Bylaw Changes
The Highline Electric Association Board of Directors will consider amendments to the bylaws of the Association at the February 17, 2022, meeting of the Board of Directors. The amendments will modernize the bylaws and bring them into compliance with the Cooperative Governance bill (HB21-1131) enacted by the Colorado legislature this year and include:
- Language allowing electronic participation by directors at regular and special board meetings of the board of directors when authorized by the board.
- Clarification on who may hold a joint membership in the association.
- Replacement of gender-specific language with gender-neutral language throughout the by-laws.
- An extension of the deadline to submit a nomination petition for a director election from 45 days to 60 days prior to the election.
- Language allowing members to cast votes electronically in any member election authorized by the board of directors.