MCE BOARD MEETING MINUTES
Thursday, March16, 2023
7:00 P.M.
Present: Kari Birdseye, City of Benicia
Eli Beckman, Town of Corte Madera
Barbara Coler, Town of Fairfax
Cindy Darling, City of Walnut Creek
Alexis Fineman, Town of San Anselmo
David Fong, Town of Danville
Ryan Gregory, County of Napa and All Four Napa Cities
Kevin Haroff, City of Larkspur
Kerry Hillis, Town of Moraga
Eduardo Martinez, City of Richmond
J.R. Matulac, Alternate, City of Vallejo
Aaron Meadows, City of Oakley
Scott Perkins, City of San Ramon
Elizabeth Pabon-Alvarado, Alternate, City of San Pablo
Katie Rice, County of Marin
Matt Rinn, City of Pleasant Hill
Shanelle Scales-Preston, City of Pittsburg
Maureen Toms, Alternate, City of Pinole
John Vasquez, County of Solano
Sally Wilkinson, City of Belvedere
K. Patrice Williams, City of Fairfield
Brianne Zorn, City of Martinez
Absent: John Gioia, Contra Costa County
Edi Birsan, City of Concord
Gabriel Quinto, City of El Cerrito
Gina Dawson, City of Lafayette
Max Perrey, City of Mill Valley
Beth Painter, City of Napa
C. William Kircher, Town of Ross
Maika Llorens Gulati, City of San Rafael
Janelle Kellman, City of Sausalito
Holli Thier, Town of Tiburon
City of Novato
Staff
& Others: Alice Havenar-Daughton, Director of Customer Programs DocuSign Envelope ID: 75FB80ED-957E-4A8B-AAFB-161E8169F8FA Darlene Jackson, Lead Board Clerk
Vicken Kasarjian, COO
Tanya Lomas, Internal Operations Assistant
Vidhi Chawla, Manager of Power Resources
Garth Salisbury, CFO and Treasurer
Lindsay Saxby, Director of Power Resources
Enyonam Senyo-Mensah, Office Manager
Daniel Settlemyer, Internal Operations Coordinator
Dawn Weisz, CEO
1. Roll Call
Chair Scales-Preston called the regular meeting to order at 7:03 p.m. with quorum established by roll call.
2. Board Announcements (Discussion)
There were comments from Director Rice.
3. Public Open Time (Discussion)
Chair Scales-Preston opened the public comment period and there were comments from Member of the Public, Rebecca Collins.
4. Report from Chief Executive Officer (Discussion)
CEO Dawn Weisz introduced this item and addressed questions from Board members.
Chair Scales-Preston opened the public comment period and there were no comments.
5. Consent Calendar (Discussion/Action)
C.1 2.16.23 Meeting Minutes
C.2 Approved Contracts for Energy Update
C.3 Proposed Second Amendment to Master Services Agreement with R Systems International Limited
Chair Scales-Preston opened the public comment period and there were no comments.
6. Fiscal Year 2023/24 Proposed Budgets (Discussion/Action) Action: It was M/S/C (Rinn/Perkins) to approve Consent Calendar items C.1 - C.3. Motion carried by unanimous roll call vote. (Absent: Directors Birsan, Dawson, Gioia, Kellman, Kircher, Llorens-Gulati, Painter, Perrey, Quinto, Thier, and City of Novato.
DocuSign Envelope ID: 75FB80ED-957E-4A8B-AAFB-161E8169F8FA CFO and Treasurer Garth Salisbury introduced this item and addressed questions from Board members.
Chair Scales-Preston opened the public comment period and there were no comments.
Action: It was M/S/C (Haroff/Perkins) to approve the Fiscal Year 2023/24 Proposed Budgets. Motion carried by unanimous roll call vote. (Absent:
Directors Birsan, Dawson, Gioia, Kellman, Kircher, Llorens-Gulati, Painter, Perrey, Quinto, Thier, and City of Novato.)
7. Proposed Amendments to MCE Policy 014: Investment Policy (Discussion/Action)
CFO and Treasurer Garth Salisbury introduced this item and addressed questions from Board members.
Chair Scales-Preston opened the public comment period and there were no comments.
Action: It was M/S/C (Coler/Perkins) to approve Proposed Amendments to MCE Policy 014: Investment Policy. Motion carried by unanimous roll call vote. (Absent: Directors Birsan, Dawson, Gioia, Kellman, Kircher, Llorens-Gulati, Painter, Perrey, Quinto, Thier, and City of Novato.)
8. Deep Green Resource Mix and New Service Offering (Discussion/Action) Manager of Power Resources Vidhi Chawla introduced this item and addressed questions from Board members.
Chair Scales-Preston opened the public comment period and there were no comments.
Action: It was M/S/C (Perkins/Rinn) to approve Deep Green Resource Mix and New Service Offering. Motion carried by unanimous roll call vote. (Absent: Directors Birsan, Dawson, Gioia, Kellman, Kircher, Llorens-Gulati, Painter, Perrey, Quinto, Thier, and City of Novato.)
9. Board Matters & Staff Matters (Discussion)
There were none.
10.Adjournment
Chair Scales-Preston adjourned the meeting at 9:47 p.m. to the next scheduled Board Meeting on April 20, 2023.
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Shanelle Scales-Preston, Chair
Attest:
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Dawn Weisz, Secretary
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