MCE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES
Friday, February 3, 2023
12:00 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: Eli Beckman, Town of Corte Madera
Cindy Darling, City of Walnut Creek
Kevin Haroff, City of Larkspur
Devin Murphy, City of Pinole
Laura Nakamura, Alternate, City of Concord
Gabe Quinto, City of El Cerrito
Holli Thier, Town of Tiburon
Sally Wilkinson, City of Belvedere
Absent: Barbara Coler, Town of Fairfax
David Fong, Town of Danville
Max Perrey, City of Mill Valley
Shanelle Scales-Preston, City of Pittsburg
Staff
& Others: Jesica Brooks, Board Clerk
Alice Havenar-Daughton, Director of Customer
Programs
Darlene Jackson, Lead Board Clerk
Vicken Kasarjian, Chief Operating Officer
Catalina Murphy, Associate General Counsel
Jamie Tuckey, Chief of Staff
Alex Valenti, Senior Customer Programs Manager
Dawn Weisz, Chief Executive Officer
1. Roll Call
Chair Haroff called the regular Executive Committee meeting to order at 12:07 p.m. with quorum established by roll call.
2. Board Announcements (Discussion)
There were none.
3. Public Open Time (Discussion)
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4. Resolution No. 2022-02 Authorizing Continued Remote Teleconference Meetings for the Board of Directors and Every Committee of the Board of Directors Pursuant to Government Code Section 54953(e)
(Discussion/Action)
Catalina Murphy, Associate General Counsel, 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 (Quinto/Thier) to adopt proposed Resolution No. 2023-02 Authorizing Remote Teleconference Meetings for the Board of Directors and Every Committee of the Board of Directors Pursuant to Government Code Section 54953(e). Motion carried by unanimous roll call vote. (Absent: Directors Coler, Darling, Fong, Perrey, and Scales-Preston).
5. Report from Chief Executive Officer (Discussion)
Dawn Weisz, CEO, introduced this item and addressed questions from Committee members.
Chair Haroff opened the public comment period and there were no comments.
6. Consent Calendar (Discussion/Action)
C.1 Approval of 12.2.22 Meeting Minutes
C.2 Second Agreement with Energy Solutions
C.3 Schedule A.3 to Master Services Agreement with CLEAResult Consulting Inc.
Chair Haroff opened the public comment period and there were no comments.
Action: It was M/S/C (Quinto/Thier) to approve Consent Calendar item C.1. Motion carried by roll call vote. (Abstained: Directors Beckman and Wilkinson Absent: Directors Coler, Fong, Perrey, and Scales-Preston).
Action: It was M/S/C (Thier/Beckman) to approve Consent Calendar item C2-C.3. Motion carried by unanimous roll call vote. (Absent: Directors Coler, Fong, Perrey, and Scales-Preston).
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7. Seventh Agreement with The Energy Alliance Association (Discussion/Action)
Alice Havenar-Daughton, Director of Customer Programs, and Alex Valenti, Senior Customer Programs Manager, 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 (Quinto/Darling) to approve the proposed Seventh Agreement with The Energy Alliance Association. Motion carried by unanimous roll call vote. (Absent: Directors Coler, Fong, Perrey, and Scales-Preston).
8. In-Person Meetings and Teleconferencing Options Under the Brown Act and AB 2449 (Discussion/Action)
Catalina Murphy, Associate General Counsel, 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 (Thier/Darling) to recommend to the Board of Directors, when a state-proclaimed State of Emergency is not in place, to hold Board and Committee meetings beginning March 1, 2023 under the Default Teleconferencing Rules. Motion carried by unanimous roll call vote. (Absent: Directors Coler, Fong, Perrey, and Scales-Preston).
9. MCE Formation Documents and Voting Rules Discussion (Discussion) Catalina Murphy, Associate General Counsel, 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.
10.Review Draft 2.16.23 Board Agenda (Discussion)
Dawn Weisz, CEO, 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.
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11.Committee Matters & Staff Matters (Discussion)
There were none.
12.Adjournment
Chair Haroff adjourned the meeting at 1:49 p.m. to the next scheduled Executive Committee Meeting on March 3, 2023.
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Kevin Haroff, Chair
Attest:
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Dawn Weisz, Secretary
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