MCE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES
Friday, March 3, 2023
12:00 P.M.
Present: Edi Birsan, City of Concord
Barbara Coler, Town of Fairfax
Cindy Darling, City of Walnut Creek
David Fong, Town of Danville
Kevin Haroff, City of Larkspur
Eduardo Martinez, City of Richmond
Max Perrey, City of Mill Valley
Gabriel Quinto, City of El Cerrito
Holli Thier, Town of Tiburon
Sally Wilkinson, City of Belvedere
Absent: Eli Beckman, Town of Corte Madera
Devin Murphy, City of Pinole
Shanelle Scales-Preston, City of Pittsburg
Staff & Others: Jesica Brooks, Board Clerk
Vidhi Chawla, Manager of Power Resources
Darlene Jackson, Lead Board Clerk
Vicken Kasarjian, Chief Operating Officer
Tanya Lomas, Internal Operations Assistant
Justine Parmelee, Manager of Internal Operations
Garth Salisbury, Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer
Lindsay Saxby, Manager of Power Resources
Maira Strauss, Manager of Finance
Enyonam Senyo-Mensah, Office Manager
Dawn Weisz, Chief Executive Officer
1. Roll Call
Chair Haroff called the regular Executive Committee meeting to order at 12:05 p.m. with quorum established by roll call.
2. Board Announcements (Discussion)
There were none.
3. Public Open Time (Discussion)
Chair Haroff opened the public comment period and there were comments made by members of the public Howdy Goudey and Ken Strong.
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4. 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.
5. Consent Calendar (Discussion/Action)
C.1 Approval of 2.3.23 Meeting Minutes
Chair Haroff opened the public comment period and there were no comments.
6. Fiscal Year 2023/24 Proposed Budgets (Discussion/Action) Garth Salisbury, Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer, and Maira Strauss, Manager of Finance, 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 (Coler/Quinto) to recommend approval of the proposed FY 2023/24 Operating Fund, Energy Efficiency Fund, Program Development Fund, and Resiliency VPP Fund Budgets to the MCE Board of Directors. Motion carried by roll call vote. (Absent: Directors Beckman, Murphy, and Scales-Preston).
7. Deep Green Resource Mix and New Service Offering (Discussion) Vidhi Chawla, Manager of Power Resources, presented this item and addressed questions from Committee members.
Chair Haroff opened the public comment period and there were comments made by member of the public Daniel Segedin.
Action: It was M/S/C (Thier/Martinez) that the Executive Committee recommend to the full Board, at its March 16, 2023 meeting, that MCE explores Action: It was M/S/C (Darling/Thier) to approve Consent Calendar item C.1. Motion carried by roll call vote. (Absent: Directors Beckman, Murphy, and Scales-Preston).
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8. Review Draft 3.16.23 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.
9. Committee Matters & Staff Matters (Discussion)
There were none.
10.Adjournment
Chair Haroff adjourned the meeting at 2:56 p.m. to the next scheduled Executive Committee Meeting on April 7, 2023.
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Kevin Haroff, Chair
Attest:
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Dawn Weisz, Secretary
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