Incumbents Orlin Kidner and Howard Wright and new comer Robert Wilcox were elected to three-year terms on the Wells Rural Electric Cooperative’s Board of Directors.
Kidner has served on WREC’s Board since 1994 while Wright has served since 2000. The open seat was created by the retirement of Mary Wright, who has been a Director since 1981.
The election report will be presented to the Board at their September meeting and the new directors will start their terms at the October Board meeting.
Unlike investor-owned utilities, WREC is a cooperative that is controlled by a democratically elected Board of Directors chosen by the very people WREC serves. In other words, every person who receives electricity from WREC has a say in how the company is run.
This year’s election saw a 15.5 percent return of all ballots sent, a slight increase from last year’s election. A total of 4,103 ballots were mailed to WREC owners on the last Monday in July. Of that total, 635 were returned to attorney Gary E. DiGrazia’s law office by the election deadline of 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, August 19.
The work of Election Committee volunteers Bob Selby, Jean Spratling, Judy Bradshaw, Neil McQueary and Patty Whitlock is very much appreciated said WREC Director of Communications Garrett Hylton
