Middle Tennessee Electric Membership Corporation members reelected four incumbents to the board of directors’ seats during the cooperative’s annual meeting Saturday at Embassy Suites Murfreesboro – Hotel and Conference Center. Approximately 2,000 attended the annual meeting, with more than 700 voting in the elections this year.
Incumbents Ann Little of Williamson County (District 1B) and Jim Mills of Wilson County (District 4D) won reelection to their seats. The contested seat for Rutherford County (District 2B) was filled by incumbent David Lee of Rutherford County, and the contested seat for Wilson, DeKalb and Trousdale Counties (District 4A) was filled by incumbent Tom Purkey. Additionally, the 2016 Nominating Committee election resulted in W.J. “Joey” Davis, Donald L. Lampley and Juanita Patton from District 1 – Williamson County, Thomas “Teb” Batey II, Robert Mullins, and Jamey Faulkner from District 2 – Rutherford County, Jeanne Melton from District 3 – Cannon County and Ken Howell, Hilton A. Mires, Quintin Smith and John R. Woodroof from District 4 – Wilson County and.
MTEMC board members serve rotating three-year terms, and the nominating committee is responsible for nominating next year’s board of directors candidates.
In an organizational meeting following the voting, the board elected Mike Woods of Rutherford County as chairman, and then elected Tom Purkey of Wilson County as vice chairman and Steve Seger of Williamson County as secretary-treasurer.
“We really look forward to this day every year,” MTEMC President Chris Jones said. “The democratic process of members electing those that represent and serve the organization is an important piece of who we are as not-for-profit, member-owned electric cooperative.”
In addition to the board of directors’ reelection, the 2015 Miss MTEMC crown was given to Caroline Hendrick of Lebanon.
At the conclusion of the meeting, Jesse Summers of Murfreesboro won the grand prize; a used 2007 Ford Escape that had been retired from the MTEMC fleet.
Middle Tennessee Electric Membership Corporation is a member-owned, not-for-profit cooperative providing electricity to more than 205,000 residential and business members in Williamson, Wilson, Rutherford and Cannon counties.
For more information, please contact MTEMC Communications Coordinator Josh Clendenen at 615-494-1071 or 615-516-5020.
