The duties of the Tree Committee shall be:
A. 
To assist the Tree Warden in drafting and proposing rules and regulations relating to the purposes of this ordinance, regulations and permit and penalty procedures deemed necessary to carry out the intent and enforcement of this ordinance.
B. 
To assist the Tree Warden in the preparation and periodic update of a Systematized Tree Management Program for the Town of Charlestown which shall be proposed for consideration and adoption by the Town Council within five years of the inception of this ordinance.
C. 
To communicate and work with civic and public interest groups concerned with tree care, management, preservation and planting.
D. 
To provide recommendations to the Tree Warden who shall be responsible for the annual update of the Systematized Tree Management Plan.
The Town of Charlestown Tree Committee shall assist the Tree Warden in:
A. 
Regulating and enforcing the maintenance, removal and planting of trees within the public rights-of-way to ensure public safely.
B. 
Preserving the aesthetics of public rights-of-way through the planting or maintenance of trees.
C. 
Protecting the health, safety and welfare of the Town of Charlestown forests as a whole.
D. 
Review all non public-safety related requests for permits for any planting, removal or trimming of trees within any public right-of-way, as may be referred to the Committee by the Tree Warden.
The Tree Committee shall be a sub-committee of the Conservation Commission comprised of at least one member of the Town of Charlestown Conservation Commission as well as interested members of the community. The Tree Committee must have a membership of no less than three (3) nor more than five (5) members.