A tree warden shall be appointed by the Town
Council pursuant to the Town Charter and Title 2 Chapter 14 of the
Rhode Island General Laws. The Tree Warden shall be both a resident
of the Town and a state-licensed arborist or, if not a licensed arborist,
within six months of their assuming office, the Tree Warden shall
become a state-licensed arborist.
A tree warden whose appointment has been approved
by the Director of the Department of Environmental Management shall
hold office until the first day of March in the year following their
appointment and until their successor is duly appointed and approved.
Any vacancy that may occur in the office of the Tree Warden shall
be filled by the Town Council by the appointment of some person to
serve for the remainder of the term subject to the approval of the
Director.