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GRANTS, N.M. – Continental Divide Electric Co-op members retained one director, replaced a retiring one and favored a bylaw change to allow trustee elections when a quorum of the general membership is unmet.
Alex Griego, who narrowly defeated Norman Jaramillo by a vote of 132 to 119, now represents District 1, which consists of Grants city limits. A third challenger, Ruben Sandoval, received 57 votes.
Incumbent trustee Claudio Romero of Seboyeta defeated challenger James Sims of Acoma by a vote of 93 to 26 to retain the District 3 seat, which represents communities east of Grants off Interstate 40, beginning at Exit 89. The areas include Acoma, Laguna, Seboyeta, McCarty’s, To’hajiilee and Highland Meadows along New Mexico State Road 6, as well as areas along the first seven miles of NM Highway 117 South.
District 4 trustee Arsenio Salazar of San Mateo ran unopposed to continue to serve that community and co-op territory northeast of the Homestake site on State Road 605 North (excluding Ambrosia Lake).
CDEC members overwhelmingly supported a bylaw change by a vote of 602 to 94 to “clarify” that trustee elections can be held, so long as there is a quorum in that district holding the election. Previously, bylaws had been interpreted to require that both a district quorum and general membership quorum had to be met, in order to conduct that district’s election.
This year, 723 co-op members registered at the annual meeting held at Grants High School on Saturday, April 24. CDEC needed 542 registered members to satisfy its general membership quorum, which is a required three percent of the total membership. CDEC’s total membership is 18,083.
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