Title
Resolution - Approval of Appointments to 2025 Qualifications and Elections Committee - M Butler
Other Info
Submitted By: Michael Butler
Department: Legal Services
Financial Impact and Cost/Benefit Considerations: Expenditure of Cooperative funds estimated in the amount of $2,500 currently included in the Cooperative's 2025 operating budget; expenditures of staff time estimated in amount of 60 hours (other than ordinary processing requirements).
Discussion
Article III Section 3 of the Bylaws of Pedernales Electric Cooperative, Inc. ("PEC" or "Cooperative") provides the following:
Qualifications and Elections Review Committee.
(a) At least ninety (90) days before any Membership vote for Election of a Director, the Board of Directors shall, appoint, by resolution, a qualifications and election review committee ("Qualifications and Elections Committee") consisting of no less than three (3) nor more than seven (7) members who are not existing Cooperative officers, employees, Directors or known candidates for Directors, or close relatives or members of the same household thereof. The Qualifications and Elections Committee shall elect its own chairman and secretary and shall be dissolved without further action required at the conclusion of the fifth day following the Member Meeting for which the Qualifications and Elections Committee was appointed, or upon the conclusion of any business before the Qualifications and Elections Committee, whichever is later. The Board may set compensation, reimbursement, allowances for telephonic meetings, and any other terms for the Qualifications and Elections Committee not otherwise specified by these Bylaws.
(b) It shall be the responsibility of the Qualifications and Elections Committee to verify the qualifications of Director Nominees.
(c) In the exercise of its responsibility, the Qualifications and Elections Committee shall have available to it the assistance of staff and the advice of legal counsel provided by the C...
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