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Board Actions
for July and August 2011
Meeting Date Item Description Board Action
6/28 Executive Board Resolution 07-11, McBryde (A&B) 6-MW Photovoltaic Purchase Power Agreement Approved
7/26
8/30
Unfinished
Business
New
Business
Unfinished
Business
MRC
MRC (SMR)
Director email plan - proposal to have individual director email buttons
placed on the KIUC website.
Appointment of Directors David Iha and Peter Yukimura as the 2011 Region 9 NRECA
voting delegate and alternate, respectively.
Deferred to committee for
further clarification
No objections
Policy (PY) Board Resolution 08-11, Revised Policy Committee Charter. Approved
Policy (PY)
MRC (SMR)
MRC (SMR)
F&A (AAS)
F&A (AAS)
F&A (AAS)
F&A (AAS)
MRC (SMR)
SMR
SMR
Board Policy No. 19, Anti-retaliation and Whistleblowing - periodic review only,
no changes recommended.
Motion: Instruct the CEO to create a plan for an ambassador group called Co-op 2012
and defer further discussion to the Strategic Communications Workshop, Aug. 18th.
Twice a year move the monthly board meeting to a different location, once on the
Eastside and once on the Westside
Request approval of 2012 budget items to preorder replacement of two T&D trouble
shooter trucks No. 355 and 442 due to long lead times. These will be budgeted as capital
expenditures for 2012 in the amounts of $141K each or a total of $282K. (T&D BAR)
$60K for the purchase and installation of bird monitoring and thermal equipment to
comply with Department of Justice Memorandum of Plea Agreement and $15K to be
paid to USFW (US Fish & Wildlife Service). Total request: $75K. (SS BAR)
Authorization for CEO David Bissell and Controller Karissa Jonas to sign the CFC
restructuring line of credit documentation. (Acctg BAR)
Approval of $158,636 in accounts receivable write-offs for disconnected accounts as of
12/31/2010. These are write-offs not gone to bankruptcy.
Change the board meeting time from 1:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
and begin the change after January 1, 2012.
Request to rescind the 7/26 motion of the board adding a second public testimony
period to the monthly board meetings.
Request to have individual email links for either all or none of the directors
on the KIUC website.
Approved
Motion carried
Approved
Approved
Approved
Approved
Approved
Approved
Motion did not carry
Motion carried
Motion to reconsider individual email links. Motion carried
All 9 directors names be listed on the KIUC website with whatever contact information
they prefer and for staff to mask private business email addresses if used.
Approved
Executive TPT Have a facilitated board self-assessment annually in January. Approved as amended
New
Business
Policy
MRC
F&A
Executive
Policy (PY)
Board Policy No. 14, KIUC Policy, Procedure, and Practice Formulation,
Review and Approval (rev 8/30/11).
Approved as amended
PY Board Policy No. 27, Director Communications (rev 8/30/11). Approved as amended
Board Policy No. 16, Access to Cooperative Information (rev 8/30/11). Approved as amended
Appointment of George Costa, director, Office of Economic Development, County of Kaua‘i,
to fill the government sector vacancy on the KIUC Loan Review Committee. (MRC BAR)
Board Resolution 10-11, CFC 3-year Term Loan & Line of Credit Restructure;
authorization to sign loan documents.
Approved
Approved
Authorize the CEO to expend funds to purchase a second battery for the A&B 6-MW PV project. Approved
Authorize the CEO to sign the 2012-14 Independant Auditors Contract. Approved
Board Policy No. 17, Delegation of Authority from the Board of Directors to the Chief
Executive Officer (rev 8/30/11).
Approved as amended
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