MCE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES
Friday, November 4, 2022
12:15 P.M.
The Executive Committee Meeting was conducted pursuant to the requirements of Assembly Bill No. 361 (September 16, 2021) which allows a public agency to use teleconferencing during a Governor-proclaimed state of emergency without meeting usual Ralph M. Brown Act teleconference requirements. Committee Members, staff and members of the public were able to participate in the Committee Meeting via teleconference.
Present: Denise Athas, City of Novato
Tom Butt, City of Richmond
Barbara Coler, Town of Fairfax
Cindy Darling, City of Walnut Creek
Ford Greene, Town of San Anselmo
Kevin Haroff, City of Larkspur
Devin Murphy, City of Pinole
Carlyn Obringer, Alternate, City of Concord
Max Perrey, City of Mill Valley
Shanelle Scales-Preston, City of Pittsburg
Gabriel Quinto, City of El Cerrito
Brad Wagenknecht, County of Napa and All Five Napa Cities Sally Wilkinson, City of Belvedere
Absent: Holli Thier, Town of Tiburon
Staff
& Others: Jesica Brooks, Assistant Board Clerk
John Dalessi, Consultant, Pacific Energy Advisors
Vicken Kasarjian, Chief Operating Officer
Shaheen Khan, Director of Human Resources, Diversity &
Inclusion
Justin Kudo, Senior Strategic Analysis and Rates Manager Tanya Lomas, Internal Operations Assistant
Garth Salisbury, Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer
Dawn Weisz, Chief Executive Officer
1. Roll Call/Quorum
Chair Haroff called the Special Executive Committee meeting to order at 12:15 p.m. with quorum established by roll call.
2. Public Open Time (Discussion)
Chair Haroff opened the public comment period and there were no comments.
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CLOSED SESSION
Conference with Labor Negotiator
Agency Designated Representative: Board Chair
Unrepresented Employee: Chief Executive Officer
The Committee adjourned to Closed Session at 12:20 p.m.
The Committee reconvened in open session at 12:35 p.m.
1. Roll Call
Quorum was established by roll call.
2. Board Announcements (Discussion)
There were comments made from Directors Butt, Darling, and Obringer.
3. Public Open Time (Discussion)
Chair Haroff opened the public comment period and there were comments from member of the public Renee Grevenberg.
4. Report from Chief Executive Officer (Discussion)
CEO, Dawn Weisz, reported the following:
The McGlashan Award nomination requests are due by the end of the day today. Staff will bring the nominees to the December Executive Committee meeting to vote on the recipient, and the award will be given at a full Board meeting.
We are working on submitting a grant proposal to the Department of Energy for transportation electrification solutions identified by our community.
We will be holding our regularly scheduled Board meetings in November and December.
We expect to resume in-person Board meetings in March, as the Governor’s state of emergency is set to expire at the end of February.
5. Consent Calendar (Discussion/Action)
C.1 Approval of 10.7.2022 Meeting Minutes
Chair Haroff opened the public comment period and there were no comments.
Action: It was M/S/C (Wagenknecht/Greene) to approve Consent Calendar item C.1. Motion carried by unanimous roll call vote. (Absent:
Director Thier).
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6. Proposed MCE Rate Adjustment in FY 2022/23 (Discussion/Action) Garth Salisbury, Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer, Justin Kudo, Senior Strategic Analysis and Rates Manager, and John Dalessi, Consultant, Pacific Energy Advisors, presented this item and addressed questions from Committee members.
Chair Haroff opened the public comment period and there were comments from members of the public Howdy Goudey, and Daniel Segedin.
Action: It was M/S/C (Coler/Athas) to direct staff to present a proposal at the Board of Directors November meeting to raise rates by $0.04/kWh, effective January 1, 2023. Motion carried by unanimous roll call vote. (Absent: Directors Wilkinson, and Thier).
7. Proposed CEO Review and Compensation Structure (Discussion/Action) Shaheen Khan, Director of Human Resources, Diversity & Inclusion, and Jean Bonander, Facilitator from Finesse the Future, presented this item and addressed questions from Committee members.
Chair Haroff opened the public comment period and there were no comments.
Action: It was M/S/C (Perrey/Coler) to approve the proposed Chief Executive Officer Review and Compensation Structure. Motion carried by unanimous roll call vote. (Absent: Director: Thier).
8. Review Draft 11.17.22 Board Agenda (Discussion)
CEO Weisz, presented this item and addressed questions from Committee members.
Chair Haroff opened the public comment period and there were no comments.
Action: No action required.
9. Committee Matters & Staff Matters (Discussion)
There were none.
10.Adjournment
Chair Haroff adjourned the meeting at 2:06 p.m. to the next scheduled Executive Committee Meeting on December 2, 2022.
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Kevin Haroff, Chair
Attest:
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Dawn Weisz, Secretary
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