Electric Utility Board

Legal basis

• Charter Sec. 185 (2011-11-01) · authorizes · Creation of the electric utilities board source source
• Ordinance No. 7969 (2014) (2014-05-06) · creates · Light and Power Utility; BRC 2-3-23 Electric Utility Board source source
• BRC 2-3-23 (repealed) (2014) · governs · Electric Utility Board source
• Ordinance No. 8313 (2019) (2019) · amends source
• Ordinance No. 8332 (2019) (2019-06-18) · dissolves · Repealing Ordinance 7969, Chapter 11-7 and Section 2-3-23 source source

Appointed by

City Council. City Council appoints all nine members (Charter Sec. 185(c)); it never did. source

How

Council was to appoint the board when the utility had issued bonds and was receiving enterprise revenue; until then council itself carried the board's duties. That point never came before the 2019 repeal. source as of 2014-05-06

Seats

9 source

Seat types

• qualified to serve on an advisory commission under Charter Sec. 130 (a majority) qualified
• owners or employees of a business or governmental customer of the utility (at least three) ×3 qualified
• customers of the electric utility qualified

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Term

5 years source

Term limit

none set in Charter Sec. 185 or BRC 2-3-23 (2014 text); Charter Sec. 130 sets none either source

Staggering

initial terms to be staggered so at least one term expires each year source

Powers

advisory. Decides: its own bylaws, and rules within its jurisdiction only as council permits. To council: advises council on electric utility policy, reviews the utility budget and appropriations, and recommends on revenue bonds; holds a public hearing before any recommendation source source source source as of 2014-05-06

Council liaison

not applicable: the board was never seated; until appointment City Council itself carried its responsibilities source

Staff liaison

electric utility (director of electric utilities, as optional board secretary) source

Relations

• City Council appoints Electric Utility Board · authorized, never exercised source
• Electric Utility Board recommends to City Council · on paper only source

History

• 2014-05-06 · created · Ordinance 7969 created the Light and Power Utility and BRC 2-3-23 Electric Utility Board (on paper; appointment deferred). source
• 2019-06-18 · dissolved · Ordinance 8332 repealed Ordinance 7969, BRC 11-7 and BRC 2-3-23 under the settlement with Xcel (Public Service Co.). Charter Sec. 185 still provides for an electric utilities board if a utility enterprise is created. source source