Yes.

You know K UA allowed the clean up these candidates that day I saw that I meant to go at that meeting I wasn't allowed to vote because I am not a voting member of the KUA board, but at this meeting I am.

Okay.

So I just put clarity and trust.

So that's a I think I I told most of the candidates that I was not allowed to vote.

Um got talking and I would be on an appointment that we brings with the other one to so thank you for being here.

There's several questions I will ask, and these are our commissioners.

Uh just if everybody will go around the room to see who we are, so who wants to be there?

Sure.

Um Tamira Crespo, the city clerk.

Mike

Seigerwall, the city manager.

I'm Paula, I work for the City Clerk's office.

Um City

Commissioner Janet Martinez.

City Bomb was on the police.

I don't know if he was important.

So a couple of questions.

Um and then uh commissioners and myself will take notice and at the end for the regulations for making up this fund.

So I'll start with um what particular skills, experience, and background did you have that you feel will enhance the board?

Awesome.

So um I'm Adam.

I am currently, so I was a I just got off of active duty military um uh about two years ago.

Um still a reservist uh but getting out completely.

Um I was a uh naval pilot um and was um had about 310 um sailors and marines underneath me.

Um I'm currently in the office of emergency management for the CDC.

Um and I'm trying to kind of step back from that kind of government and kind of global forecast focused into my my own city.

Uh I'm from SEMI.

I went to uh mentor middle high school, college, and then I actually am just about to start my graduate program here pretty soon.

Um so I'll be here for a while.

I always look for SEMI, and I was going to come back home.

Uh but I have sat on uh a few different types of boards, not only the board of directors, but more for uh for um major operations for military major um incidences for the CDC.

Um and I have handled uh a multi-faceted uh synergistic multi-operational task force um with both state local um officials as well as federal and um I think between me having a medical background, uh me being with both the department of work and the federal government as a um with a civilian um employee and as a contractor.

I kind of have a all-around uh well-rounded opinion and kind of and how I take ideas and how I um structure problems kind of especially in a board um kind of use your resources wisely and uh rush to conclusions, but um, if there's a panel, I do prioritize and go from there.

Okay.

What role

should pay in the development of 2020 energy such as

uh interesting question?

Um I am fascinated by renewables.

Um however, I do believe that your utility company, um, since I believe K UA is nonprofit, um, should be uh that forefront of that kind of helping uh relieve the entire city of all of its um members um putting on the lowest prices they can by also um helping create renewable energy and lowering costs for what the city and the measures

do we see K playing a role in enhancing our community's business climate?

Um I don't so I for the only thing that for me um the business between the city and K UA um it is kind of like a kept secret, I I believe.

I don't I don't understand it fully on how um how involved it is with the city.

However, I mean it's it's an energy company and um it's been around for a very long time.

Um and uh I think it should be involved.

Um I think the city should have a say in how the energy is used, where it comes from, the rates, the pay, and the differences between um maintaining it uh good relationship with all the other collection companies you need for uh as well at the federal um federal period as

well.

So uh I mentioned this in my previous uh review on uh I just uh used utilized the um the federal tax credit for uh solar panels, which ended kind of early on the beginning of this year than last year.

Um and I definitely want to kind of see that grow for a few reasons is letting the load on you know the mid-summer August is August and July, you know, when we all have our AC units as low as we can get.

Um but also I I don't I I kind of like it's all about to me um it's all about helping the residents in the city um lower the costs as well as staying you know um in the market uh kind of like uh getting great prices as well as like being in the leading edge of like the best kind of um uh renewable energy.

It's like so I know solar is a big thing, so you know there's a solar farm there now, and then there's not lots of incentives, but um I kind of want to see that expanded um a few different markets.

Okay, so the issue can we emphasize our mission

residents first, okay.

And that's not much of it's simple and uh straightforward.

What will we think we should probably support the community organizations and the banks?

Strong as your roles we can play about compromising profits or integrity uh you know the utility company, especially a utility company that um usually companies said that you can't switch easily uh for electricity water, um unfortunately you can't choose your electric company, right?

So um, and I think a lot of people think that's kind of unfair since in the US we have so many different options we can choose through our lives, but not having that ability to choose your utility provider um to help kind of offset that is having a strong relationship with the community and knowing that they're they're here for the residents, um not just uh you know coming and take people's money and and hike rates or or or whatnot.

So I I I think it should be in the forefronts.

Do you have any idea what KM's project that was called this thing?

I do