1. The Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) has been serving the greater Sacramento area for more than 60 years. They are the nation’s sixth-largest electric service provider, providing low-cost, reliable electricity to its customers. They receive more than 20 percent of its energy from renewable resources and are well known for their innovative energy efficiency programs, renewable power technologies, and for its sustainable solutions for a healthier environment.
2. This board has seven members that represent each ward of the Sacramento Area. These seven members are: Renée Taylor (Ward 1), Nancy Bui-Thompson (Ward 2), Howard Posner (Ward 3), Genevieve Shiroma (Ward 4, Board President), Rob Kerth (Ward 5), Larry Carr (Ward 6,
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4. Due to the fact SMUD is owned by its customers, costumers vote and elect each of the seven board members to fulfill four-year terms. Each board member represents a different geographic area, or “ward”. The board member representing Sacramento State University (CSUS), which is located within the boundaries of Ward 3, is Howard Poster, who also serves on the boards of the California Transportation Financing Authority and Sacramento City Compensation Commission.
5. The meeting was conducted following the items contained in the agenda titled “Board Energy Resources and Customers Services Committed Meeting.” In this context, there were three speakers: Ryan Sharp, Senior Vice president at the Economic and Planning Systems, Inc. Panorea Avdis, Chief Deputy Director, Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development, and Jim Alves, SMUD Economic Development and Partnerships Program Manager. After the guest speakers concluded their presentations, they answered questions addressed by the members of the Board Committee. A different dynamic was developed during Jim Alves’ presentation, who answered questions of the general public during his presentation. Those questions help to clarify the main objective of the night.
6. Members of the public wishing to address the Board should complete a
The meeting agenda included the topics that were going to be discussed which made the meeting more structured. To start off the meeting, they called the meeting, announced the time and date, took roll call, and then everyone stood up and said the pledge of allegiance. There was a Personal Appearance from Jim Haddock and he first had to state his full name and address. He thanked the city council board for the bills, as he
The national board of directors is comprised of local teachers, state educators, business leaders, and the division presidents.
The Board is composed of eleven members, each of who is appointed by the governor with the consent of the senate. Members are appointed to a term of four years with the exception of the Superintendent of Public
I went to the San Bernardino City Unified School District Board meeting that took place on October 3, 2017. In this board meeting, there were a lot of interesting topics that that were discussed. The board members voted on various topics throughout the board meeting, the community could see the members’ votes. This board meeting focused more on High School students rather than on Elementary students.
All board members/trustees, Interim superintendent, assistant superintendents, executive assistant, and the principals were in attendance. Although, the vice principal for Sunny Hills was proxy for the principal and the student board member was not present at the meeting.
The meeting had preplanned agendas concerning the planning staff and services to citizens. The types of services are residential, commercial, and industrial land use development ordinances. The meeting opened with a prayer followed by the Pledge of Allegiance, call to order, determination of a quorum, to ensure all board members are present and adoption of minutes. The Chairman, Mr. Keith Williams, was the moderator and he was very polite and efficient, by giving citizens and local official the opportunity to speak. The atmosphere was very static, because there were great number of residents there awaiting their chance to speak about a certain zoning agenda (City of Gulfport,
School board meeting are essential to the everyday operation of school districts. The meeting was called to order by the school board president, the conservator himself, where a quorum was present to start the meeting. Our school board members are elected and can serve a 4 year term, but the district is under the state leadership currently. This is great, because with one individual making the decisions and voting, makes the process of getting things done a smoother approach. With too many individuals making decisions sometimes, they cannot agree or reach consensus.
The trustee board consists of 30 members from the community with the majority affiliated with the Mennonite Brothering church, while the president’s cabinet comprises of the president, provost, and five vice presidents. A significant portion of the trustee board has some awareness of the inner workings of the university, although a large portion of information is communicated through the university provost or the president. Additionally, ninety percent of the members have voting privileges,
The meeting started off with Public Comments which allowed the public to address the City Council and others on any issues or comments they needed to discuss. Each person got only three minutes to speak, that was their limit. Robert Dahl’s criteria, Effective Participation: all must vote and participate, was really inputted in this part of the meeting. The public really did participate in
The school board meeting I attended was the Norris School District. The meeting was located at Norris Middle School in the Mary Louise Robinson Library. The address was 6940 Calloway Dr. at seven PM. The Norris school district contains four elementary schools and one middle school. Total number of elected board members are five. The board president is Cy Silver. They meet once a month on the second Wednesday. The board is required to address the reports from superintendent and staff. Such as enrollment, district proposition 39 California clean energy job acts funding, district cafeteria report, local control accountability plan progress report. They also discuss new business such as approving budgets and achievements. The general format of the meeting is the board members sit in the front of the general attendees and the president sits in the middle of all the board members. Staff members sit to the right and left of the board members. The atmosphere was very welcoming, and they spoke of the business like they actually cared.
For this online course, I was required to attend and observe a school board meeting. I completed my requirement on Monday May 23rd, 2016 at the Clearfield Area Board of School Directors Regular Meeting from 6:00 pm until 9:15 pm. The current Clearfield Area School Board is composed of five male and four female members. The five male members of this school board are: Mr. Larry A. Putt, Mr. Phillip E. Carr, Mr. Tim N. Morgan, Mr. Randy Pataky, and Dr. Michael Spencer. The four female members of this school board include: Mrs. Mary Anne Jackson, Mrs. Susan E. Mikesell, Mrs. Gail Ralston, and Mrs. Jennifer Wallace.
There were items addressed by the public. The public speakers were only allow 3 minutes to address their issues. The following items were address from the public:
Good members will work tirelessly to represent the school districts they serve and will be sure every decision is explained and understood. The Smithville School Board needs members who have integrity, respect and hold a strong moral compass in order to succeed. Social media is the first decider for elections in our current society and after researching Michael Till’s ,I can assure all that he does not fill the need character traits to help the Smithville School Board or School District
An agenda was provided at the beginning of the meeting. There were seven items on the agenda. They were the Call to Order, Approval of Meeting Minutes from February 6th, 2015, the Treasurer’s Report, Fundraising Report, Program Updates, Environmental Stewardship Updates, any New
The meeting began when the school board members entered the large group instruction room and took their seats at a panel table angled to the side of the audience. The school board consists of nine elected members from the community. The members are as follows: Paul Ridley (President), Pat Vigliotta (Vice President), Helen Cumminskey