RESOLUTION NO. 010657
Honoring
Drue Jennings, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Kansas City
Power and Light Company, on his retirement.
WHEREAS,
Drue Jennings has announced his retirement from the Kansas City Power and Light
Company after 27 years of service; and
WHEREAS,
Drue Jennings is Chairman of the Board of Kansas City Power and Light Company,
a position he assumed in 1991; and
WHEREAS,
Drue began his career with Kansas City Power and Light Company in 1974 when he
became a member of the Law Department; and
WHEREAS,
Drue is involved in numerous civic activities in the Kansas City area; and
WHEREAS,
over Drues career, he has been involved in numerous professional associations,
including the Missouri Bar Association, Kansas City Metropolitan Bar
Association, Edison Electric Institute, Kansas Electric Utilities Research
Program, Southwest Power Pool, Southwest Electric Conference, Association of
Edison Illuminating Companies, Electric Power Research Institute and the MOKAN
Power Pool; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE
IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:
That
the Mayor and Council hereby honor and commend Drue Jennings for his 27
years of dedicated professional service to the Kansas City Power and Light
Company; and
BE
IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that this Resolution be spread upon the Minutes of the
Council in testimony thereof and that a copy hereof be presented to him in
token of the appreciation of the Mayor and Council for a job well done.
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