Board of Trustees

An elected body that governs on behalf of all members!

Consolidated Electric’s service territory is divided into nine districts. Each district has one elected trustee to represent all of the members of that district for a term of three years. Trustee nominations are held each year for three of the nine districts.

Your trustee meets every month to discuss, review and approve items such as work plans, the Cooperative’s financial budget, electric rates, subsidiary businesses, and to establish policies. The Board makes decisions that are in the best interest of the Cooperative and all of its members. They ensure that the Cooperative continues to run with the established principles that it was built on and maintains its strategic direction of nonprofit operation and cost-of-service based rates.

Richard Carter Chairman District 7	Larry Roof Vice Chairman District 5	Charlotte Loren-Plumley Secretary District 9
Bill Sterritt District 6	Don McCracken Assistant Secretary District 2	Phillip Edwards Member District 4
Richard Miller Member District 3	Charles Lynn Treasurer District 8	H. Richard Gearhiser Member District 1

Who is eligible to run for the Board of Trustees?

A member is eligible to become a member of the board if he or she:

• Has been the member of record for at least three (3) most recent prior years;
• Has not been convicted of, is pleading, or has pled guilty to a felony;
• Is the designated representative of a firm, association, corporation, partnership, body politic or subdivision which is a member;
• Is a resident in the district that the member wishes to represent;
• And, is not in any way employed by, has not been an employee within the previous five (5) years, or who does not have a controlling financial interest in a business that sells or provides a material amount of commodities, products or services to the Cooperative or any subsidiary of the Cooperative.

The nomination and election process

As a member of Consolidated, you have democratic control over who represents
your district. The election process begins with the nomination of candidates by members.
If you are a member of one of thee districts up for nomination you can expect a nomination ballot to arrive in your mail.The ballot must be postmarked or entered electronically by a specific date. If you are not sure what district you are a member of, the list of townships in each
county for the three districts is listed in issues of Country Living magazine and on our Web site.

Both the nomination and the election ballot will have instructions on how to cast the ballot by mail or electronically. Shortly after the nomination process closes and prior to the Annual Meeting of Members, members will receive an election ballot in the mail with the top three nominees from their district.

The election results are made known at the business meeting at the Annual Meeting of Members.

2012 Trustee Nominations and Elections  

Districts 1, 2 and 3 are up for election in 2012.