Overland Park, Kansas – June 24, 2015 – The KMEA/KMGA Search Committee, comprised of ten municipal member utilities, selected Paul Mahlberg to be the next leader of the Kansas Municipal Energy Agency and Kansas Municipal Gas Agency (KMEA/KMGA). Paul will take over for Bob Poehling, who served as KMEA’s/KMGA’s General Manager for five years. Paul […]
Earlier this week, Matt Rehder, City Administrator for the City of Seneca and Chairman of the EMP3 group, conducted an EMP3 meeting via WebEx. Several cities were represented. KMEA Staff also participated in the meeting and hosted the WebEx from our office in Overland Park. KMEA staff conducts WebEx meetings throughout the year. The WebEx online meeting platform has been used for EMP meetings, […]
We want to extend our hearty congratulations to Gonzalo Garcia on his recent appointment as Director of Utilities for the City of Gardner. In this role, Gonzalo will lead the Utilities Department, which includes water, waste water, and electric divisions.Gonzalo joins Gardner with an impressive utility career that spans over 25 years, working in both the […]
We are excited to congratulate Kim Everley, City Administrator and City Clerk for KMEA member, McLouth, Kansas. Kim was recently recognized and awarded City Clerk of the Year by the Kansas Rural Water Association at their Annual Conference. Kim was selected from hundreds […]
Through our weekly blogs, we have an opportunity to feature you and your city and keep everyone up to date on what’s going on within our member cities. We sincerely appreciate those members who contribute and invite everyone to participate. We want to continue to spotlight cities and city employees, whether it is city accolades […]
We want to extend our congratulations to Ed Truelove on his recent appointment as City Administrator for the City of Neodesha. Ed was selected from a pool of 23 candidates and appointed by the Neodesha City Commission by unanimous vote. Ed began his new assignment […]
At the May 6th KMEA Board meeting, we were pleased to recognize KMEA President, Dave Howard, City Manager for the City of Pratt, for his leadership and many years of dedicated service on the KMEA Executive Committee. Dave faithfully […]
We are proud to announce that we’ve launched the new KMEA website! The last time we refreshed our website was about three years ago. We wanted our site to be mobile friendly and we needed better control over the content. We were able to accomplish all of this and more. We’ve worked hard to make […]
Congratulations to Baldwin City on recently completing a large scale project at their power plant #2. Both Universal Silencer and Fairbanks Morse Engine were on site last month replacing the exhaust stacks on units 7 & 8. Severe vibration issues made the project necessary. The new silencers, once again, have built in catalyst with ground […]
KMEA began serving electricity to Altamont on April 1st. Before the service commencement date KMEA staff visits the new cities for “onboarding.” This is the time when the city learns about their invoice, dashboard, and various other aspects of receiving power from KMEA. As you can see, Liz and the staff at Altamont are listening […]
