Headquarters Open House Scheduled for January 17

Officials of the members of the lllinois Municipal Electric Agency, Illinois Public Energy Agency and Illinois Municipal Utilities Association will tour the new IMEA headquarters at an open house set for January 17.

The building will open to the members at 10 AM and a dedication will take place at 11 AM. Descriptions of the building's advanced features will take place as will tours. A light buffet lunch will be served following the dedication.

New Faces Join Board

There are two new members on the IMEA board of directors. The first is Flora's municipal attorney, Bob Coble. Coble has a long history working with the Agency on issues related to power supply issues and Flora. He attended his first meeting in December.

Also joining the Board is Nancy Sowers of Greenup. Nancy is the city clerk for the village and like Coble has a long history of working with IMEA and she holds and excellent working knowledge of the organization.

Bob and Nancy join a number of recent new board members. They include Brian Keys of Winnetka, Doug Carnes of Sullivan, Jim Holder of Roodhouse and Mayor Van Johnson of Carlyle.

IMEA welcomes you all.

IPEA and IMUA Inaugurate New Building with Board Meetings

Both the Illinois Public Energy Agency and the Illinois Municipal Utilities Association held their inaugural meetings in the new IMEA headquarters building. Both IPEA and IMUA are managed under contract by the staff of the IMEA, although they retain their own boards of directors which provide policy direction to staff.

IPEA and IMUA use the new training facility within the building for their meetings. The facility can comfortably seat up to 50 and has integral audio visual equipment for meetings and training sessions.

The board meetings took place on December 5 and 6 in conjunction with the first IMEA meetings. Also held over the period was a meeting to discuss the new federal mandatory reliability compliance regulations for the IMEA member that are affected by them.