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Surveyor describes ongoing monument preservation work and raises idea for electronic monument caps
Summary
At the Oct. 4 meeting the surveyor reported active monument re-establishment using updated equipment and responded to a suggestion to embed electronic locating devices in monument caps to ease recovery when markers are disturbed or removed.
Max Elliot, the county surveyor, told the Davis County Budget Committee on Oct. 4 that staff are actively re‑establishing and occupying known survey control points and replacing monuments as needed, and he described ongoing damage caused by utility and construction work.
The surveyor reviewed a variance report and said payrolls were "pretty much in line" with expectations while the budget included additional money for building survey monuments. He told the committee the office is using modern…
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