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GRU Governance (B)
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At its regular meeting on January 16, 2014, the City Commission directed that a workshop and special meeting be scheduled to discuss GRU governance.
On February 4, 2014, the City Commission held a workshop, heard presentations from Barry Moline, Executive Director of the Florida Municipal Electric Association (FMEA), Jim Stanfield, former CEO of Lakeland Electric and Cynthia Austin, Board member of Jacksonville Electric Authority, received public comment and discussed municipal utility governance options.
On February 11, 2014, the City Commission held a special meeting, further discussed municipal utility governance models, received public comment and directed staff to invite APPA or other experts give a presentation on governance at a future City Commission meeting.
At its regular meeting on March 6, 2014, the City Commission approved placing a GRU Governance item on the March 20, 2014 City Commission regular meeting agenda. At its regular meeting on March 20, 2014, the City Commission further discussed utility governance, heard public comment and referred Commissioner Poe's proposed Governing Board criteria to the City Attorney to create a draft ordinance as a guide/framework for use at a future workshop to be scheduled by the City Clerk.
On April 1, 2014, the City Commission held a workshop, heard a presentation from the City Attorney's Office, discussed the framework for creating an advisory board that would study utility governance for a period of time and report back to the City Commission with recommendations concerning GRU Governance. Commissioners expressed a desire to receive more information from staff regarding an estimated timeline for the advisory board work, topics the advisory board would be expected to examine, identification of a facilitator with expertise in utility governance, and an estimated budget for the board activities.
At its June 2014 Strategic Planning Retreat, the City Commission disc...
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