Meeting

Board of Directors

Surprise Valley Electrification Corp.

March 24, 2016

1.The scheduled meeting of the Board of Directors of Surprise Valley Electrification Corp. was held on the 24th day of March 2016, at the Surprise Valley Electrification Corp. office in Alturas, California at 10:35 a.m.

The meeting was called to order by President Craig Joiner. Directors present at the meeting were Raymond Cloud, Scott Warner, Wesley Cook, Duane Mc Garva, John Erquiaga, and Dennis Flynn.

Also present at the meeting were General Manager Bradley A. Kresge, Company Attorney Kirk Gibson was available by conference call, Operations Manager Dennis Reed, Engineer John Minto, and Member Service Manager Lynn Culp.

Members present at the meeting was Janie Erkiaga.

2. Chair appointed Administrative Secretary Melissa Stevens to take the minutes.

3. Changes or additions to the Agenda-

6. New Business: c. Wheeling Study

Open Session

1.Reading of previous Board Meeting Minutes- Director Wesley Cook made a motion to approve the minutes of the February 25, 2016 Board Meeting, Dennis Flynnseconded, motion approved.

2. Managers’ Report-

  1. Bradley A. Kresge, General Manager, presented the following to the Board:
  • 2ND year Apprentices Randy Buchanan and Jesse Harer attended Camp Rilea in Astoria, Oregon and both received high scores on their tests and were complimented on their great attitudes and hard work.
  • Company Audit went very well.
  • Surprise Valley Electrification Corp. ranked # 18 with General Pacific in sales.
  • Meter exchange, AMR meters in Oregon are a great success.

Continued Manager’s Report-

  1. Dennis Reed- Operations Report, see attached.
  1. John Minto and DJ Northrup presented a slide show to the Board of a map of the areas that the Davey Resource Group has covered.
  1. Lynn Culp- Gave an update to the Board on the Paisley project.

3. Member Discussion Period-

  1. Janie Erkiagaand Member Service Manager, Lynn Culpdiscussed the plans on the Scholarship program.

4. Correspondence-

  1. Member Russell Medina called and complimented the office staff and serviceman for great service.
  1. SV School District sent a letter saying thank you for the donation we made.
  1. Member Don Hendricks called to thank serviceman and staff for the quick response and expertise. He is very happy to have Surprise Valley Electric as his electric provider.

5. Old Business-None.

6. New Business-

  1. NRECA Meeting- John Erquiaga made a motion to approve to send Secretary, Raymond Cloud to the Legislative Rally in Washington D.C., Scott Warner seconded, motion passed.
  1. Todd Kennedy Golf Tournament- Duane Mc Garva made a motion to send two teams to Klamath Falls, OR golf tournament from Surprise Valley Electric, Wesley Cook seconded, motion passed.
  1. Wheeling Study- Board made a motion to get Wheeling study done on our service territory.

7. Policy Review-None.

Closed Session

  1. Financial report for the Board
  2. Approval of new & cancelled memberships- Approved
  3. Write-offs- Approved
  4. Capital credits- None
  5. Board Discussion
  6. 2016 Budget

There being no further business the meeting was adjourned at 11:35 a.m.

Sincerely,

______

Raymond J. Cloud, Secretary

Attachments: Report, Dennis Reed