PULASKI ELECTRIC SYSTEM PUBLIC MEETING????
A very interesting and well written article appeared in the "Pulaski Citizen" this week. A guest column by Mr. Randy Jones asked some very interesting questions that I am posting here for discussion.
Hopefully at sometime in the near future there will actually be a public meeting where the Electric System will respond with straight answers to these and other questions the public seeks answers to.
1) What is the exact financial condition of PES, including the Internet, phone and cable TV division?
2) What has been spent and what is the total revenues of PES, separated into it's divisions?
3) How much are the debt service payments on the current nineteen million dollars in bonded debt?
4) do adjoining electric systems have similar long term debt?
5) What are PES's current overhead cost?
6) how much has overhead increased under the current PES management both in actual dollars and annual percentage increases?
7) How much have wages and benefits increased under present PES management in both total payroll dollars and annual percentages?
8) How much has Mr. Holcomb and his guest spent on travel and related expenses during his tenure and how does that travel relate to the day to day management of PES?
9) How much has system usage in total units purchased annually from TVA increased or decreased since Mr. Holcomb assumed the leadership role?
10) Would the customers of PES be better served with a totally new management team?
11) Would the PES customers be better served if the power board were dissolved and control returned to the elected officials of the City Council?
The following questions were not asked directly in the newspaper article but were apart of the article.
12) By what authority did Mr. Holcomb spend half a million dollars on a pilot project that had not been approved by anyone but him?
13) How is the 200 to 300,000 dollar expense for recent work at the Pole Yard justified without a competitive bid process?
14) Does anyone really think that the electric system will reduce usage by ten percent without raises rates to offset that lose?
Allen Barrett
Hopefully at sometime in the near future there will actually be a public meeting where the Electric System will respond with straight answers to these and other questions the public seeks answers to.
1) What is the exact financial condition of PES, including the Internet, phone and cable TV division?
2) What has been spent and what is the total revenues of PES, separated into it's divisions?
3) How much are the debt service payments on the current nineteen million dollars in bonded debt?
4) do adjoining electric systems have similar long term debt?
5) What are PES's current overhead cost?
6) how much has overhead increased under the current PES management both in actual dollars and annual percentage increases?
7) How much have wages and benefits increased under present PES management in both total payroll dollars and annual percentages?
8) How much has Mr. Holcomb and his guest spent on travel and related expenses during his tenure and how does that travel relate to the day to day management of PES?
9) How much has system usage in total units purchased annually from TVA increased or decreased since Mr. Holcomb assumed the leadership role?
10) Would the customers of PES be better served with a totally new management team?
11) Would the PES customers be better served if the power board were dissolved and control returned to the elected officials of the City Council?
The following questions were not asked directly in the newspaper article but were apart of the article.
12) By what authority did Mr. Holcomb spend half a million dollars on a pilot project that had not been approved by anyone but him?
13) How is the 200 to 300,000 dollar expense for recent work at the Pole Yard justified without a competitive bid process?
14) Does anyone really think that the electric system will reduce usage by ten percent without raises rates to offset that lose?
Allen Barrett
posted by Allen Barrett | 11:55 AM
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