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.
Todd and his wife, Angela, have two children, Matthew, and Emily. Matthew is in his first year at LATC studying Ag Production and Emily is a junior at Great Plains Lutheran High School. The Moritz family lives East of Castlewood in Hamlin Township where they operate a farm/ranch.
Todd is a current board member at H-D Electric, having just completed his 2nd term and most recently took on being the secretary. He is also the board secretary for the Sioux Rural Water System.
“We the members of H-D Electric are fortunate to have a strong cooperative with solid leadership and dedicated employees. I enjoy serving the members and look forward to continuing service.”
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.
Calvin and LeAnn live 3 ½ miles North of Tunerville on his family farm. Between them they have six children and ten grandchildren. He attended and graduated school from Grant-Deuel School. In his free time, he likes to fish, especially ice fishing. He has been a customer with H-D his whole life.
Calvin has served on the Portland Township board since 1981 and the State Towns & Township board for 16 years.
I think I’d be a good asset being on the board knowing the needs and wants of the co-op and its patrons.
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 turned in his petition.
Casper lives just East of Alsville or four miles East of Lake Norden. He has two sons Austin and Chance. Austin lives in Beulah, North Dakota with his wife Katie and sons Kasper/KJ and Hudson. Chance lives with his wife Miranda by Hayti, SD. He builds grain bins in the summer. Casper has been on the H-D Electric Board for six years. He looks forward to serving the members of the Coop.
No other petitions were turned in by the deadline.
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