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Phil Dunk re-elected to Cuivre River Electric Board of Directors

Posted 9/22/26

Members of Cuivre River Electric Cooperative (CREC) elected four board members to CREC’s Board of Directors at their annual meeting on August 27, held at the co-op’s headquarters in Troy.

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Phil Dunk re-elected to Cuivre River Electric Board of Directors

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Members of Cuivre River Electric Cooperative (CREC) elected four board members to CREC’s Board of Directors at their annual meeting on August 27, held at the co-op’s headquarters in Troy.

In the four districts with seats open, all four incumbents who chose to run for re-election

were selected by members for new three-year terms. Mike Cherry was re-elected in Lincoln County District 1. In St. Charles County 4, Karen Berra was re-elected, and Ted House returned to his St. Charles County District 5 seat. In Warren County District 3, Phil Dunk was re-elected. This year’s election brought in a total of 1,952 votes, with 1,933 from online voting and 17 mail-in ballots before CREC’s annual meeting on August 27. Two ballots were cast in person at the meeting.

Election results were announced at the annual meeting, which was streamed live on the co-op’s YouTube channel. A recording of the broadcast is available on CREC’s YouTube channel at https://cuivre.com/2026-annual-meeting-watch.

Following the annual meeting, free electricity prizes were awarded. Survey & Ballot Systems, the third-party company that handles CREC’s election, randomly drew winners from those members who had voted in the election, either absentee or at the meeting.

This year’s winners of free electricity are:

  • Mitch Mennemeyer, $1,500
  • Kirk Moore, $500                                                                                                      
  • Bill Crane, $500                                                                                                      
  • Keith Niedbalski, $250                                                                                                             
  • Nancy Ann Jones, $250                                                                                                     

In addition, 12 more members each won a free month of electricity (up to $200 in value):

  • Philip Martin, September 2026                                                                                                        
  • Mark Feldman, October 2026
  • Jeremy Bacon, November 2026                                                                                                    
  • Stephen Drury, December 2026
  • TWC LLC, January 2027
  • Cathy Schmidt, February 2027
  • Robert Dietrich, March 2027
  • Michael Pruett, April 2027
  • Darla Lambert, May 2027
  • Halle Volz, June 2027   
  • Lake Forest Golf Country Club, July 2027 
  • Steven Unnerstall, August 2027

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