Growth telling on Monticello (Mega subdivision planned west of town)

Lazaro Aleman  ECB Publishing, Inc.  The signs of local population growth are everywhere evident in building permits reports, increased traffic around the town and other indicators. Now comes more evidence in the form of stresses being put on city operations and a resurrected plan for a massive subdivision just west of town. At a recent council meeting, Interim City Manager Steve Wingate received permission from the Monticello City Council to pursue a grant for the purchase and installation of a sludge belt press at the wastewater treatment plant. “With all the growth in Monticello, more customers make for more sludge,” Wingate said simply. Sludge belt presses are mac