2024 Trustee Election Information

The cooperative shall hold a 2024 election of trustees to serve three-year terms on 4 Rivers Electric’s governing board.

The election of trustees shall be by district, and only qualified candidates nominated by petition shall appear on the ballot. Each of the three board districts has one position included in the 2024 election. Your district of membership can be found at the top of your 4 Rivers monthly bill; please reach out to our office if you have any questions on your district of membership. View district maps here.

Candidates to be Nominated by Petitions – Due by December 28, 2023

Trustee Board Positions Available for Nomination (one position per district):

District 1

  • Gene Huston, incumbent

District 2

  • Warren Schmidt, incumbent

District 3

  • Larry Felts, incumbent
  • Nick Frankenbery, incumbent
  • Michael Springer, incumbent

Petition Requirements

To be placed on the ballot, a petition containing the signatures of at least 20 members of the cooperative who live in the district for which the election is being held, approving the nomination of the individual member to be placed on the ballot, must be delivered to the 4 Rivers office at either Lebo or Fredonia by 5:00pm, Thursday, December 28, 2023.

For members interested in running for the board, you may download a candidate packet here or pick one up in any of our offices. Packets include more information on trustee duties, along with the petition form for collecting member signatures. For interested members, we recommend reading 4 Rivers Cooperative Policies, including ­105 Ethics and Fiduciary Duty and 110 Disclosure of Cooperative Information.

Voting for Candidates

In January, ballots will be mailed to members in each of the districts. Only the names of the nominees for such district shall be on the ballot. Returned and completed ballots must be postmarked or received at the Lebo office on or before February 20. The results will be announced at the Annual Meeting of Members to be held March 25 at the Fredonia Junior Senior High School, 916 Robinson St., Fredonia.