 530 almost call the meeting to order so roll call all the person cells are here all the person rainy here Person hymen is excused all the person rest is excused and we'll start out with the Pudge Allegiance And I think we can skip introductions Proof of minutes from September 12 Any discussion on those minutes all in favor Okay number six Resolution number 24 September 18th 2023 a resolution authorizing the purchasing agent to issue purchase orders for the purchase of 717 trees to be received and planted in the spring of 2024 by the Department Public Works Parks and Forestry Division. I guess this would go to Tim. Okay. Yes, so This is something we've been doing for what we did last year as well And we kind of learned over the last several years We want to plant trees we want to plant as many trees as possible. We want the best diversity of trees or availability of trees so What we learned was its best or trees as early as possible So we put this bid out for next year's trees, right? So next spring where these trees are going to show up and we didn't like I said We did this last year, but it allows us to kind of get first dibs at some of these species that are really hard to get Otherwise, they're they get taken fairly soon. So that's what we did again this year We put the bid out the bid was out or We're trying to get like 750 trees, but Where the numbers came in we the budget dollars were looking at 67,538 That's the budget we had so we we got as many trees as we could so it ended up at 17 717 trees the price of trees have got it While we were buying more trees than we originally budgeted for oh, we budgeted for 600 Last last year we put the budget dollars together, but we had some grant dollars that helped Increase that budget. So then we're like, hey, let's try to get 750 because we thought maybe we could do it But so we fell a little short, but we're still over we what we originally wanted to but but really we planted 600 trees last year and We handled it quite well. So then we learned learning from that. We're like, yeah, we can do a few more. So our big goal last year was to Our goal last year was to plant more than we removed and then we had that big storm in June which messed that up for us So we wanted to play it safe with planting it more. So this is what's going on. It's it's It's actually this year's budget dollars Basically, we'll make a PO this year and we won't need to he won't get charged until the trees are delivered and and then we'll spend that next year so Which is what we did last year so next year's budget Well, we'll plan to do the same thing with this about this time of year I can't get that bit out until like the end of August. That's when the nurseries are like kind of aware of what they're gonna have the following spring That's what we're doing We have 700 We ordered 750 trees this we got 750 this spring because we had some extra grant dollar stuff and that was Some of them we plant right away in the spring now we I would say we had them all in there It was pretty full. Mm-hmm, but after we planted 300 in the spring now, there's 450 out there And it's not full. It's it's probably Three-quarters full 75% so That way I think it I think that would mean the capacity somewhere around 600 Okay, if you're gonna keep them all fall what we do is we we stage 300 in the spring in there in that like Quarter that's open now and then the other three quarters are filled up with a gravel and Hoses and the trees that are there now so could we put more trees in? More would fit, but we'd have to put the spring one somewhere else Okay, and then it would be a little bit We'd have you more work to do in the fall. We're we're looking at planting around 400 this actually next week We're gonna start And that's gonna be a pretty pretty big project, you know It's gonna take a lot of time and a lot of effort for those 400 trees So and they'll make it through the winter. Well, we're gonna plant the trees this fall Yeah, they've been in our gravel bed since spring their roots have developed my cotton much better now We're planting them in the fall, which is an ideal time Because of the you got the They don't really need much water now will water and when we plant them We'll tell homeowners to continue watering until the leaves fall off, which will shortly and then the benefit is they said Winter they're fine they go dormant and then the spring we get that spring moisture the snowmild spring moisture and those trees benefit from that from having that moisture instead of Planting them in the spring and then just right a summer heat comes and then they're they're hit right away So it's it's actually probably preferred to plant them in the fall Then it is the spring but by doing both is what we're doing we can plant more trees We wouldn't want to plant 700 right now because then it would it would take us Along, you know the whole month of October that we wouldn't be able to do anything. Oh All right, any other questions Okay, just looking for most of them I'll make most of her group. I'll second it Made it seconded any other discussion all in favor. I Me pose chair votes. I that's approved. Okay Next meeting date is October 10th 2023 And I guess we're looking for motion to turn much to turn Thank you very much