Lake County approves amendment with Resource Conservation District for tree mortality services

The Lake County board approved Amendment No. 1 with the Lake County Resource Conservation District (RCD) to provide tree mortality services and authorized the chair to sign the corrected document after a brief procedural clarification. A board member moved the motion and another participant seconded; the board voted 5-0 to approve the amendment.

A staff member told the board the item had been pulled from the packet not for substantive language changes but to correct the title on page 2 before signature. During public comment, a representative of PEG TV said, “PEG TV does not want to be involved in tree removal, so we are happy to see the title change back to RCD.” Another commenter said the work should be left to those with the proper expertise.

The motion that passed directed approval of Amendment No. 1 between Lake County and the Lake County Resource Conservation District for Tree Mortality Services and authorized the chair to sign the corrected document. The board recorded the outcome as 5 yes, 0 no. No further debate or amendments were recorded on the item.

Next steps: the chair is authorized to sign the amendment with the indicated corrections and staff will proceed with the corrected document display and processing as indicated during the meeting.