The town is looking into the feasibility of upgrading the payment system at the Mancos Water Dock, after recent vocal complaints from users about the machine\u2019s susceptibility to jams.<\/p>\n
The dock, at East Montezuma and South Main streets, is coin-operated and despite posted signage instructing users on the proper coin type and denomination, everything from Canadian quarters to cardboard has been inserted into the fickle coin slot.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe get complaints once or twice a month,\u201d Town Administrator Andrea Phillips said at the Sept. 23 town board meeting. \u201cWe\u2019ve gotten some pretty vocal complaints recently, and requests that we look into different technology.\u201d<\/p>\n
Phillips noted that the town provides the water dock as an ancillary service to residents and isn\u2019t required by law to operate one.<\/p>\n
Different options other nearby municipalities use are quarters only, card readers where the cards are activated and loaded online, and coin-and-cash operated with no return coin-slot (exact change only).<\/p>\n
The city of Durango in 2013 spent $10,140 upgrading its card reader technology.<\/p>\n
Mancos had card reader technology in 2004, but eventually nixed the system because it wasn\u2019t dependable, said public works director Robin Schmittel.<\/p>\n
While some trustees seemed on the fence about transitioning into a card-only system as it could frustrate regular users who are accustomed to coins, others favored the idea of having both options.<\/p>\n
\u201cMaybe we can just look at a better machine that will reject bad coins,\u201d said Mancos Mayor Rachael Simbeck.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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