HIGHLIGHTS OF THE APRIL 30, 2026 BOARD MEETING

In an effort to keep you informed of your Cooperative’s operations and activities, the following are highlights of the April 30 board meeting. 

1.	All directors were present. Also present were CEO Steve Seibert and Administrative Assistant Lisa Hinton.  
2.	The first item of business was the reorganization of the Board.  Director Jeff Vogel was re-elected Chairman of the Board, Director Gary Waninger was re-elected Vice-Chairman, and Director Dirk Stein was re-elected Secretary/Treasurer.
3.	The April 30, board meeting agenda was approved.
4.	The March 30, board meeting minutes were reviewed and approved.
5.	The membership certificates were reviewed. 
6.	The vouchers were reviewed and approved.
7.	The January, February and March financials were reviewed and approved.
8.	The board approved the selection of LWG CPA’s & Advisors as the 2026-2027 auditors.
9.	The CEO report was presented with Seibert reporting the following items: 
a.	Fiber project update
b.	Office construction project update
c.	Hoosier Energy Bandon 69KV outage update
d.	Hoosier Energy updates
e.	RUS Form 7 review
f.	ACLARA server issue
g.	2025 DG report
h.	Seibert reported the following meeting dates –ACES Member Conference May 28-29, CFC Forum June 14-17, and the IEC Directors Retreat July 24-25. 
10.	The 2026 Southern Indiana Power Annual Meeting was reviewed.  The board approved Tuesday, April 20 as the 2027 annual meeting date. 
11.	Cory Berg, training and safety at Hoosier Energy conducted capacitor banks and troubleshooting safety training on April 8. Robert White, safety and risk management instructor with IEC conducted arc flash hazard safety training on April 14. Chuck Tiemann presented an all employee safety training on April 20. A safety committee meeting was held April 20.  Seibert reviewed the Federated Annual Safety and Loss Prevention Assessment. Seibert advised there were no lost time accidents, and no public liability claim to report. 
12.	Office/IT manager Karen Mangum was appointed assistant secretary/treasurer to the board of directors for 2026.
13.	Director Chris Burroughs was selected voting delegate and Chairman Vogel alternate, for the CFC annual meeting.
14.	The board approved Operation Round Up board of trustee nominations of Gary Waninger and Ed Denning.  Each will serve a three-year term.
15.	Director Randy Kleaving reported on the IEC board meeting held April 15.
16.	Director Kyle Kniereim reported on the Hoosier Energy annual meeting held April 8.
17.	Seibert and Director Kleaving reported on the NRECA Legislative Conference held April 27-28.
18.	The next regularly scheduled board of directors meeting will be Tuesday May 26.