Approximately 1000 people attended the 74th Annual Meeting of Farmers’ Electric Cooperative Tuesday evening at Gary Dickinson Performing Art Center in Chillicothe.
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The member-owners of the cooperative re-elected three directors to serve three-year terms. Re-elected to FEC’s seven-person Board of Directors were Ronnie Cornett, Daviess, Harrison, Gentry and DeKalb Counties; Warren Hoyt, Livingston and Grundy Counties; and Richard Anderson, Carroll and Lafayette Counties.
The meeting began with the Star Spangled Banner, Pledge of Allegiance, and a prayer led by Board Member Ray Shields. Board President Ron Cornett opened the meeting thanking the members for taking their time to attend the annual business meeting of the Cooperative. Cornett told the member-owners in attendance that FEC’s board of directors will be facing a number of tough decisions over the next few years, but that the board will continue to work hard to do what is best for the members of Farmers’ Electric.
FEC General Manager Mike Sanders began his presentation to the membership with a popular announcement. "The good news," Sanders said, "is for the third straight year, I don’t have to stand here and explain a rate increase to you. However, it does look like we will have an increase in 2013." Sanders said it would be later this year before the rate increase to the Cooperative would be known and then the Cooperative would determine how much of that increase would be passed on to the members.
Sanders also covered other topics, including FEC’s Operation Round Up program, which benefits the Cooperative’s Area Youth Benefit Fund charity, the Beat the Peak Program, and the need to cut usage from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. during the hottest days of the summer
Dana Macoubrie, the Cooperative Attorney, conducted the election of the Board of Directors. As ballots were being tallied, Ron Cornett conducted the election of the 2013 Committee on Nominations. Elected to the Committee on Nominations were Charlotte Miller, Richard Halterman , Judith Waters, Dennis Farmer, Dennis Widhalm, Kenneth Lee and Judy Holcer.
Forty-eight prizes were given away at the conclusion of the business meeting. The Grand Prize winner was George Shrum. The Cowgill resident has the option of selecting a Whirlpool side-by-side refrigerator, a Maytag washer and dryer, or a Magtag electric range with convection oven. Youth winners were also drawn for electric scooters. They were Lyla Oesch, Mooresville, and Ryland Bowling, Hale.