BPU to meet Wednesday and Thursday

The Kansas City, Kansas, Board of Public Utilities will meet on Wednesday, Dec. 1, for a work session and regular session.

The BPU also will have a finance committee meeting at 5 p.m. Dec. 1.

On the agenda for the work session, which starts at 5:30 p.m., is executive staff development.

On the agenda for the regular meeting, which starts at 6 p.m., will be a public comment time, October financial report, utility analytics and reporting, miscellaneous comments and board comments.

All three meetings on Dec. 1 will be available for the public to access through the telephone or through the internet on a Zoom meeting.

To join the Zoom meeting, visit the website https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84523139724.

To join the meeting by telephone, call toll-free 1-888-475-4499.

The meeting ID number is 845 2313 9724.

The board meeting information packet is online at https://www.bpu.com/Portals/0/pdf/board-information-packet-12-1-21.pdf.

Members of the community who wish to speak to the board must be logged in to the Zoom meeting via the internet using their browser or the Zoom application. Members of the public will be asked to raise their hand to signal they wish to address the board.

For more information about how to access the Dec. 1 meeting, visit https://www.bpu.com/About/MediaNewsReleases/December1BPUBoardMeetingNotice.aspx.

The BPU board also is scheduled to meet for a budget workshop on Thursday, Dec. 2.

The in-person workshop will be held from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the BPU administration building, 540 Minnesota Ave., Kansas City, Kansas.

The workshop on Dec. 2 will include budget reviews for the electric production; accounting and finance – purchasing and supply, and administrative services divisions; general management; corporate compliance; customer service; information technology; water; electric operations and electric supply divisions.

The final 2022 budget will be presented to the board for its approval during the Dec. 15 board meeting.