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A Personal THANK YOU to ECG Employees


       “Thank you for service to ECG and your knowledge to help cultivate & support our
                                                communities ”


                                               stories that build thriving com-
                                               munities, generating economic
                                                                                         ECG’s Policy Committee
                                               growth, strategic partnerships,

                                               sustainable infrastructures and          Over  the  last  several months,  I
                                               trained professionals.                   have been reviewing ECG’s Per-
                                                                                        sonal  Expense  Policy  and  com-
                                               Thank  you  for  service  to  ECG        paring our policy language with
       On  July  1,  2019,  ECG  cele-         and  your  knowledge  to  help           various  actual  practices  from

       brates  10  years  of  service          cultivate and support our com-           employees.  Due  to  certain
       (since  leaving  MEAG  Power)           munities to help them remain             “grey” areas and believing there
                                                                                        is  a  need  to  redefine  our  ex-
       working  for  52  public  power         competitive  and  cutting  edge          isting  policy  language,  I  asked
       communities  across  the  state         with  a  standard  of  living  that      Sallie  Coleman  and  Sheri  Brad-

       of  Georgia.  Over  these  10           makes our  communities  a de-            dick  to  create  a  Policy  Com-
       years,  our  organization  has          sirable place to live, work and          mittee to specifically look at the
                                                                                        Personal Expense Policy, look at
       grown  in  depth  of  services          play.  I  am  honored  to  serve         what  our  practices  have  been

       with  skilled  individuals  devel-      you  as  CEO  and  will  continue        and  make  any  recommenda-
       oping opportunities and stimu-          to  work  diligently  to  provide        tions for changes.

       lating  growth  for  our  mem-          you  a  professional  work  envi-        To  get  input  from  a  diverse
       bers. In doing so, we have built        ronment to thrive.                       functional  cross-section  of  em-
                                                                                        ployees,  the  following  employ-
       strong,  reliable  relationships
                                                                                        ees were asked to serve on the
       with  all  of  our  members,                                                     Committee  with  Sallie  &  Sheri

       which we value and serve with           Sincerely,                               and they graciously accepted:
       integrity and passion.                                                                  Gary Ballard, EES
                                               John Giles                                      Mill Graves, EDcD
       It  is  the  ECG  Employee  com-        President & CEO                                 Calvin Vallee, T&S
       mitment  to  service  that  we          ECG
                                                                                        The  Committee  has  met  once
       have been able to continue re-                                                   and  begun  some  in-depth  dis-
       searching  and  developing  ser-                                                 cussions  of  employee  related
                                                                                        travel expenses, and my hope is
       vices  to  best  serve  our  mem-
                                                                                        that  the  Committee  will  com-
       bers  on  a  joint  action  basis.  I                                            plete their full review and make

       take  pride  in  knowing  within                                                 the  necessary  recommenda-
       the  communities  we  serve,                                                     tions  to  the  Personal  Expense
                                                                                        Policy  at  the  September  2019
       that  your  efforts  bring  value
                                                                                        Employee Meeting.
       and  has  afforded  us  success
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