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Independence public commenters urge timely vote on creating independent Board of Public Utilities
Summary
Residents urged the Public Utility Advisory Board to recommend a charter change creating a seven-member Board of Public Utilities for Independence Power and Light, citing the need for focused governance and asking for clearer limits on economic development roles and nonresident membership before an August ballot filing.
Vice chair opened public comment and set ground rules, then residents told the advisory board they support a proposed charter change to create an independent Board of Public Utilities to govern Independence Power and Light (IPL).
Brent Schondelmeyer, a resident at 3704 South Grand, said the city has "taken 40 years to really get around to maybe getting a public vote about a change in governance for the independence power and light," urged the board to act promptly to meet the Jackson County election board filing deadline (May 27) so the measure could appear on the August ballot, and said an…
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