COMMISSION

The Commission, consisting of five members, shall be appointed by the City Council. Each member shall serve a three-year term and until the member’s successor is appointed and qualified. To be qualified, a member must take an oath that the member will faithfully and impartially perform the duties of the office. The Commission shall meet at least twice each month. Special meetings may be called by the Chairperson, and, in addition, a majority of the Commission may call a special meeting by giving two days’ written notice sent by first class mail to each member that did not join in the request for the special meeting. Three members of the Commission constitute a quorum.

Commission Schedule

Public Notice of Meetings

The Hibbing Public Utilities Commission is hereby giving public notice of the regular meetings and working sessions of the Hibbing Public Utilities Commission for the Calendar Year 2026. Work sessions will generally be on the second Tuesday of the month, and regular meetings will generally be on the fourth Tuesday of each month. Meetings are held at 5:00 p.m. The location of the meetings is at the Hibbing City Hall, 401 E. 21st St., Hibbing, MN.

HPU is required by its own Statute in MN Law to hold two meeting per month. HPU typically holds these on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month. Please note that these schedules and formats are subject to change and when needed, these changes will be noticed as required. Regarding any changes to the Public notice will be provided three days in advance through HPU’s official publishing locations

Regular Meeting – The purpose of a Regular Meeting is for the Commission to take official action on items presented to them from HPU Staff. The official record of these meetings are the meeting minutes published  http://www.hpuc.com.  Regular Meetings are also typically televised and made available to the public through video sharing sites by Hibbing Public Access Television.

Working Session – The purpose of a Working Session is for members of the Commission and HPU staff to deliberate on upcoming decisions.  Occasionally, action will need to be taken at a scheduled Working Session. In this event, a Regular Meeting will be called and all Commission actions will be recorded via meeting minutes and published through Mesabi Tribune & http://www.hpuc.com.

Meetings are scheduled as below:

January 10th
January 20th
February 10th
February 17th
March 10th
March 17th
April 14th
April 28th
May 12th
May 19th
June 9th
June 23rd
July 7th
July 21st
August 4th
August 25th
September 8th
September 22nd
October 13th
October 27th
November 10th
November 17th
December 8th
December 15th

COMMISSIONERS

All members of HPU Commission.

JAMES BAYLISS

COMMISSIONER

JULIE SANDSTEDE

COMMISSIONER

JEFF STOKES

COMMISSIONER

Andy Borland

Legal Counsel, HPUC

JEFF HART

COMMISSIONER

Jesse Babich

COMMISSIONER

Luke J. Peterson

General Manager