By Jackie Burhans and James Howald
At its Feb. 15 meeting, the Monument Sanitation District (MSD) board appointed a new director to take the seat previously held by Director Laura Kronick. General Manager Mark Parker told the board about his meeting with an engineer working for Donala Water and Sanitation District (DWSD) to discuss its possible use of the Tri-Lakes Waste Water Treatment Facility (TLWWTF). Parker covered additional topics in his Manager’s Report.
Tony Archer joins board
Before the meeting convened, Parker administered the oath of office to Tony Archer. Archer joins the board to replace Kronick. Kronick accepted an appointment to the Monument Town Council, which prohibits its members from serving on other boards in the Town of Monument. Kronick also resigned from her seat on the Joint Use Committee, which oversees the operations of the TLWWTF.
Archer’s appointment will continue until May 2, when an MSD board election will be held. Archer has filed a self-nomination form to run for the seat in that election.
Manager’s report
Parker told the board that he met with an engineer working for DWSD to discuss DWSD’s possible use of the TLWWTF. The engineer asked Parker for an overview of the TLWWTF system and operations. He also asked for information about the TLWWTF’s current processing capacity and biological oxygen demand, a measure of the amount of organic matter in water. The engineer told Parker DWSD’s transition from its current waste treatment facility to TLWWTF would likely be slow and that DWSD would pay any engineering costs related to the switch of providers. Parker said he presented two ways for DWSD to make use of the TLWWTF.
Parker reported to the board on a recent update to MSD’s Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) software, which gathers, analyzes, and displays data generated by MSD’s lift stations, valves, and treatment facility. The new version of the software alerts staff of events using texts rather than emails and can be operated remotely, Parker said.
Parker mentioned that a recent call for service to the MSD building’s heating and cooling system had revealed a need to make changes in the building’s attic to prevent extreme variations in temperature in different parts of the building.
Finally, Parker said that the repairs to pipelines on Raspberry Lane had been successfully completed.
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Monument Sanitation District meetings are normally held at 9 a.m. on the third Wednesday of the month in the district conference room at 130 Second St., Monument. The next regular meeting is scheduled for March 15. See https://colorado.gov/msd. For a district service map, see https://colorado.gov/pacific/msd/district-map-0. Information: 719-481-4886.
Jackie Burhans can be reached at jackieburhans@ocn.me. James Howald can be reached at jameshowald@ocn.me.
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