More than 400 member-owners and guests attended North Western Electric Cooperative’s (NWEC) drive-through annual meeting at their Bryan office Saturday morning, April 17. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic restrictions, everyone had to remain in their vehicles; however, many guests still had fun by bringing their dogs along for the ride!

 

 

Trustee election voting was also held online from March 19, 2021, through April 16, 2021 at noon. A total of 359 votes were submitted by member-owners who could not attend the meeting but utilized voting through their secure online SmartHub account.

 

All member-owners who participated in their annual meeting (either by attending the drive-thru or casting their ballot) were entered to win a grand prize $500 bill credit or one of eighty-five $85 bill credits (winners listed at end).

 

Election results

Each board candidate was permitted to have one member representative observe the ballot collection during the drive-thru and vote counting process.

Current Board Chairman Andy Farnham, representing District 1 (Florence, Northwest, and St. Joseph townships in Williams County) was re-elected to serve another term on the NWEC Board of Trustees. No nominating petitions were received for District 2; therefore, the incumbent, Mitchel Headley, was elected by affirmation and did not appear on the ballot. (District 2 represents Hicksville and Milford townships in Defiance County, as well as Carryall Township in Paulding County.)

The full board can be viewed online at www.nwec.com/board-trustees

The 2020 Annual Meeting Minutes were also accepted by the membership.

 

Bill credit winners:

Robin L. Kurtz was the $500 grand prize bill credit winner. Eighty-five $85 bill credits were also awarded in celebration of the co-op’s 85th anniversary. Credits will be applied to bills received in May, due June 10th. Those winners include:

DANIEL W. AINSWORTH, JR  

KENNETH R. BAUER

MARTIN H. BECHTOL             

JOHN R. BEHRINGER             

JACOB BERNATH   

LYNETTE A. BERNATH           

STEVEN J. BRANNAN             

MARY J. BRODBECK

BARRY J. BROWN  

JOSEPHINE A. BROWN          

ANNDRAYA M. CASPER         

DILLON R. CEREGHIN             

STEVE J. CLEMENS 

RICK A. CRAMER    

LEE A. DANIELS      

MICHAEL L. DE GROFF          

CLINT J. DOAN        

LINDSEY M. ECKLEY

NORMA L. ENGLISH

TONY D. ENTENMAN             

JOHN C. EVANS      

AMBERLEIGH D. FAULHABER

MIKE E. FRALEY     

BRIAN D. FRITCH   

MIKE L. FRITCH      

CLETUS E. FRY        

ERIN K. GERSCHUTZ              

GREG L. GUILFORD

STEVEN R. HALE     

GERALD W. HANNA

DENNIS S. HARR    

JERRY L. HEFFELFINGER        

LUCAS B. HENRICKS

JENNIFER S. HINKLE

JERRY A. HUG        

BARBARA A. IMM  

KEVIN W. JAY         

JAMES L. JORDAN  

LYLE G. KAISER       

RICHARD L. KEPLER

CHRISTINA M. LORD              

JUNE E. MARTIN    

HUNTER S. MCDONALD         

BRANDON V. MILLER             

TAYLOR K. MUEHLFELD         

KELLY M. MUNGER

CAROL J. MUSGRAVE            

RANDY NESTER      

LARRY J. NOIROT   

CAROL L. NOWAK  

PAUL J. PIERCE       

GARY R. PIRTLE      

JAN E. PRICE           

MARIE A. RAWLINS

DWAYNE A. RICH   

BONNIE S. RIGDON

TAMARA A. ROBARGE           

RYAN S. RUBLE      

ANDREW J. SANEHOLTZ        

RICHARD E. SCHINDLER         

FLOYD E. SCHLOSSER            

ANTHONY J. SCHROEDER      

LEAH K. SCHWARZBEK          

DANIAL M. SEES    

ALAN J. SHEIBLEY  

CURT L. SHORT      

EZRA L. SIMMET JR

JAMES T. SINGER   

DONALD L. SMITH 

KENTON D. STAIRHIME         

PHILLIP S. STAMBAUGH        

CHARLES R. STILTNER            

STRYKER SPORTSMAN'S CLUB

JOHN M. STUDER  

ROBERT C. SUFFEL 

SANDRA J. THIEL    

G. JOE TUMEO       

DAVID D. WEBER   

DUANE A. WEBER  

WEST BETHESDA CHURCH    

BETHANNE M. WOODBURY  

CRIS S. WURM       

CALEB B. YODER    

CHRIST M. YODER  

CHAD G. ZACHRICH