Calaveras County board hires Tennessee firm for $9.78 million tree removal job

County won’t have to pay $610,941 as previously thought

The Calaveras County Board of Supervisors voted on Tuesday to approve a time-sensitive, $9.78 million contract to hire Phillips Jordan Inc. to remove thousands of dead and dying trees that threaten public roads in the Butte Fire area.

The vote was 4-1, with Supervisor Chris Wright opposed. The board held a special meeting to consider the contract after it had died for lack of a second a week earlier at a regular meeting.

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