Outlet, 09/2012, v.28 no.9

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General Manager’s Report -
Oklahoma Comfort Program (OCP)
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Board Report -
August 9, 2012
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From the Board Chair -
2012 Annual Electors’ Meeting
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Legislative Update:
Educating Key Members Of The Legislature On The OMPA Mission, Structure, Organization
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Lineman’s Corner -
City Owned Generation
SEPTEMBER 2012
VOL. 28 NO. 9
who will be retiring this year after 30 years of service to MESO and Public Power in Oklahoma. MESO was formed in 1971 and hired full time staff in 1978. Woolbright is the third director of the organization following Mike McDowell and Chuck Smith.
The focus of the annual meeting will be the election of the board of directors’ members. The board consists of an 11-member board elected by representatives (electors) of the participating cities. The board members serve staggered three-year terms with one third coming up for election each year. Walter Allen, Charles Lamb (Chair), Homer Nicholson and John Ramey, whose terms expire in September 2012, all have indicated a willingness to continue serving on the board. Elizabeth Gray, who replaced Dan Scott as the elector from Altus, has agreed to serve the remainder of Scott’s term on the board which will expire in September 2013.
Allen, former Lexington City Manager, has served on the OMPA Board since January 10, 2002. He served as the City Manager in Lexington for 18 years before retiring on December 30, 2011 and continues to serve as the city’s elector. In 2000, Allen received the APPA Larry Hobart Seven Hats Award that recognizes managers who perform a variety of duties in communities of 2,500 or fewer meters.
Lamb, Edmond Mayor, has served as a board member since August 12, 1993. He has served as the board chair since October 11, 2001 and is the longest tenured elected official to serve as the chair. Before being appointed Edmond Mayor in 2011, he served on the Edmond City Council for 15 years. Lamb was the first elected official to receive the MESO Ray Duffy Personal Service Award for outstanding service to Public Power in 2003 and was inducted into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame for City and Town Officials in 2006. He also serves on the APPA Policy Makers Committee.
OMPA MEMBER CITIES:
Altus, Blackwell, Comanche, Copan, Duncan, Edmond, Eldorado, Fairview, Frederick, Geary, Goltry, Granite, Hominy, Kingfisher, Laverne, Lexington, Mangum, Manitou, Marlow, Newkirk, Okeene, Olustee, Orlando, Pawhuska, Perry, Ponca City, Pond Creek, Prague, Purcell, Ryan, Spiro, Tecumseh, Tonkawa, Walters, Watonga, Waynoka, Wetumka, Wynnewood, Yale
A member of the American Public Power Association, Municipal Electric Systems of Oklahoma, and Southwestern Power Resources Association
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2012 Annual Electors’ Meeting to be held
Oklahoma Green Building Summit 2012: OMPA A Sponsor - See page 4.
The 2012 Annual Electors’ Meeting will be held on Thursday, September 13th at 1 pm at the Roland H. Dawson OMPA Headquarters Building, 2701 West I-35 Frontage Road, in Edmond. The theme this year is Powering Forward and relates to ongoing generation projects, including AEP’s Southwestern Electric Power Company (SWEPCO) baseload power plant, the John W. Turk Jr. Power Plant, in Hempstead County, Arkansas and the Canadian Hills Wind Farm near El Reno, Oklahoma.
OMPA’s annual meeting will honor Shane Woolbright, MESO Executive Director,
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Allen, Gray
Lamb,
Nicholson
Ramey
Shane Woolbright