OMPA outlet, 09/2013, v.29 no.9

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Meet OMPA’s
New General
Manager
David W. Osburn
5 From the Board Chair -
Reflections On 20 Years
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Lineman’s Corner -
Distribution System
Software
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Legislative Update -
Congress To Consider
10 Tax Reform
Board Report -
August 8, 2013
SEPTEMBER 2013
VOL. 29 NO. 9
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
OUTLET is published by OMPA for our Members
2701 West I-35 Frontage Road
Post Office Box 1960
Edmond, Oklahoma 73083-1960
Phone: 405/359-2500
FAX: 405/359-1071
www.ompa.com
OMPA is a wholesale power company owned
by 39 municipal electric utilities. OMPA provides
economies of scale in power generation and
related services to support community-owned
electric utilities. The members of OMPA
serve approximately 250,000 Oklahomans.
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Bruce Ackerman, Editor
Annual Electors’ Meeting to be held
NERC QUARTERLY NEWS: 2014 NERC Audit See page 8.
Plans are underway for OMPA’s 2013 Annual
Electors’ Meeting, which will be held on
Thursday, September 12th at 1 pm at the
Roland H. Dawson Headquarters Building,
2701 West I-35 Frontage Road, in Edmond.
The theme this year is “Building for the
Future.” Prior to the annual electors’ meeting,
the board’s monthly business meeting will
be held at 9 am.
OMPA’s new General Manager, David W.
Osburn, will discuss recent activities of
the Authority and expectations for the future.
Mr. Osburn, who is just the third General
Manager in OMPA’s 32-year history,
previously served as the Assistant General
Manager. OMPA Board Chair Charles Lamb
will report on the board’s accomplishments
over the past year.
The annual meeting will honor Cindy L.
Holman, former General Manager, who retired
July 31, 2013 after a 28-year career with
OMPA. Walter Allen, former Lexington
City Manager, and Janice Cain, former Marlow
City Administrator, will also be recognized for
their service on the OMPA Board of Directors.
Mr. Allen has served on the board since
January 10, 2002. He served as Lexington’s
City Manager for 18 years before retiring
on December 20, 2011 and continued to serve
as the city’s elector. Ms. Cain was appointed
by the board to fill a vacancy during the board’s
monthly business meeting on March 11, 2010.
She served as Marlow’s City Administrator
and elector for 15 years.
The Nominations Committee will recommend
the current board members to new three-year
terms. The committee had previously
recommended to the board at the August 8th
meeting that Dale Bunn, City Manager of
Purcell, and Mayor Leslie Swinerton of
Geary fill the two board vacancies until
the electors meeting in September. The
Nominations Committee is also nominating
Mr. Bunn and Mayor Swinerton to fill the
remaining terms of the respective seats
they were appointed to in August.
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The Electors Committee will consider the
re-election of the three sitting board members
to new three year terms: Jim Frieda, Elizabeth
Gray, and Chuck Hall. All have indicated a
willingness to continue serving on the board,
according to the Nominations Committee.
There are 11 electors serving on the OMPA
Board that are elected by representatives
(electors) of the participating cities. Board
members serve staggered three-year terms
with one third coming up for election each year.
Mr. Frieda, Duncan City
Manager, was appointed to serve
as the interim director from
Duncan on October 11, 2012.
He has been serving as city
manager since July 27, 2010.
Before being hired as city
manager, he was appointed
Interim City Manager while he continued
to serve as the city attorney. Mr. Frieda
served 26 years as the city attorney.
Ms. Gray, Altus City
Administrator, was appointed
to serve as the interim director
from Altus on June 14, 2012
to fill a vacancy on the board.
On September 13, 2012, she
was elected to serve as a director
to fill the remainder of the
previous board member’s term, which is set
to expire on September 12, 2013. She has
been serving as Altus City Administrator since
January 1, 2012. Prior to being hired by Altus,
she served as the Assistant Borough Manager
for the Matanuska-Sustina Borough in Alaska
for two years and Acting Manager for one year.
Mr. Hall was appointed to fill
a vacancy on the board and
confirmed by the electors
during the 2007 Annual Electors’
Meeting. He has served as Perry’s
Mayor since April 2007. He also
serves as chairman of the board
for the family-owned Exchange Bank & Trust
Company of Perry.
Frieda
Gray
Hall