District Information

The cooperative is divided into nine districts with one member (director) serving per district on the nine-person board.  

District 1:  Towns of Aurora, Ford, Gilman, Pershing, Roosevelt, and Taft in Taylor County; and Colburn, Holcombe, and Ruby in Chippewa County.

District 2: Towns of Cleveland, Grover, Jump River, and Westboro in Taylor County; Hawkins, Lawrence, and Richland in Rusk County; and Kennan and Ogema in Price County.

District 3: Towns of Grow, Marshall, and Willard in Rusk County; and McKinley in Taylor County.

District 4: Towns of Big Falls, Cedar Rapids, Dewey, Flambeau, Hubbard, South Fork, and True in Rusk County; Georgetown in Price County; and Winter in Sawyer County.

District 5: Towns of Atlanta, Big Bend, Grant, Murry, Strickland, Stubbs, Thornapple, Washington, Wilkinson, and Wilson in Rusk County; and Doyle in Barron County.

District 6: Towns of Lenroot and Spider Lake in Sawyer County.

District 7: Towns of Couderay, Part of Hayward, Hunter, Ojibwa, and Radisson in Sawyer County.

District 8: Towns of Bass Lake and Part of Hayward in Sawyer County.

District 9: Towns of Round Lake in Sawyer County.

Please see the above list of districts or see the district map on this page to determine which district you reside in.  If you have any questions, please contact our office at 715-532-5524.

 

NUMBER OF MEMBERS PER DISTRICT

District 1 – 925

District 2 – 899

District 3 – 744

District 4 – 1,013

District 5 – 927

District 6 – 832

District 7 – 1,211

District 8 – 1,126

District 9 – 1,222 

Counts as of 1/7/2025

 

DIRECTOR ELECTIONS

Your cooperative is a democratic, member-controlled business and is governed by local people, living in your neighborhood, looking out for each other.  The directors are elected at the annual meeting, by you!  This means you have the power to make a difference as a member and as a director.  

Jump River Electric Cooperative (JREC) comprises of nine districts, each represented on the board by a director.  Each year three seats are elected; however, each director represents all members of JREC.  Members residing in the districts 2, 7, and 8 (see map below) and who meet the director qualifications outlined under Article IV, Section 3 of the JREC bylaws are eligible to become a director.  

If you are interested in becoming a director, you will need to have fifteen (15) or more members sign a Petition for Director Nomination (see below) form and return it to one of our offices by February 25, 2025. Cooperative personnel will validate the signatures and districts.  

District 2 Petition, District 7 Petition, District 8 Petition, and District Map

Voting for directors candidates can be done by casting a mail-in, electronic, or meeting-day ballot (provided at the Annual Meeting, held April 26, 2025). 

DIRECTOR EXPECTATIONS

JREC's Board of Directors typically meet at the Ladysmith headquarters on the last Tuesday of each month at 9 a.m.  Directors also attend occasional regional and national meetings as well as educational seminars. 

What does a director do?  Directors are responsible for providing strategic direction and guidance to management; approving general policies, annual budgets, special contracts, capital credit allocations and retirements, rate schedules, and delegating authority to the General Manager/CEO to execute an carry out the daily activities of the cooperative.  You can read more on the director expectations by clicking on the button below.

Director Expectations