The Jackson Energy Authority board of directors held their monthly meeting at the JEA Training Center, 351 Dr. Martin Luther King Drive, to discuss 14 items of business.
Highlights of those items included:
Revisions to the policy and procedures for the water, wastewater, and electric divisions to improve overall service.
Approval of purchasing requests for electric distribution transformers and equipment along with purchases of heavy equipment for the gas division.
Purchasing replacement service vehicles and heavy-duty vehicles.
Replacement of the HVAC units at the training system.
Purchase of an updated enterprise wireless network solution to improve communication for service calls.
Extension of an insurance brokerage services agreement.
Received an update on the Home Uplift Program designed to assist low income clients with energy saving home improvements.
“The board received financial reports which showed good results for the first two months of the current fiscal year,” said Monte Jones, JEA’s chairman of the board, “An update on the recent Tennessee Valley Lineman’s Rodeo hosted by JEA on the Jackson State Community College campus was also presented.
“JEA staff volunteered several hours to host the event which included 14 teams, 66 apprentices and 12 senior linemen from other utility districts.
“JEA had one team with Adam Phillips, Zack Zehner and Miller Pounds, one lineman with Bryant Cash and two apprentices with Ryan Calderon and Stephen Morris. Cash placed second in the double headend insulator change out while Calderon was second in the security light change out and first overall for apprentices.”
(PHOTO: Monte Jones, JEA chairman of the board of directors)
