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DEP staff roles in green infrastructure maintenance
1:09:20
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Council Member Gennaro inquires about the various maintenance tasks performed by DEP staff, including soil enhancement, tree pruning, and horticultural services. Deputy Commissioner Licata explains that DEP uses some Parks Department titles for these specialized roles.
- DEP staff perform tasks similar to Parks Department roles in maintaining green infrastructure
- The department uses Parks Department titles for certain positions due to the nature of the work
- This approach allows DEP to have specialized staff for green infrastructure maintenance
James F. Gennaro
1:09:20
Oh, okay.
1:09:21
Alright.
1:09:22
Okay.
1:09:23
Fair enough.
1:09:24
Fair enough.
1:09:24
Good good point there.
1:09:27
And and right below that you talk about in your statement more time spent on litter control means less crew time available for other work like soil enhancement, tree pruning, plantings, and horticultural services that are important for maintenance staff, recruitment jobs, site extraction.
1:09:51
So these are DE people that are involved in soil enhancer and tree pruning, planting, horticultural.
1:10:00
So is the Parks Department get jealous?
1:10:03
Or how does that work?
1:10:05
No.
1:10:11
Oh, I see.
1:10:12
So you have some Parks titles that are
Angela Licata
1:10:06
We actually use some of the Parks titles because that's the type of work that is actually happening.
1:10:13
actually That they are DP.
1:10:15
Yeah.