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1 Diver ..._ <br />Municipal Utilities <br />COMMISSION POLICY <br />Section: <br />Governance <br />Category: <br />Governance Policies <br />Policy Reference: <br />Policy Title: <br />Commission Member Role, <br />G.2d <br />Responsibilities, and Orientation <br />PURPOSE: <br />With this policy, the Commission describes the role and responsibilities of ERMU Commission <br />members when acting in their capacity as a Commission in accordance with applicable law. The <br />Commission also establishes its expectations for the orientation of new Commission members. <br />POLICY: <br />The Commissioners of ERMU act in the interests of customers, employees and other <br />stakeholders. ERMU stakeholders expect the Commission to make policy decisions that ensure <br />appropriate organizational performance as set forth in the Commission's adopted Vision, Core <br />Purpose, Mission, and Core Values. <br />Consistent with this general statement: <br />1. The Commission will continuously create and enhance connections between ERMU and its <br />stakeholders. <br />2. The Commission will produce, maintain and use written governing policies that, at the <br />broadest levels, address each of the following categories of deliberation and decision - <br />making. <br />a. Authority and Purpose: Policies that recognize the Utilities' and Commission's right to <br />exist, and authorities and policies to define organizational core purpose. <br />b. Governance: Policies that specify how the Commission conceives, carries out and <br />monitors its own tasks. <br />c. Commission -Management Connection: How organizational authority is delegated, its <br />proper use is monitored, and the General Manager is accountable for ERMU's <br />performance. <br />Page 1 of 2 <br />