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Jump on Board and Help Drive Your Cooperative The business and affairs of Inland Power & Light are managed under the direction of a board of trustees comprised of Inland members. Your board of trustees determine policy and direction that allow management to carry out the day to day business and operations of your cooperative. Inland’s board is comprised of nine trustees, seven of which represent a specific geographical district and two represent the cooperative at large. Inland Power trustees serve a three year term and are typically elected on a rotating basis at each annual meeting held in March.
Responsibilities: Trustees are asked to attend monthly board meetings and must learn about complicated issues in the energy business and foresee challenges in providing affordable and reliable power. They forge a long-term plan for the sustainability of the cooperative. Trustees are stewards of the cooperative and should make every decision, big or small, with our membership in mind.
Open Districts:
Qualifications:
If this sounds like a position for you, Inland Power’s nominating committee is accepting applications for board positions in Districts 2, 6 and At-Large Position A.
To represent your cooperative, a trustee must be a member in good standing for a minimum of one year, have a primary/permanent residence in the district from which the trustee is elected or chosen and use, receive or purchase energy from Inland Power.
• District 2: Includes all the area served by Inland Power east
of a line along Highway 395 from the Spokane River to the intersection of Highway 395 and Main Street in Deer Park and including the area east of Main Street and north of 7th Avenue and east of Short Road and including the area north of a line along Highway 2 from Highway 395 and then following a line north of Highway 206 until such highway ends at the entrance to Mt. Spokane Park and then proceeding due east from the end of Highway 206, and to include all the area served in north Idaho.
Process & Timing: If you are interested in one of these positions, please send your request for a Candidate Packet outlining candidate qualifications, responsibilities and the application process to Jennifer Lutz at JenniferL@inlandpower.com or by calling her at (509) 789-4273. Prospective candidates will be required to submit a candidate certificate of eligibility, complete an application and provide a photo by December 31, 2018. The nominating committee will meet in mid-January to review all
• District 6: Includes all the area served by Inland Power south applications received and make nominations based on applicant of the Spokane-Whitman County line when extended east and west to the ends of Inland Power’s service area and north of a line along Highway 26 from Washtucna to its junction with Highway 195 and then along Highway 195 to its junction with Highway 270 then along Highway 270 to its end.
• At-Large Position A: Candidates for at-large positions can be
from any district but both At-Large trustees cannot be from the same district. Currently, the At-Large Position B trustee resides within District 5. Therefore, no members from District 5 will be eligible to run for this trustee seat.
qualifications. Additionally, co-op members may be nominated by petition along with the prerequisite applicant documents.
Election results will be announced at Inland Power’s annual meeting on Saturday, March 30, 2019. Each active membership is entitled to one vote for each district up for election either by mail, electronically or in person at the annual meeting.
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