Budget Arbor & Logging LLC.

The business traces back to a predecessor registration from 1998. Its public-works history runs through Spokane School District 81, Central Valley School District, the Spokane Housing Authority, Spokane International Airport, the Community Colleges of Spokane and the Washington State Department of Transportation, often as prime contractor. The company lists fire risk abatement among its services and names Avista, Inland Power, Modern Electric, Cheney Electric and Vera Power in its materials, which points to work near power lines. The state lists Michael and Carol Schmedding as principals, with Aaron Medley added in 2025. The crew runs in the 7 to 10 range, and the company says it is locally owned. This is equipment-and-crew tree work: clearing wooded lots, taking down mature trees, thinning stands to cut fire risk, and maintenance on city, school and utility ground. It also works as a sub for general contractors. A homeowner with a big lot, a hazard tree near a line or a parcel to clear is closer to its usual job than someone wanting a single ornamental shaped. It doesn't do framing or remodeling. Most tree removal on private residential property in Spokane-area jurisdictions doesn't need a permit, but there are exceptions worth asking about. Trees in the city's street right-of-way usually need a permit before trimming or removal. Clearing and grading on larger parcels, work near shorelines or critical areas, and logging that crosses into forest-practices rules can bring in the county or the state. Work near energized lines goes through the utility. A contractor who does this regularly should know which applies and pull it, so the paperwork and the liability stay with the people doing the cutting.