Total
Total City Expenditures $ 11,585,933 $ 12,536,960 $ 12,875,794
3-Year Total: $36,998,687
(Source: CITY OF CARMEL-BY-THE-SEA CALIFORNIA DRAFT BUDGET FISCAL YEARS 2007/08 THROUGH 2009/10)
QUESTIONS:
1. For the current fiscal year, FY 2006/07, specifically January 2007 – April 2007, and given the state of Carmel-by-the-Sea’s forest and all the expenditures for “TREE REMOVAL” AND “PRUNING,” where are the commensurate expenditures for tree planting and care? For example, the most recent check register entry for “TREE REPLANTINGS” was a December 2006 check, as follows:
112030 12/19/06 JOHN LEY'S TREE SERVICE $ 4,025.00 STUMP GRINDING AND TREE REPLANTINGS
2. Is it equitable city policy to subsidy a non-profit organization for the management of the Sunset Center, only one arts and entertainment venue in Carmel-by-the-Sea, at a rate of 6% of the annual city budget, while only funding the city’s forest, parks and beach department at a rate 3.5%?
1 comment:
Looking at the record of the Carmel City Council over the last half decade or so, it is easy to see that it has been strongly influenced by Mayor Sue McCloud's desire to reduce both Carmel's forest and its management when and where possible. The city council has made money available (inadequate as it has been and as badly as the work has been done) for tree removal by outside contractors. It has made a far smaller percentage of what is needed for management and renewal of the forest available. The mayor on a number of occasions has intervened personally to reverse or stop projects that would improve the forest. Support for Carmel's urbanized forest is something that crosses political and economic lines. Whether left or right, Republican or Democrat most residents whether permanent or part time live in Carmel in part because of its forest. One of the things that draws the visitors to Carmel, who help to support our economy, and not to places like Solvang is our forest. Having a healthy forest benefits all segments of the community so why are the mayor and city city council apparently so determined to allow the forest to deteriorate?
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