The 2026 Annual meeting is scheduled for the evening of Tuesday, March 24, at the Hamlin Education Center, Hayti, SD.
6:30 p.m. Registration - Cookies and Coffee will be served
7:00 p.m. Call to Order - Bert Rogness, President
Pledge of Allegiance, National Anthem
Announcement of Quorum
Introduction of Directors and Manager
Reading of Notice and Proof of Mailing
Approval of 2025 Annual meeting minutes
Panel - 2025 in Review
Any Open or New Business
Bylaw Update
Door Prize Drawings
Director Nominations are by petition only. Petition forms are available at the H-D Electric office and must be signed by at least fifteen memberships (individuals of joint memberships count as one membership). Petitions are available starting January 8, 2026, and must be turned in to the office by February 27, 2026. A print deadline for the March Cooperative Connections is January 30, 2026. H-D will send an annual meeting reminder in March listing all the candidates who have submitted a valid petition by the February 27, 2026, deadline.
BYLAW REVISION
The H-D Electric Board of Directors has worked on an update to the current bylaws and recommends that they be adopted by H-D Electric Cooperative members at this year's annual meeting.
Letter from H-D Electric Cooperative Board of Directors on Proposed Bylaws
REDLINED Bylaws-Proposed Changes
Proposed REVISED Bylaws March 2026
Director Elections
District 3, including the following townships: Hamlin Township and Dempster Township, Hamlin County, South Dakota, and Hidewood Township, Deuel County, South Dakota.
District 3 – Todd Moritz is the incumbent and has turned in his petition.
District 4, including the following townships: Portland Township, Rome Township, Goodwin Township, Havana Township, Deuel County, South Dakota; Kranzburg Township, Codington County, South Dakota; and Georgia Township, Grant County, South Dakota.
District 4 – Calvin Musch is the incumbent and has turned in his petition.
District 9, including the following townships: Norden Township, Cleveland Township, Dixon Township, and Garfield Township, Hamlin County, South Dakota; Laketon Township, Brookings County, South Dakota; and Pleasant Township, Clark County, South Dakota.
District 9 – Casper Niemann is the incumbent and has taken out a petition.
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