The City of Lubbock’s electric utility shall be governed,
managed and operated by a board composed of nine members appointed
by the City Council who shall be citizens and eligible voters of the
City of Lubbock. Said board members shall serve terms of two (2) years,
except that five members shall have initial terms of one (1) year
as determined by the drawing of lots. The Board shall appoint a director
of electric utilities and a general counsel for electric utilities,
who shall serve at the pleasure of the Board. The director shall appoint
all employees of the electric utilities except those employees serving
exclusively under the general counsel’s direction and authority.
The Board shall determine the transfer and disbursement of all net
revenues of the City’s electric utility. The City Council shall
retain the right to establish rates, exercise the power of eminent
domain on behalf of the electric utility, issue obligations in the
name of the electric utility, and approve the budget of the electric
utility. Other duties and responsibilities of the board shall be as
specified by the City Council in an appropriate ordinance adopted
for such purpose to be effective no later than January 1, 2005.
(Amended 11/2/2004)
