2025 Annual Meeting recap

Thank you for attending our 78th Annual Meeting in June! This year, we tried something new and held the meeting in two locations: our Redfield Service Center and Holum Expo Center at the Brown County Fairgrounds. The business meeting was live in Aberdeen and livestreamed to Redfield.

There were 201 registered members, between both meetings, with a total of 290 people in attendance. Members who attended the annual meeting were given a gift bag with a meal voucher and entered in our prize drawings, including a special bill credit raffle for those who attended the business meeting.

VOTE RESULTS

Registered members at both meetings voted on amendments to Northern Electric’s Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws. The amendments passed with the required two thirds majority.

The amendment to the articles of incorporation authorizes the Board of Directors to set the number of directors in the board policy, provided that the number of directors shall not be fewer than five directors and no more than nine directors. The amendment to the bylaws authorizes the board to set the number of director districts and the number of directors per district. This change was suggested by the Board of Directors policy committee as a way to create more parity among the districts, which have not been changed since 1997. With population shifts and residential growth, member representation is uneven.

Members of the Board of Directors were at each meeting and answered questions about the possible effects of the amendments. The votes were counted and the results announced during the business meeting.

DIRECTOR ELECTION

Incumbent directors, Todd Hettich, Mina (District 2); Scott Sperry, Bath (District 5); and Nolan Wipf, Hitchcock (District 9) were the only candidates to submit qualifying petitions for seats up for election. Therefore, the incumbents were automatically re-elected at the annual meeting. 

Thank you to everyone who attended, and we hope to see you next year!