The tradition of placing a live tree downtown for Christmas could be subject to change this year. During Tuesday evening’s joint Streets and Sanitation and Tourism Committee meeting, Tourism & Marketing Department Manager Jordan Pupols presented the idea of replacing the live tree with a manufactured one. “The reason this is before you today is because Public Works, very specifically, Urban Forestry has brought to our attention that the way that we currently procure and manage the Christmas trees is causing quite a few safety concerns,” Pupols said. “So, from that perspective, we would like this to be before you for consideration. John Austin did procure four different quotes. The lowest one came in as Wintergreen Corporation out of Georgia with a quote of $19,977.20.”