Electric Utility Board
Gardner Energy | 1150 E. Santa Fe | Gardner, Kansas 66030
Office Hours: 7 am - 4 pm Monday through Friday - 856-7256
Office Hours: 7 am - 4 pm Monday through Friday - 856-7256
Electric service issues? Call 913-856-6802 - 7 days a week, 24 hours a day
Questions regarding your bill or to start/stop service, call Utility Billing: 856-7535
E-Mail Janet Hackney, Executive Assistant/Clerk of the Board
E-Mail Janet Hackney, Executive Assistant/Clerk of the Board
NEW! Gardner Energy is pleased to announce they are offering a booklet titled 'Energy Savers Tips' to residents at no charge. This 26 page booklet offers information such as tips to lower your energy costs for lighting, water, laundry and other areas of your home. These booklets can be picked up at the Customer Service Desk at City Hall or at Gardner Energy. If you have any questions, please contact us at the number above.
About Gardner Energy and the Electric Utility Board
Prior to November 17, 2008, Electric was a division of Public Works. However on this date, the City of Gardner created the Electric Utility Board (see Ordinance 2296) which is responsible for the planning, development, production, purchase, transmission and distribution of all electricity for the City of Gardner. The Board consists of five volunteers nominated by the Mayor and confirmed by the City Council, who serve without compensation.
The Electric Utility Board is a voluntary group of citizens who are responsible for the planning, development, production, purchase, transmission and distribution of all electricity by the City.
- The Board shall have exclusive jurisdiction, control and policy making responsibility of the electric utility of the City and its operations and facilities.
- The Board shall have all powers and duties possessed by the City to construct, acquire, expand and operate the utility and to do any and all acts or things that are necessary, convenient or desirable in order to operate, maintain, enlarge, extend, preserve and promote an orderly economic and business-like administration of the utility.
- The Board shall operate as a division of City government.
Electric Utility Board Members
The Board consists of five members nominated by the Mayor and confirmed by the City Council. Members serve without compensation. Three of the first members shall be appointed to serve two year terms and two of the first Members shall be appointed to serve four year terms. Their successors shall be appointed for terms of four year. To contact Members of the Electric Utility Board, call Gardner Energy at 913-856-7256, extension 21.
| Members | Appointed | Expires | |
| Randy Tedford, Chairman | 2009 | 2013 | .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) |
| Lance Boyd, Vice Chairman | 2009 | 2013 | .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) |
| Brian Broxterman | 2009 | 2011 | .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) |
| Vernon Pickert | 2009 | 2011 | .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) |
| Ryan Beasley | 2009 | 2011 | .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) |
Meeting Schedule
Regular meetings are held once a month in the Council Chambers at City Hall on the first Thursday of each month. The meetings begin at 7:00 p.m. Work Sessions are held on the third Monday of each month at 7:00 p.m. at City Hall. All meetings are open to the public. Agendas and minutes of the meetings will be posted on our Agenda and Minutes page.
Resolutions
Resolutions
The Electric Utility Board, when required, passes resolutions. You can find all of the resolutions of the EUB on our Resolutions page.
Gardner Energy (GE) is committed to providing safe and reliable electric service. Obviously, trees and good electric service are both important to our community. Unfortunately, the two aren't always compatible and GE must trim trees for safety purposes, as required by law, and to avoid service interruptions.
Our employees and contractors trim tree limbs away from overhead power lines in order to achieve two critical objectives: 1. Public Safety 2. Reliability of electric service
Many service outages and interruptions are caused by tree limbs which fall into power lines causing damage to wires, short circuits and other problems. That creates potential danger for you and your property, danger that can be avoided by not planting tall-growing trees under or near electric wires, and by routine tree-trimming.
Gardner Energy has hired Poor Boy Tree Service as our contractor to perform the 2010 Electric Line Tree Trimming Program. The contractor has begun trimming trees. Please remember that careful planting of trees and shrubs away from power lines can help eliminate the need for trimming in the future.
To read more about Gardner Energy’s tree trimming practices, click on Tree Trimming.