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The Board of Public Utilities will meet on Wednesday, Oct. 21, in a virtual meeting.

A work session will begin at 4:30 p.m., followed by a regular meeting at 6 p.m.

On the agenda for the work session are a board update, general manager update, a reporting on 2021 staffing and a report on 2021 fuel and purchase power.

On the agenda for the regular meeting at 6 p.m. will be a visitors’ time, a COVID-19 update, internal audit update, a report on 2021 annual delegates for Western Fuels, miscellaneous comments and board comments.

The meeting will be conducted through telephone and the internet.

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

The public also may call toll free: 1-888-475-4499, meeting ID: 845 2313 9724.

To access the Board meeting information packet, click the link: https://www.bpu.com/Portals/0/pdf/board-information-packet-10-21-20.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.

During the public comment section of the agenda, community members will be asked to provide their name and address and will then have 5 minutes to speak.

The zoom application is free and can be downloaded from zoom for the following platforms

PC – https://zoom.us/support/download

Mac – https://apps.apple.com/us/app/zoom-cloud-meetings/id546505307

Android – https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=us.zoom.videomeetings&hl=en

iOS – https://apps.apple.com/us/developer/zoom/id530594111

You may also join from any web browser -https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84523139724

Kansas City, Kansas, Board of Public Utilities’ General Manager Bill Johnson has been named to Ingram’s Magazine’s annual list of the 250 Most Powerful Business Leaders in the Kansas City region.

Each year, Ingram’s identifies the most influential executives out of the 2.8 million individuals in the metropolitan area, recognizing these persons as “power brokers who lead organizations that are attaining measures levels of success and growth…while elevating the entire region’s commercial success, vibrancy and quality of life.”

Under Bill Johnson’s leadership, the BPU has been recognized as one of the top municipal utilities in the nation. Johnson became general manager in April 2019.

As detailed in the September 2020 Issue of Ingram’s, Johnson worked his way to the leadership ranks at BPU from an entry-level position, with previous posts overseeing the electric operation and technology divisions, covering power transmission and distribution, engineering, IT, and telecommunications, among other things.

He is a past president of Kansas Municipal Utilities and a board member for the Kansas City, Kansas, United Way, and past board member of the Boys and Girls Club.

Johnson is a member of the American Public Power Association and the Rocky Mountain Electric League, and past president of the Kansas-Missouri chapter of the American Association of Blacks in Energy.

Among his career-achievement awards, he has earned the distinguished “Black Achievers Award” from the Southern Christian Leadership Council and the “Black Man of Distinction Award” from the Friends of Yates.

• Information from BPU

The Board of Public Utilities will meet at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 2, in a remote Zoom meeting.

On the agenda for the meeting area are a visitors’ time, a COVID-19 update, CARES Act update, July financial report, electric operations update, open health care enrollment report, miscellaneous comments and board comments.

Access to the meeting will be available through the internet and telephone.

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

Interested persons also may call, toll-free, 1-888-475-4499.
The meeting ID number is 845 2313-9724.

The board information packet is available at https://www.bpu.com/Portals/0/pdf/board-information-packet-9-2-20.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.

During the public comment section of the agenda, community members will be asked to provide their name and address and will then have 5 minutes to speak.

The Zoom application is free and can be downloaded from Zoom for the following platforms

PC – https://zoom.us/support/download

Mac – https://apps.apple.com/us/app/zoom-cloud-meetings/id546505307

Android – https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=us.zoom.videomeetings&hl=en

iOS – https://apps.apple.com/us/developer/zoom/id530594111

Persons may also join from any web browser -https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84523139724