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Monument Sanitation District, July 17 – Repair completed without blocking traffic

By Jackie Burhans and James Howald

The Monument Sanitation District (MSD) board met in July to hear a report from District Manager Mark Parker and to discuss final edits to the district’s newsletter, The Pipeline.

No spot repair needed

Parker told the board that repairs to the pipeline running under Highway 105 were complete, and a spot repair anticipated at the last board meeting was found to be unnecessary. Had the spot repair been needed, excavation would have been required and traffic on Highway 105 would have been impacted. Aegion/Insituform, the contractor repairing the pipeline, was able to complete the repair simply by lining the pipeline with no need to excavate, Parker said.

Manager’s report

In his manager’s report, Parker said that Streamline had been hired to bring the district’s website into compliance with the requirements of HB 21-1110 and with the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Streamline will monitor the website continuously and do all required monthly and quarterly reporting to the state, Parker said, at a cost lower than the cost to the district if the work was done in-house. The website will be completely redone but will retain the same URL as the current page, Parker said. MSD staff will continue to manage the information that is published on the page.

Parker also announced that the district was planning to replace its current accounting company, Haynie & Co., with Numeric Strategies LLC, a company headquartered in Monument. Staff turnover at Haynie & Co. contributed to the decision to make a change, Parker said.

Finally, Parker said the Willow Springs Ranch neighborhood, just south of the Town of Monument, had reached complete buildout. Willow Springs Ranch is part of the MSD service area.

Newsletter gets final edits

The Pipeline, a newsletter to be published by MSD and drafted by Directors Janet Ladowski and John Howe, was reviewed by the board. The newsletter will keep customers up to date on district issues. Howe said he wanted to add some wording to the newsletter pointing out that MSD is not affiliated with the Town of Monument. Operations Manager James Kendrick said that MSD is a “separate and distinct public utility.”

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Monument Sanitation District meetings are 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 Aug. 21. See colorado.gov/msd. For a district service map, see 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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