You can count on Eidson. As your BPU board member, my commitment to the customers of the BPU is to -
- Focus the BPU’s efforts on providing excellent customer service,
- Improve the BPU’s public image by providing open and timely communication,
- Reduce BPU spending and work to increase efficiency, with the goal of reducing utility rates,
- Prepare the BPU for the future,
- Be open, honest and responsive.
Terry Eidson’s business philosophy for the BPU, based on more than 37 years of hands-on experience, is to pursue excellence in each of the following:
- Create positive value,
- Value and appreciate the customer,
- Exceed customer expectations, always,
- Charge the lowest price possible, and
- Be open, honest and responsive —"run the business with integrity"
In explaining his reasons for running for the BPU board in the at large position, Eidson cites his passion and commitment to the Kansas City/Wyandotte County community, his pleasure with the recent explosion of positive growth and economic development within the County, and his ongoing desire to be involved in community service.
Eidson Brings Business Experience to Bear on Tackling BPU Issues
"I believe my business experience and record of community service and involvement uniquely qualify me for service on the BPU board; as a business owner, I know how important customer service is to the success of my business—I hope to apply that same sense of customer focus to the work of the BPU. If I have one driving initiative for change at the BPU, it is to require exceptional customer service for BPU customers, while at the same time working vigorously to reduce BPU expenses and to wisely spend BPU funds," Eidson says.
Eidson’s extensive experience in running a business, and his commitment to always trying to please his customers are the keys to his business philosophy, a philosophy he wishes to apply to the BPU.
"Running a successful business is all about valuing the customers, exceeding their expectations, and keeping costs down—in a nut shell, I believe in providing exceptional customer service and value, at the lowest cost possible, and in creating a mindset among BPU employees that they must follow these principles," says Eidson.
I am passionate about this community and the people who call Wyandotte County home. With your help, I’d like to apply my 37 years of business experience, focused on customer service, to the business of overseeing the effective operation of BPU’s electric and water utilities. My business philosophy is simple: value and appreciate customers, exceed customer expectations, charge the lowest prices possible, and run the business with integrity. I believe these values can be applied to improve the overall operation of the BPU, leaving an even greater community asset to the next generation of BPU customers.
I’d appreciate your vote
you can count on Eidson.
Terry Eidson: Family Business and Family Values
Terry Eidson is a life-long resident of Wyandotte County and local business leader. Terry and his wife Aileen have owned and operated Eidson’s Florist and Travel for the past 37 years; Eidson’s is a successful, local, family-owned business that has served the Kansas City, Kansas community since 1959.
Eidson has been married to his wife Aileen for 37 years; Aileen Eidson, formerly Frisch, also a life long Wyandotte County resident, attended Piper High School, KCKCC, and KU, and owns and operates the family business with Terry. Aileen was appointed by the Kansas Governor to serve on the Kansas City/Wyandotte County Consolidation Study Commission. The Eidsons have two sons, Kirk, who attended KU and works for the City of Lenexa, and Ryan, who attended Kansas State University and works for Schatz Distributing. To date, Terry and Aileen Eidson have three grandchildren, whom they cherish.
A History in, and a Commitment to, this Community
Eidson attended Washington High School, Kansas City, Kansas Community College and the University of Kansas. He served 4 years in the Kansas Air National Guard, and worked as an elementary school teacher before taking over the family business in 1970. He has served leadership roles in various industry organizations, and has been on the board of directors of the Wyandotte County Fair Board, the KCK Chamber of Commerce, the KCK YMCA and Children and Family Services. For the past 31 years he has served on the board of directors of two local banks, Wyandotte County Bank and First Community Bank. He is a member of Maywood Community Church.
Eidson cares about public service, and is committed to positive change, with a special appreciation for the economic challenges of Wyandotte County and its citizens "I love this community and I love the people that live here. I want to participate in improving the quality of life in our community, for the sake of my family and for the citizens of our great City," comments Eidson.
"Terry Eidson would appear to be the favorite candidate going into the general election. Eidson received nearly twice as many votes as his nearest opponent, John Feeback"
- Murrel Bland former editor of the "Wyandotte West"
Eidson has received endorsements from Heather DeLeon, Wink Winkelbauer, Gary Durbin, and Jim Head. All were running for the same seat in the primary.