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WATER ENERGY LIFE <br />CITY OF <br />RjVEIZSIDE <br />lag <br />PUBLIC UTILITIES <br />RIVERSIDE PUBLIC UTILITIES <br />Board Memorandum <br />BOARD OF PUBLIC UTILITIES <br />DATE: MARCH 11, 2024 <br />SUBJECT: ELECTION OF BOARD OF PUBLIC UTILITIES OFFICERS AND REQUEST <br />NEW BOARD CHAIR TO ASSIGN BOARD OF PUBLIC UTILITIES MEMBERS <br />TO BOARD OF PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMITTEES <br />ISSUES: <br />Conduct an election for the Board of Public Utilities offices of Chair and Vice -Chair and request <br />that the new Chair assign Board of Public Utilities Members to each Board of Public Utilities <br />Committees. <br />RECOMMENDATIONS: <br />That the Board of Public Utilities: <br />1. Conduct an election for the Board of Public Utilities offices of Chair and Vice -Chair; and <br />2. Request that the newly elected Chair consider assigning Board of Public Utilities <br />Members to each Board of Public Utilities Committees. <br />BACKGROUND: <br />The Board of Public Utilities' (Board) Standing Rules require that the Board conduct elections for <br />the Board offices of Chair and Vice -Chair at their first regularly scheduled meeting in March. The <br />Board has adopted the following process for elections: <br />"Rule 5 (F): Election of officers shall be conducted in the following manner: <br />1. The outgoing chair shall call the nominations. Any member may make a nomination <br />for officers, and such nomination does not need to be seconded by another member. <br />2. Nominations will be closed only by motion of a member and seconded by another <br />member. <br />3. The Board shall then vote for the officer by a hand vote. <br />4. In the event of a tie, the two members that received the most votes shall have a run- <br />off election, conducted in the same manner. <br />