2016 was an eventful year for your agencies and I wanted to hit on a couple highlights. We continue to grow in both agencies – 3 new members began taking natural gas supply from KMGA – the City of Burrton, the City of Russell’s power plant, and finally the City of Wellington’s power plant and […]
KMEA Staff attended the KMU Day at the Capitol event on January 17th. Colin Hansen, KMU Executive Director and Kimberly Svaty, KMU Legislative Liaison lead the event. Several presenters provided information on upcoming legislative action from a wide range of issues.
Five Cities were represented from the Northwest corner of the state at a lunch meeting presented by KMEA and hosted by the City of Colby. This meeting was an initial meeting to discuss opportunities to work together to create efficiencies for everyone involved. The group had a very good discussion and developed a direction for […]
KMEA Staff visited the cities of Enterprise and Lucas on January 9th, 2017. Paul Froelich, City Superintendent and Deana Payne, City Clerk with the City of Enterprise took time out of there day to visit with staff and view delivered documents. Kay Mettlen, City Clerk for the city of Lucas also met with staff later […]
KMEA Staff started out the new year with a tour up through the North and East part of the state. Staff met with three cities on January 4, 2017. The day started with a meeting with Janel Huninghake, City Clerk for the City of Centralia and moved a few miles to the North and met with […]
Last Wednesday, December 21st the KMEA Executive Committee Meeting was held at the new KMU Training Center in McPherson, KS. The Ribbon cutting ceremony and the open house for KMU’s new training center was held on November 29th. The center has three sections: a 7,000-square-foot garage for hands-on training indoors, a 200-seat auditorium classroom, and […]
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KMEA Staff visited the Cities of Cawker City, Osborne, and Stockton on Friday December 16th. We met with the staff at the City of Cawker City first thing in the morning. City Clerk Danelle Mick, City Superintendent David Reling and Electric Foreman Mark Harding all made themselves available for a short visit. Stop number two […]
KMEA Staff visited the Cities of Lincoln, Glasco, Beloit, and Glen Elder on Thursday December 15th. The first stop of the day was at the Lincoln Power plant where we met with Jeff Ahring, Power Plant Foreman and staff. Stop number two took us to Glasco where we met with John Griffin, City Superintendent and […]
