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STRATMOOR NEWS
Stratmoor Hills Water, Sanitation & Fire Protection Districts

Volume 28 Issue 1 January 2026

NOTICE:
Venetucci Boulevard
Closure
Starting January 12th, 2026, Venetucci Blvd from B Street to Walmart Heights will be closed until January 26th, 2026, due to a new sanitary sewer line installation. If you have any further questions, please call the main office.
Thank you,
Darren Adame
District Manager

See us on the website at: stratmoorhillswater.org

The Stratmoor Hills Water and Sanitation Districts would like to extend our thanks to all who contributed to the 2025 Annual Holiday Food and Toy Drive and “pay it forward” donations to assist residents in keeping their water on.
Your contributions have assisted more than 150 of our residents in 2025!

Know What’s Below
It is important to call 811 before you dig, so you can avoid hitting any underground utilities, such as cables, wire or pipes. It is also the law to contact 811 before you dig.

TEXT NOTIFICATIONS ARE NOW AVAILABLE
If you have an active profile for statement access, you are now able to request statement text notifications and/or important messages.
Please log into your account at www.stratmoorhillswater.org and toggle text ON in the bottom right corner (white is OFF, Green is ON) If you have more than one cell phone number on file, it will allow you to choose which phone number to receive texts to. You will continue to receive your emailed or paper statements. *You need to have an active cell phone to receive text messaging.
If you do not have an active profile and would like to sign up, please send your email and your service address to Shana at shana@stratmoorhillswater.org to receive emailed instructions.

BILLING SCHEDULE
Bills Mailed - January 6, 2026
Payments Due - January 15, 2026 Late Notices Mailed - January 16, 2026
Shut Off Payments Due - January 27, 2026
SHUT OFF DAY– January 28, 2026
Meter Read Date - January 30, 2026
If you believe you may be late making your payment, please call us to make arrangements to avoid the $30.00 delinquent fee.

STRATMOOR HILLS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION - http://www.stratmoorhills.org/contact.php

SEWER PROBLEMS
If you have problems with your sewer line, please give us a call first so we can determine if it is your service line or our main line. If there is a blockage in your line, we will notify you promptly. If it is our problem, we will take care of it immediately.

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Volume 28 Issue 1 January 2026

Stratmoor Hills Fire Protection District

Happy New Year from all of us at the Fire Station!!!
2025 was once again a busy year for us all!!!
Our calls for service continue to increase every year and this year was no exception – we have already responded to over 2200 calls.
The James E. Light Fire Academy class graduated fourteen (14) recruits on Saturday, October 18. 2025 at the Church for all Nations. We are very proud of all of their hard work and effort they put in to become certified Firefighter’s – we will start another Fire Academy in February 2026. We are very Thankful to the church for letting us use their facility.
As always we had our annual Department Christmas party, and we had a great time with food along with great friends and family. At the annual dinner, the department recognized several members with the following awards:
- Lt. Tara Bosch was honored with the Distinguished Leadership award
- Volunteer Eric Koehler was honored with the Firefighter of the Year award
- Recruit Anna Stanwood was honored with the Recruit of the Year award.
- Chief Bittle also recognized Dannielle Pickett as Instructor of the Year award.
- Chief Bittle’s award went to Paul Scott
- Deputy Chief Haley’s award was Casey Dunn. We are very proud of all six (6) and wish them continued success in 2026.
- Administrative Chief Dottie Barrett was recognized for her twenty-five (25) years of service to the Fire Department and community.
We want to wish everyone a safe and prosperous 2026 New Year and would like to assure the residents of our community, that the men and women of the Stratmoor Hills Fire Department will be there if you need us.
Our business line is 719.576.1200
To all of those who contributed to our Annual Toy Drive for Christmas Unlimited; we want to say “Thank you” very much for all the donations. Christmas Unlimited always tells us we are one of the busiest Fire Stations when it comes to Toy Donations!

Stratmoor News is published monthly by the Stratmoor Hills Water, Fire Protection and Sanitation Districts. For questions, comments, or suggestions, please contact Darren Adame, at 576-0311. The Stratmoor Hills Water, Fire Protection and Sanitation Districts are governed by an individual, elected Boards of Directors: Robert Colgrove—Chairperson/President, John Willcox—Chairperson/Vice President, Richard Bond-Secretary/Treasurer, Richard Dull—Director and Doug Dieterle—Director.
Board elections are held in May of odd-numbered years. Board meetings are held on the third Wednesday of each month beginning at 3:00 p.m. at the Fire Station (2160 “B” Street). Meeting agendas are posted at the Water District office (1811 “B” Street), the Fire Station and at the Stratmoor Elementary School (200 Loomis Avenue). If you would like more information about the Districts, please contact Darren Adame at the Water and Sanitation Districts at 576-0311 or by e-mail at darren@stratmoorhillswater.org or Dottie Barrett for the Fire Protection District at 576-1200 or by e-mail at mail@shvfd.com

Join us for our Annual Toy Drive and help bring a smile to a child this Christmas Season. The Firefighters at your fire station are collecting new or used toys for Christmas Unlimited. Donations can be dropped off at the Fire Station in the box in the front lobby.