Melanie Reed, the Glasgow EPB’s chief financial officer, speaks during a meeting of the Board of Directors on Tuesday, July 23, 2019. Reed will assume the superintendent’s position after William Ray steps down March 1, per court ordered mediation agreements.
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GLASGOW, Ky. – Melanie Reed will assume the interim superintendent’s position at the Glasgow Electric Plant Board beginning March 1.
Reed is the utility’s current chief financial officer. She will assume the superintendent’s position after William Ray resigns his position.
The Glasgow EPB and Ray were involved in mediation efforts in early February. Those efforts were court mandated.
Ray will continue to serve as an adviser to the Glasgow EPB. He’ll no longer hold the superintendent’s position, but he will remain on the employee list. The mediation efforts put forth that he would receive his current salary and benefits at least through June 1.
He has an option to extend his time June 1 at the EPB by three months. He can serve no longer than six months after March 1.
DT Froedge, GEPB chairperson, made a motion that asks Reed to consolidate information regarding Ray’s exact position at the GEPB in the coming months. Marlin Witcher seconded the motion and the board passed it.
GEPB bylaws state that the CFO will assume the superintendent’s position when they are incapacitated or removed. The board formalized that procedure at its Tuesday meeting and passed a motion that calls for Reed to assume the position.
Libby Short, board member, asked toward the end of the meeting about the search process for a new superintendent. She proposed a steering committee of community members be developed.
“I think it would probably be appropriate if we set up a committee of a couple people to maybe start that process,” Short said.
Froedge said he had already asked an Atlanta-based recruiting firm to send proposals to the GEPB. He also reminded the board they have an option to advertise the position.
“I think all four of us need to participate in that committee,” Froedge said.
Short said she liked the idea of a steering committee to prevent bias from the board.
“We are the board,” Froedge said. “We get to be biased.”
In other news, a lawsuit against the Tennessee Valley Authority was formally dropped after those mediation efforts. A formal entry to discontinue the case was yet to be made by a judge in the case as of Tuesday, according to GEPB counsel Ron Hampton.
A final bill from Frost, Brown and Todd Attorneys was not made available during a recent open records request. The law firm billed the EPB Jan. 29 for $8,959, which is the only bill they’ve apparently received at this point.
