The Board of Directors
Kirk Rathbun Position 1 Term Expires 12/13Mr. Rathbun is a farmer raising alfalfa hay, timothy hay, potatoes, and other rotation crops. He is also a land developer and water purveyor in Benton County. Mr. Rathbun chairs the KID Water Rate Advisory Committee and serves on the Realty Committee.
krathbun@kid.org
Patrick McGuire Position 2 Term Expires 12/12Mr. McGuire retired from the United States Navy, where he supervised operations, maintenance and training on several different naval nuclear power plants. He currently farms forty-five acres that he owns in Badger Canyon. Mr. McGuire serves as the Vice President of the Board, chairs the Finance Committee and acts as Board liaison to the Water Rate Advisory Committee.
pmcguire@kid.org
David McKenzie Position 3 Term Expires 12/14Mr. McKenzie owned and operated a John Deere dealership. He now manages his family farm raising cherries, grapes, hay and cattle. Mr. McKenzie has served as President of the Board. He currently serves on the Finance Committee.
dmckenzie@kid.org
John Jaksch Position 4 Term Expires 12/13Mr. Jaksch owns a small cherry orchard. He has more than 30 years of professional experience in water quality/quantity issues pertaining to irrigated agricultural and urban water use. He is retired from Battelle Memorial Institute. His educational background is in resource economics and finance. He is a past President of the Board. Mr. Jaksch chairs the Operations and Engineering (O&E) Committee. jjaksch@kid.org
Gene Huffman Position 5 Term Expires 12/12Mr. Huffman has an educational background in Agriculture and has owned and operated a farm raising alfalfa, apples and onions. He worked as an electrical troubleshooter and service manager dealing with all phases of irrigation from design to implementation, as a heavy-duty mechanic and as a realtor. He served 20 years on a rural school board. Mr. Huffman is President of the Board, chairs the Realty Committee and serves on the Operations and Engineering Committee. ghuffman@kid.org
The Kennewick Irrigation District is a non-profit, quasi-governmental organization that is governed by a five-member Board of Directors which establishes KID policy.
Directors are elected by the District's ratepayers to serve three-year terms. Any qualified district elector may run to serve a three-year term as one of the five members of the Kennewick Irrigation District Board of Directors. The terms are staggered so that at least one position is up for election each year. The next election will be held December 11, 2012.
Board of Directors Nomination Packet
Public Meetings
Regular Board Meetings: are held the first and third Tuesday of each month at 9:00 a.m. and are open to the public. Meetings are held at the KID business office at 12 West Kennewick Avenue, in downtown Kennewick.
The public may address the Board during each regularly-scheduled Board Meeting. Unscheduled visitors are allowed three minutes to address the Board.
May 15, 2012, KID Board Regular Meeting - Agenda
May 15, 2012, KID Board Regular Meeting - Agenda and Packet
Committee Meetings: Each Director serves on one or more committees that focus on different areas of the district's operation. Committee meetings are open, public meetings. The schedule for upcoming public meetings is available on the public meeting calendar.
Operations and Engineering Committee: The Operations and Engineering Committee regularly meets at 1:00 p.m. on the third Monday of the month. David McKenzie sits on the committee which is chaired by John Jaksch.
Realty Committee: The Realty Committee regularly meets at 9:00 a.m. on the Thursday before the second Board Meeting of the month. Kirk Rathbun sits on the committee which is chaired by Gene Huffman.
Finance Committee: The Finance Committee regularly meets at 1:00 p.m. on the Thursday before the second Board Meeting of the month. David McKenzie sits on the committee which is chaired by Patrick McGuire.
Links
RCW 42, Public Officers and Agencies
RCW 87, Irrigation Districts Generally
Board of Director Conflict of Interest Policy & Procedure
For more information, contact the KID at (509)586-9111.