Jackson Energy Authority (JEA) host Region 11 featuring Safety Engineering Consultants

Tuesday, February 16th, 2010 | TAUD, Where we will be

Nick Newman of Memphis Light, Gas and Water serves as Region 11 Leader which serves the utilities of TAUD from Chester, Fayette, Decatur, Hardeman, Hardin, Henderson, Haywood, Madison, McNairy, Shelby and Tipton Counties in Southern West Tennessee. The program was sponsored by Next Generation Underwriters Inc. and Safety Engineering Consultants of Hendersonville. This meeting would also serve as TAUD’s pilot program for NIMS Training which would follow after lunch. Greg Baker of TAUD served as the instructor for the 3 hour CE Course.

 

Staff Members from the Tennessee Association of Utility Districts on hand were Executive Director Bob Freudenthal, Larry Lewis, Dewayne Culpepper, Tony Wyatt and Greg Baker. Originally scheduled to present the Basic Safety Program from Safety Engineering Consultants was Chris Stites, however due to a family health issue, Chris was not able to attend and Mark Bilyeu of SEC stepped in to give a 45 minute program to those in attendance. We want to give the Members of TAUD  a good opportunity to understand the importance of our programs benefits on Safety in the workplace stated Bilyeu. We touched on just a few of the behavioral based material today and plan on going into great depth with our upcoming CE sessions this spring and summer states Bilyeu.  Assisting in the presentation was Kirk Smith of Next Generation Underwriters who answered questions pertaining to joining the Tennessee Risk Management Trust and explanations to the benefits of the program.  The presentation lasted around 50 minutes which would take us up to the announcements from Bish Thomas of Rural Development. Bish informed attendees of the remaining stimulus funds that are still available and information about guidelines of the program.  Next Bob Freudenthal had all Associate Members who wanted to introduce themselves and speak briefly about their companies and their services were allowed to speak.

 

Dewayne Culpeper of TAUD gave regulation updates for Wastewater Operators.  Larry Lewis spoke about the interim finance program from TUBPA in association with Wiley Bros. Aintree Capital.  Tony Wyatt West Tennessee Circuit Rider gave attendees information about the Training Center in Murfreesboro’s upcoming schedule and opportunities for CE credits. Bob Freudenthal finished up the morning session with information about the upcoming Legislative Conference and Rally to be held next week in Nashville at the Double Tree Hotel.  Bob states, we want all members of TAUD to attend this very important program due to  the Federal Government’s proposed regulations that can affect the Utility Districts here in Tennessee.  We encourage you to take the time to meet with your Congressman while attending the meetings.

 

At the conclusion of the morning meeting, attendees were treated to lunch at the JEA Training Center sponsored by Safety Engineering Consultants and Next Generation Underwriters Inc. The lunch was catered by Backyard Bar-B-Que of Jackson.

 

We want the thank Jackson Energy Authority, Nick Newman of MLGW, Larry Lewis of TAUD and Mark Bilyeu of SEC for today’s program.

 

Kirk Smith
Account Executive
Next Generation Underwriters
615.822.5454
ksmith@nguins.com

 

 

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