Cimarron Electric Cooperative A Great Annual Meeting
Much cooler temperatures were welcomed by Cimarron Electric Members at the 78th Annual Meeting on September 11th.
The annual meeting has been in August in the past, but the 30 degree cooler temperatures we experienced this year made everyone’s day more enjoyable. We had a first for a Cimarron Annual Meeting, some members were actually wearing jackets for warmth!
Cimarron’s employees (the Bar-B-Q- crew) did not disappoint as they made up their delicious BEEF B-B-Q Sandwiches. Chips, ice cream and ice cold water also hit the spot. In addition to the good meal, Cimarron members received door prizes as they registered. For about 90 minutes, folks were able to eat, visit with neigh- bors and friends and were entertained by The Damon Jackson Band. Alex Damon and Dean Jackson are very talented musicians and played a wide variety of songs and instruments. They sang the National Anthem, acappella style at the end of their show for a standing ovation!
After opening the meeting, Jeff Hyatt, Asst. Manager, led an invocation and then greeted members and introduced guest and the CEC Board of Directors. Board President, Tom
Mike Bomhoff, Rep. Mike Sanders, Mark Snowden
Electric Cooperative (WFEC) for the 25 million dollar upgrade of transmission lines and substa- tions that was completed this past year. The lines and substations were upgraded from 69 kV to 138 kV in the heart of our service terri- tory. Mr. Snowden reported that this upgrade has already made a huge difference in reducing blinks and voltage drops and has led to in- creased power stability.
Jeff Hyatt
Kloeppel, called retired board trustee Mike Bomhoff to the stage where he was recognized for his 19 years of service to Cimarron Electric Members.
Mark Snowden, Cimarron CEO, gave the Man- ager’s Report. Mark thanked Western Farmers
He also talked about a huge project that we have been working on all last year and just started this month. This project will consist of rebuilding and hardening 1239 miles of line in the western half of our electric system. Some of the original copper will finally be replaced in this upgrade. We went back to black creosote poles, that last longer than the pinta treated poles in our acidic soils. He also said that we are using a duct tile iron storm pole, with 4 guy wires on each pole, to reduce domino effect snapping in major storms. There could be up to four iron poles per mile. When this three year project is completed, over half of Cimarron’s 4600 miles of line will have been replaced in the past 15 years. We hate that so much of our system had to be replaced because of storm damage, but it is nice to have one of the new- est and best systems in the state.
October 2014
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