candoarms
TreeHouser
Dear friends,
Last summer I was approached by one of the City council members about taking the position of Urban Forester for the City of Cando, North Dakota. I immediately turned it down, due to a conflict of interests. Since I own a tree care company, I thought I'd leave that job to a neutral person.
Several months went by. Again I was asked to take the job. Again I turned it down. Well, I recently received word that the Mayor has appointed me. After discussing this with the Mayor and the City Council, I was assured that there is no conflict of interests. North Dakota Century Code makes allowances for cities with populations under 10,000 people to hire contractors to fill official city positions. OK...no conflict of interest issues. Fine then....I'll take the job.
So now I start a new chapter in my career. I'm now serving as the Urban Forester for the City of Cando. The position pays 2400 dollars annually....or 600 per quarter. I'm certainly not doing it for the money. Rather, I've decided to serve my community in a capacity that might benefit everyone.
There's going to be a bit of a learning curve for me, but I'm willing to study and learn all I can about the job and my new duties. My first step is to get my ISA certification. The test will be administered on Jan. 24th in Fargo, ND. I'll have my paperwork submitted tomorrow. Hopefully all goes well with the application process. I'll keep you folks posted on the results of that.
If anyone here serves as the Urban Forester for your community, I'd enjoy hearing from you. I'll gladly take all the advice you are willing to dish out.
Joel
Last summer I was approached by one of the City council members about taking the position of Urban Forester for the City of Cando, North Dakota. I immediately turned it down, due to a conflict of interests. Since I own a tree care company, I thought I'd leave that job to a neutral person.
Several months went by. Again I was asked to take the job. Again I turned it down. Well, I recently received word that the Mayor has appointed me. After discussing this with the Mayor and the City Council, I was assured that there is no conflict of interests. North Dakota Century Code makes allowances for cities with populations under 10,000 people to hire contractors to fill official city positions. OK...no conflict of interest issues. Fine then....I'll take the job.
So now I start a new chapter in my career. I'm now serving as the Urban Forester for the City of Cando. The position pays 2400 dollars annually....or 600 per quarter. I'm certainly not doing it for the money. Rather, I've decided to serve my community in a capacity that might benefit everyone.
There's going to be a bit of a learning curve for me, but I'm willing to study and learn all I can about the job and my new duties. My first step is to get my ISA certification. The test will be administered on Jan. 24th in Fargo, ND. I'll have my paperwork submitted tomorrow. Hopefully all goes well with the application process. I'll keep you folks posted on the results of that.
If anyone here serves as the Urban Forester for your community, I'd enjoy hearing from you. I'll gladly take all the advice you are willing to dish out.
Joel