The Woodmen Hills Metropolitan District Board of Directors held its regular meeting at the Community Center West Jan. 24.The board voted on an item that resulted from a suggestion by district staff: the reorganization of the district management, said Al Kreps, board secretary. Under the proposed plan, the district would do away with the district manager position, and instead create a team of directors, said Keith Moulton, board president.ìWeíve been working without a permanent district manager since June,î Moulton said. The new director positions would report to the board and would reduce the districtís salary cost by at least $56,000 per year, Kreps said.The board unanimously approved the reorganization proposal and immediately made a motion to identify the following people as the new directors: Current acting district manager Gene Cozzolino was hired as the water and waste water director; current office manager Lisa Peterson was hired as the administration director; and current parks and recreation manager Eddie Avedikian was hired as the parks and recreation director. The motion passed unanimously.During the public comment portion of the meeting, community member Frank Gonzalez addressed the board on behalf of High Plains Utility Assistance. The group helps community members pay their water bill by allowing other residents to donate to a collective fund through payments greater than their individual water bills, Gonzalez said. The district would hold those funds and then cut a check for the HPUA, which would manage the money from there, he said.ìThe last time we went to the district office for the check, we were told that Woodmen Hills is no longer participating in that program,î Gonzalez said. ìIíd like to know when that decision was made, how it had been decided and who was responsible for that decision.îGonzalez said that because the WHMD is no longer participating in the program, the HPUA has had to disband. Moulton said the board did not make a decision to remove the program. ìWe will research it and get answers,î he said.All other items on the agenda were unanimously approved, including the following: the hiring of Hoelting & Co. from Colorado Springs to perform the yearly audit; a resolution designating the three areas where board meetings will be posted; and a resolution that all board meetings will occur in the CCW on the fourth Thursday of the month at 6:30 p.m., excluding November when the meeting will take place on the third Thursday.The next regular board meeting is Feb. 28 at 6:30 p.m. at the CCW.
