Northwest Rural Water District

2018 Election Results

 

 

 

Total Ballots from registered voters counted……………439

Big Horn County

Casey Schatz……………………………………………...…40

Patti Umphlett………………………………………………18

Earl McKinney……………………………………………...17

 

Park County

Patti Umphlett………………………………………....…..305

Casey Schatz……………………………………………….198

Earl McKinney………………………………………...…..198

Total Votes Received

Patti Umphlett……………………………………………323

Casey Schatz……………………………………………….238

Earl McKinney…………………………………………….215

        New Directors will be sworn in at the June 12, 2018 Board meeting and begin their four-year terms in office.

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2018 Election of Board Members

 

The District has mailed out ballots to all Northwest Rural Water District customers owning property in one of our service areas. Ballots are to be returned by May 8, 2018 at 5:00 PM. There are three candidates running for two seats on the Board. Those seats are being vacated by retiring Directors Ann Ayers and Walter Brantz. The individuals running for the two open seats are Patti Umphlett, who works for Park County in the Planning Office and lives in the South Fork service area southwest of Cody; Casey Schatz works for S & L Construction and has property in the North End service area (Powell) and lives in Powell; Earl McKinney works for Dale Weaver Inc. and lives in the Cooper Lane service area east of Cody.

 

The District manager is soliciting a background paragraph from each of the candidates to post on this website. These background portraits will be posted when they are received at the District office.

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Patti Umphlett

 

I am a Cody native and have lived on Marquette Drive up the Southfork for 38 years. I have worked for Park County for 12 years having spent the last 4 years in the Park County Planning and Zoning Office as an administrative assistant. As a long-time customer of Northwest Rural Water District I am interested in serving on the Board of Directors learning more about the District.

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Earl Mckinney

Allow me to introduce myself.  My name is Earl McKinney and I am seeking one of the vacancies on the NRWD Board of Directors. I have 34 plus years of experience in the water treatment and distribution industry.  I am licensed in four different areas of water treatment and distribution (34 years) and will continue to maintain those licenses.  I am currently the Pump Division Manager for one the oldest and most accomplished companies in the Basin-Dale Weaver, Inc. in Powell, WY.  My expertise in the repair, installation, and operation of water meters, pumps, distribution systems, and collection lines are put to good use in this position. I was previously employed (11yrs.) by the National Park Service in Yellowstone National Park (YNP) as the Chief Utility Systems Operator for the four developed areas of the East District (Fishing Bridge, Bridge Bay, East Entrance).  Prior to employment in YNP, I was the Public Works Director for the Town of Midwest.

 

I serve (18 yrs.) on the Board of the Wyoming Association of Rural Water Systems (WARWS) representing utility operators from Region 1(northwest corner of Wyoming) (www.warws.org).  I am also the State of Wyoming’s National Director of the National Rural Water Association (NRWA) (www.nrwa.org.).  I have a good working relationship with our U.S. Congressional members and visit with them once or twice a year in Washington DC regarding challenges facing rural water systems. I would like to bring my leadership and oversight skills to the Northwest Rural Water District and the entire Basin to assist your other Board directors in decision making, goal setting, sustainability and completions. I invite each and every one of you to give me a phone call at 307-250-2742 or email me at emckinney@daleweaver.us if you have more questions.  I would be happy to share my resume’ with you. I truly want to earn your trust, as well as your vote.

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Casey Schatz

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I have been a Wyoming resident living in or around Lovell and Powell my entire life graduating from Lovell High School. Started working for S&L Industrial, in Cowley, as an accountant in 1997 shortly after getting a college degree from MSU-Billings. I am still in the same position as well as a manager for the company doing construction management. Personally, I am the developer of the Lone Pheasant Major Subdivision just north of Powell that will I resided in shortly. The subdivision is on the Northwest Rural Water’s north end system. 

 

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