On Friday December 2, 2016 the KU Public Management Center held a Graduation Ceremony for the 2016 Class of the Kansas Certified Public Manager Program. The Graduation took place at the Kansas State Capitol Building in the House Chambers. KMEA President, Duane Banks completed the program along with 74 other public employees across the state. Congratulation Duane!
KMEA Staff visited the cities of Galva, Hillsboro and Marion on Monday November 21st. Gerry Bieker, Manager of Member Services and Tom Saitta, Director of Operations met with Lori Tector, City Clerk for the City of Galva, Larry Paine, City Administrator for the City of Hillsboro and Roger Holter, City Administrator for the City of Marion.
Three Communities were acknowledged at the 2016 KMEA Annual Conference. They are Commemorating 100 years of Municipal Electric Service and Honoring the Community Visionaries Who Founded the City’s Electric Utility! Congratulations to Larned, Sterling and Garden City.
Award Accepted by Ralph Streit, Electric Production Superintendent, City of Larned
Award Accepted by Taggart Wall, City Manager, City of Sterling
Award Accepted by Cliff Sonnenberg, Electric Superintendent, City of Garden City
The Chairs came to life at the 2016 KMEA Annual Conference. Winning tickets were placed under chairs ahead of the Awards Banquet and four lucky individuals chose the right place to sit and won some great prizes!
On Tuesday the EMP1 members who take energy from Marshall Wind Farm were provided a tour by members of BHE Renewables and the onsite Vestas manager. The group listened to a presentation of the layout and various statistics of the wind farm before visiting the control room. The automation of the turbines is very advanced to the point that they respond in numerous ways to the wind direction, wind speed, wind gusts, and other environmental variables. Next came a visit to a wind turbine itself. The Vestas manager, Austin, opened the access door and invited everyone in look at the generator control panel, switchgear, access ladder and so forth. The towers are quite large and very impressived to visit. Our thanks to Tom and Janet of the BHE staff and Austin from Vestas for taking time to provide us with such an interesting tour and lunch.
