(a) Authority.--To comply with the practices and principles of scientific forestry, the council has the following powers:
(1) To pass a resolution to prune or thin out a municipal forest or portion of a municipal forest.
(2) To sell the products of the pruning or thinning out.
(b) Personnel.--To carry out subsection (a), the borough may use its own personnel or contract with skilled personnel.
(c) Bidding and advertising.--The bidding and advertising requirements of this part do not apply to any of the following:
(1) Sales under subsection (a)(2).
(2) Contracts under subsection (b).
Structure Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Title 8 - BOROUGHS AND INCORPORATED TOWNS
Chapter 27 - Recreation Places, Shade Trees and Forests
Section 2702 - Power to acquire
Section 2703 - Appropriation of private property
Section 2708 - Recreation board or other authority
Section 2709 - Establishment of recreation board
Section 2710 - Organization of board and employees
Section 2713 - Lease for school athletics
Section 2720 - Care, custody and control
Section 2720.1 - Maintenance by borough and tax levy
Section 2720.2 - Payment by owners and assessments
Section 2720.3 - Notice of work
Section 2721 - Shade tree commission
Section 2722 - Composition of commission
Section 2724.1 - Duties of commission
Section 2751 - Acquisition of land for forest purposes
Section 2753 - Ordinance of acquisition
Section 2756 - Appropriations and revenue