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Ripley board asserts authority, votes to request records after dispute with former Power & Light members
Summary
At a Ripley Power Board meeting, board members and the superintendent said the city currently holds authority over the utility while the board voted to request documentation from Power & Light management about recent decisions, including a reported $1.6 million transformer purchase and funds from Silicon Ranch.
The Ripley Power Board voted to request documents from Power and Light management and to review recent actions taken by the former Power & Light board after a public commenter and multiple board members raised questions about who currently holds authority over the utility.
The vote came after a resident, identified in the record as Miss Love, asked why the former Power and Light board was still meeting and questioned whether board appointments and payments to outside attorneys had been handled transparently. "I thought back in after this board was first elected, that they put the Republican Guard and Light Board back together," Miss Love said during public comment, adding she had applied to join the power board several times.
Mayor (unnamed) and the superintendent told the meeting the city currently considers itself the power board pending resolution of ongoing legal…
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