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Current
A Publication of Cotton Electric Cooperative Inc.
“The Current - Informing Our Members Since 1957” VOLUME 66
August 14, 2023
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Church Chapel, 213 N. Broadway St., Marlow • Aug. 29 – District 6: Simmons Center, 800 Chisholm Trail Parkway, Duncan • Sept. 7 – District 8: Cotton Electric Cooperative Community Center, 226 N. Broadway St., Walters Registration at each meeting will begin at 6 p.m. Members are requested to bring with them the mailed official registration card. The registration card allows for quicker registration and makes the holder eligible for an attendance prize. Registration ends at 7 p.m. when the business meeting will be called to order. Each member is entitled to one vote in trustee elections. Churches, clubs, schools, organizations and others will receive credentials to be used to designate a person as the voting delegate. Forms must be presented at registration, with all forms completed and notarized. These will enable the representatives of each organization to vote and participate in the business of the cooperative.
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By The Current Staff District meetings for three of the nine voting districts of Cotton Electric Cooperative have been set for the purpose of electing trustees and for reports involving other business matters. The business and affairs of Cotton Electric are managed by a board of nine trustees representing geographical districts with similar densities of service. The board establishes the overall policies of the cooperative. Each trustee is a co-op member who represents one district, the area in which he or she lives. The cooperative’s bylaws stipulate that District Meetings are to be held in three of the nine voting districts annually. This year, members residing in Districts 2, 6 and 8 will receive mailed notices that will include information about the time, date and location of the meetings they should attend. Only members in these three voting districts will receive notices. This year, the meeting schedule is as follows: • Aug. 28 – District 2: Marlow First Baptist
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Cotton Electric members in the affected districts will receive meeting notices in the mail over the next several weeks. The card colors shown above correspond to the districts. Trustees who are elected at the district meetings will take office immediately following the annual meeting. Trustees will serve a threeyear term. If there is no election, incumbents are held over for the term. Incumbents are: Ken Layn, District 2; Todd Clark, District 6; and Tony High, District 8. The cooperative’s bylaws further stipulate that an Annual Meeting of the entire membership is to be held shortly after the District Meetings. The 2023 Cotton Electric Cooperative Annual Meeting and Member Appreciation
Trustees
KEN LAYN
TODD CLARK
TONY HIGH
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represents District #6
represents District #8
night will be Tuesday, Sept. 26 at the Stephens County Fairgrounds in Duncan. Registration
for the in-person Annual Meeting will begin at 5:30 p.m. Be sure to watch for your official
Annual Meeting registration card on the cover of the September edition of The Current.
ANNUAL MEETING AND WHAT: MEMBER APPRECIATION NIGHT
Power Cost Adjustment Calculated The power cost adjustment now being applied to bills mailed after August 1, 2023, is $0.00661 per kWh.
On a member’s average bill of 1,300 kilowatt hours (kWh), this will amount to a charge of $8.59 on the August bill.
July 2023 Temperature Extremes Day High Low Avg. 16 92 74 83 17 102 73 88 18 106 69 88 19 106 69 88 20 102 72 87 21 91 75 83 22 92 67 80 23 99 63 81 24 107 65 86 25 107 67 87 26 104 67 86 27 105 70 88 28 104 75 90 29 105 71 88 30 106 68 87 Source: srh.noaa.gov/oun/ 31 107 69 88 Average Daily High: 99 Average Daily Low: 70
Day High Low 1 91 70 2 99 67 3 99 69 4 100 69 5 97 72 6 93 70 7 95 68 8 92 70 9 85 68 10 92 71 11 96 72 12 106 77 13 108 75 14 95 76 15 91 75
Avg. 81 83 84 85 85 81 82 81 77 82 84 92 92 86 83
WHEN:
SEPT. 26, 2023
WHERE:
STEPHENS COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS
Did You Know? Cotton Electric offices will be closed Monday, Sept. 4, in observance of Labor Day. Emergency calls will be answered at 580-875-3351 or 800522-3520.
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