Norm Scott said he was in favor of keeping the BPU as a public utility.
“We definitely do not want to sell this facility, this is a great facility,” he said at the Armourdale candidate forum.
Scott is a lifelong union member and retired as a business agent for the operating engineers, Local 101, union, and has been endorsed by an electricians union, including electrician workers that represent the BPU, and the Heavy Constructors Association.
Scott is the chairman of the Wyandotte County Democratic Party.
Scott graduated from Wyandotte High School and attended Kansas City Kansas Community College. Since retirement, he has been a volunteer in his neighborhood association, his church and at Cross-Lines.
“I’m a strong supporter of labor and I know they have contributed to BPU’s success,” he said at the Democratic breakfast.
Keeping rates as low as possible and delivering customer service as best as possible are two of his goals, he said at the meeting.
He said he is interested in representing the citizens and he has asked some questions of the board. “I need to know why our rates are high,” Scott said at the Armourdale forum.
“I need to know why we can’t address some (more) alternative energies,” he said. He said he knows that some business facilities today are totally self-sufficient, with a zero environmental footprint.
On the topic of customer service, “When you call and all you can get is a machine, that tells me we need to get a little closer to the table,” Scott said at the Armourdale forum. He said he wanted to understand the reasoning behind all the decisions made at the BPU.