The regular meeting of the Board of Trustees of Clay Electric Co-operative, Inc. (CECI) was held at the Clay Electric Co-operative Headquarters, Flora, Ill., beginning at 6:55 p.m. on Monday, June 23, 2025.
Trustees present were Bob Pierson, Bill Croy, Kevin Logan, Frank Herman, Richard Rudolphi, Evan Smith and Josh Schnepper. Attending by phone: Frank Czyzewski. Also present were Matt Conklin, CEO; Brian Stagen, CFC RVP; Brian Adams, CFC; and Daniel Gottschalk, CFC. Absent from the meeting was Neil Gould. The meeting was opened by Bob Pierson, who presided, and Bill Croy acted as secretary thereof.
The invocation was given by Evan Smith, and was followed by the Pledge of Allegiance.
The following proceedings were had [all action being first duly moved and seconded, and all action taken being upon the unanimous vote of the Board or without dissenting vote of abstention unless otherwise stated]:
APPROVED, the Suggested Agenda.
HEARD, a report from CFC representatives on the CFC Cost-of-Service Study.
HEARD, the Manager’s Report on Safety including:
- The Monthly Safety Report;
- Monday Morning Safety meeting held June 17, 2025;
- Safety Committee meeting held June 12, 2025.
APPROVED, the Consent Agenda including the following:
- APPROVED, the prior meeting minutes;
- APPROVED, (a) to admit to membership those applicants connected for service since the last such review by the Board, and (b) cancel those former members shown on the Manager’s Report since the last such review by the Board, said members no longer taking service.
REVIEWED, the Consent Agenda including the following:
- REVIEWED, the Work Orders;
- REVIEWED, the Disbursements;
- REVIEWED, the Credit Card Statements;
- REVIEWED, the Attorney Retainer;
- REVIEWED, the Account Summary Report.
APPROVED, the retirement of capital credits on a member estate.
REVIEWED and APPROVED, policy revision to Policies 800-5.
REVIEWED, CFC Quarterly Loan payment and Quarterly LOC payment.
HEARD, a report by Bob Pierson regarding SIPC, updated on recent Illinois Pollution Control Board hearing.
HEARD, a report by Kevin Logan regarding the AIEC board meeting for the month.
DISCUSSED, upcoming Board Training and Events including:
- AIEC Annual Meeting;
- NRECA Region 5 meeting.
HEARD and APPROVED, a financial report by Matt Conklin as to the following:
- Monthly Reconciliation;
- SIPC Power Delivered in May 2025;
- May 2025 Cash Flow;
- Line Loss;
- May 2025 Form 7;
- May 2025 Balance Sheet.
REVIEWED, the Cybersecurity Report.
HEARD and APPROVED, the Manager’s Report by Matt Conklin on the following topics:
- Labor Negotiations;
- CECI ACSI Score;
- Operations Report;
- Communications Report;
- Upcoming meetings.
DISCUSSED, recent labor negotiations results.
REVIEWED, Touchstone Energy American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) results for Clay Electric Co-operative.
REVIEWED, the Operations Report.
REVIEWED, the Communications Report.
WERE REMINDED, of upcoming meetings on July 28, 2025 at 7 p.m., Aug. 25, 2025 at 7 p.m., and Sept. 22, 2025 at 7 p.m., Oct. 27, 2025 at 7 p.m. and the annual meeting Aug. 21, 2025 at 5 p.m.
There being no further business to come before the Board, said meeting was declared adjourned at 9:31 p.m.