Sept. 25, 2025 

The 2025 Annual Meeting of the membership of the Kankakee Valley Rural Electric Membership Corporation was held at the Porter County Fairgrounds in Valparaiso, Porter County, Indiana, on Sept. 25, 2025. A catered meal with pork chops prepared by the LaCrosse Lions Club and sides by John Andy’s was served to the members beginning at 3:30 p.m. CST by REMC employees and board members. Live music by Ashlyn and Nate Venturelli was presented on the indoor stage. The business meeting was scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. CST, pursuant to notice provided to each member of the cooperative. The business meeting included the announcement of board members for a new three-year term, industry updates by the cooperative leadership team, recognition and a scholarship presentation to the Junior Board of Directors, and the awarding of prizes. 

A copy of the proof of mailing of the Notices and Secretary’s Affidavit is appended as EXHIBIT A, at the end of these minutes, and was included in the member program available to the membership at the Annual Meeting event for those who appeared and registered at the meeting, and also was available on the cooperative website. 

The business meeting opened, and the first matter of business was the consideration of the notice of the meeting. The reading of the Notice of the Meeting to Members as provided in Bylaw Art. III Sec. 3 was waived and dispensed after a motion duly made and seconded was carried on a unanimous vote. The next item on the agenda was the reading of the minutes of the 2024 Annual Meeting. On motion duly made and seconded, the membership resolved to waive the reading of the minutes. Then, on motion duly made and seconded, the minutes of the 2024 Annual Meeting were approved as printed in the program, on a vote. A count of the members present for the meeting showed that a quorum was reached pursuant to Bylaw Art. IV Sec. 4(d). A total of 628 members attended the Annual Meeting in person. 

The membership had been advised at the Annual Meeting that there were two director seats up for election at this Annual Meeting for terms of three years each or until their successors shall be duly elected and qualified. The candidates were selected by obtaining nominations by petition pursuant to the bylaws of the cooperative. 

Instructions were provided to all members on how to complete the membership vote online prior to the Annual Meeting or in person at the event.

In accordance with Bylaw Art. IV, the following candidates were nominated for election by petition in Districts 1 and 2: 

District 1
Chris Birky (unopposed)

District 2
Dean Moretton
Amy Swift
Robert Wichlinski

Attorney Krsak called the members appointed to serve as election inspectors to gather and begin counting the votes and to certify the election. The members appointed to serve as election inspectors were Dennis Leek and Tim Miller. 

The election inspectors, with assistance from KV REMC employees, counted the votes cast for the election for the District 1 position, where Chris Birky was running unopposed on the ballot. Ballots were counted and added to the pre-meeting voting, and the total results showed that Chris Birky had at least 1 vote. Thus, Birky was duly elected director on the board of directors for District 1 for the ensuing three years or until their successors have been elected and qualified. 

Election inspectors, with assistance from KVREMC employees, counted the votes cast for the District 2 position, which included Dean Moretton, Amy Swift, and Robert Wichlinski on the ballot. Ballots were counted and added to the pre-meeting voting totals, and the results showed: Dean Moretton with 450 votes, Amy Swift with 407 votes, and Robert Wichlinski with 404 votes. Thus, Moretton was duly elected director on the board of directors for District 2 for the ensuing three years or until their successors were elected and qualified. The results of the election to the board for Districts 1 and 2 were duly certified by the Election Inspectors, and the prevailing candidates are as reported above. 

The Certificate of Election Inspectors is available to the member-consumers upon request at the Kankakee Valley REMC office. 

CEO Scott Sears announced the prize winners, including anyone whose registration card was selected, regardless of whether the member was present at the time of the drawing. 

The chairman called for any other business or new business to be brought to the attention of the membership; there being none, the meeting was duly adjourned. 

Exhibit A: Secretary’s Affidavit of Mailing of the Notice of the 2025 Annual Meeting

State of Indiana, County of LaPorte

I, Bill Bohling, being first duly sworn, upon his oath deposes and says: That I am the duly elected and qualified Secretary of the Kankakee Valley Rural Electric Membership Corporation, hereinafter called the Cooperative.

That on the 27 day of August 2025, I had mailed to each member-consumer of the cooperative, to the addresses as they appear on the records of the 2, a notice of the Annual Meeting of the member-consumers to be held on Sept. 25, 2025, by depositing such notice with postage prepaid thereon and addressed as aforesaid in the United States mail. The total number of member-consumers receiving notice of the Annual Meeting on said date was 19,062.

Subscribed and sworn to Bill Bohling, Secretary, before me this 27th day of August

Alissa Wolf, Notary Public County of Resident, LaPorte
My commission expires Feb. 13, 2030