Questions for the Candidates for CEO President of EPWU

In less than an hour, the PSB will convene and then move into Executive Session to interview four candidates for CEO to replace retiring Ed Archuleta.

Read more information about the finalists from Chris Roberts.

Here are the questions I want the candidates for CEO to answer and the PSB should ask:

1. Are you willing to use the 10% of the stormwater fee to purchase natural open space as prioritized by the City’s Open Space Advisory Board rather than funding more (frivolous)park pond projects?
2. How do you see yourself working with the Open Space Advisory Board?
3. In what ways do you see preserving natural open space as a land management and a water conservation strategy for the utility?
4. Recently the State Legislature passed a law disenfranchising thousands of people from voting in the WID#1. Will you work for its repeal?
5. Mr. Archuleta envisioned a water smart home project. How will you help move that project forward and what do you think makes a home water smart?
6. What strategies would you employ to postpone or replace the need to import water from faraway to El Paso? What about recycling and reusing water?
7. Can and should El Paso limit growth and sprawl in the interest of conserving the scarce resource of water?
8. How will you work regionally to conserve water?
9. In what ways is water wasted or overused in our region? What can the EPWU do about it?
10. What are your thoughts about rainwater harvesting? About green infrastructure/low impact development?
11. Will you fight tooth and nail for every inch of land in the PSB inventory against conservationists/environmentalists or will you work with them?
12. What is your leadership style?
13. PSB members often complain that they do not get all of the details and facts before a decision on any matter of great or small value. Are you willing to be more open and transparent with the PSB? With the City? With the people of El Paso?
14. How do you see yourself working with the City Manager, Mayor, Council and City departments especially on issues affecting water management and conservation?
15. What improvements can the City and its departments make regarding water conservation?

And, in case you haven't heard, the TEA Commissioner just announced that he has stripped all power from the EPISD Board of Directors and is appointing a Board of Managers which will include Mr. Ed Archuleta. Elpasonaturally believes that Mr. Archuleta will bring the kind of expertise, experience and wisdom that the City and School District sorely need. His appointment is very good news.