This year’s CREC Board of Directors election brought in a total of 1,872 votes from the co-op’s annual meeting and from paper ballots and online voting prior to it.

Results from the election for four directors in the co-op’s four districts with seats open were announced at the annual meeting on Aug. 22, which was streamed live on the co-op’s YouTube channel. A recording of the broadcast is available on CREC’s YouTube channel here.

All three incumbents who chose to run for re-election were selected by members for new three-year terms and one newcomer will be joining the board. John Waddell was elected in Lincoln County District 3 and will replace outgoing director Mick Burkemper. Steve Coffey was re-elected in Warren County District 2. In St. Charles County District 1, Mark Schulte was re-elected and Dale Anderson returns to his St. Charles County District 3 seat.

The Aug. 22 annual meeting also included remarks from President/CEO Doug Tracy and Board President Diane Saale.