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98 | CITY OF PLEASANTON URBAN FOREST MASTER PLAN <br />URBAN FOREST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES <br />1.2.3 Staffing <br />1.2.3.1 Current Staffing <br />The City uses a combination of in-house employees and <br />external contractors to manage and maintain the urban forest. <br />Table 1-5 details the City’s tree-related staff positions. Within <br />Pleasanton’s Parks Department, there are 40 positions, eight <br />of which are part-time to assist with mostly additional park <br />maintenance work during the busy park use season (April <br />through August). <br />The primary work of the current tree maintenance contractor <br />is street tree pruning (62% of contracted work) and removals <br />(10% of contracted work). City staff are being utilized across a <br />wider range of urban forest tasks from planting, establishment <br />care, pruning, removals, and tree debris clean up. The most <br />expensive line item for city staff is management-related <br />activities at 29% in FY23/24, followed by pruning and planting <br />activities at 19% and 16%, respectively. Providing additional <br />details in future work records categorized as ‘management- <br />related’ activities will allow for a more comprehensive analysis <br />on the City’s urban forestry tasks and associated funding. <br />Table 1-5. City of Pleasanton Tree-Related Staff Positions and Their Cost <br />Type Salary + Fringe Number of positions Number of FTEs Total Labor Costs <br />Parks Maintenance Supervisor $247,520 3 0.81 $200,491 <br />Parks Lead Worker $220,480 6 0.72 $661,440 <br />Parks Maintenance Worker II $197,600 12 0.72 $2,371,200 <br />Parks Maintenance Worker I $160,160 9 0.72 $1,441,440 <br />Park Maintenance Aide <br />(Part Time)$34,125 8 0.72 $196,219 <br />Landscape Architect $250,494 1 0.2 $50,099 <br />Landscape Architect Assistant $179,210 1 0.75 $134,408 <br />Total $1,289,589 40 4.64 $825,901