Members Approve Board Recommended Amendments
The MPE Board proposed amendments to the co-op's Bylaws and one to the Articles of Incorporation, which must be approved by the members to be effective. Members received the exact language of the amendments in the Notice of Annual Meeting that was mailed to all members.
Each member in attendance at the Annual Meeting was given a handheld device to vote on the amendments.
Amendment 1: Amends Mountain Parks’ Bylaws and the Articles of Incorporation
The Mountain Parks Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws require member approval of changes to any Bylaw that affects Director elections, terms or qualifications of Directors, Director District boundaries, or nonprofit form of business. Amendment 1 gives the Mountain Parks Board the authority to make changes to these Bylaw provisions if necessary to comply with law, rule, or regulation.
PASS By a vote of 117 Yes to 6 No, Amendment 1 passed.
Amendment 2: Amends several provisions of the MPE Bylaws
- Article 3 Section 4(a) and (b) are amended to delete unnecessary and confusing language and clarifying language is added.
- The amendment to Section 4(d) changes the voting requirement for being elected to the MPE Board from a majority of all votes cast to a plurality of all votes cast.
- If approved, MPE will no longer have to hold costly runoff elections when no candidate receives a majority of the votes cast.
- Article 4 Section 2(g) is revised for clarity.
- Article 4 Section 2(k) is revised to clarify the Board’s role in ensuring impartial Director elections.
- Colorado law prohibits the Board from endorsing or opposing candidates for Director. The Board is confident that it lives up to this standard and will continue to do so if the amendment is approved.
- As currently written, Section 2(k) requires the Board to actively discourage third party campaign practices. The Board does not believe it should take on this unwieldy obligation, and that doing so could run afoul of Colorado law.
- The amendment also removes the obligation to discourage Mountain Parks employees from making public announcements of support for Director candidates.
- This change is motivated by the Board’s desire to avoid the misperception that Mountain Parks’ policies affect employees’ lawful off-duty activities, which are protected by Colorado law. The Board fully supports those protections.
- Article 4 Section 6 is amended to revise an incorrect internal citation.
PASS By a vote of 119 Yes to 3 No and 1 Abstain, Amendment 2 passed.
Thanks to our Annual Meeting Sponsors
Asplundh again provided our breakfast sponsorship. Other sponsors included Merchants & Co., Glenn E. Sessions and Sons, Inc., Active Energies Solar, Purdue Specialties, Inc., Tri-State Generation &Transmission, Guzman Energy, Duncan Weinberg Genzer Prembroke, Eel Drilling LLC, Amaril Uniform Corp., Williamson, Lowery, Fredregill Law Firm, Western United, Entrust, and CFC.