COLORADO SPRINGS- —Trouble continues to plague the embattled Cherokee Metropolitan District, which has endured years of court battles, board coups, recalls and resignations as it tries to stabilize water service to 18,000 people in Cimarron Hills and other unincorporated areas east of Colorado Springs.
A May recall failed to oust three members of the district board of directors, leaving the panel split 3-2.
That split was on display Tuesday as board member Steve Hasbrouck was voted off for missing three consecutive meetings.
So, once again, applications are being accepted for the vacancy and a special meeting is scheduled Aug. 29 to appoint a new board member.
This is typical for 8,000 homeowners in the district. They’ve endured astronomical rate hikes, reaching 87 percent, and water rationing since the board took bad legal advice and used water from the Upper Black Squirrel Basin without proper water rights.
Cherokee lost a court battle and was ordered by a water court judge to abandon four of its 17 wells. Those wells provided more than 20 percent of Cherokee’s water supply.
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