Seven Fields awarded a $2,300 contract to RB Tree Services on Monday for removal of a more than 60-foot tree brought down in recent windstorms. Submitted Photo

SEVEN FIELDS — Borough council awarded a $2,300 contract Monday for removal of a more than 60-foot tree blown down in recent windstorms.

“Normally, we can handle some of these things in-house and chop them up with our chain saws and drop them in a C1 property,” township manager Tom Smith said. “But something like this, it’s unsafe. We’re not equipped with the expertise.”

The massive tree was ripped apart in the windstorms, falling from a C1 property — or open municipal property — into a residential property on Breckland Drive.

Smith said the highest bid the borough received was $4,200. The lowest bid, $2,300 by RB Tree Service, was approved by council Monday.

The contract covers both the felling and disposal of the tree from the residential property, Smith said.

“They’re going to cut it up and deposit into the C1 property,” he explained.