MCE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES
Wednesday, October 4, 2023
12:00 P.M.
Present: Eli Beckman, Town of Corte Madera
Edi Birsan, City of Concord
Eduardo Martinez, City of Richmond
Devin Murphy, City of Pinole
Max Perrey, City of Mill Valley
Gabriel Quinto, City of El Cerrito
Holli Thier, Town of Tiburon, joined at 12:55 p.m.
Sally Wilkinson, City of Belvedere
Absent: Cindy Darling, City of Walnut Creek
David Fong, Town of Danville
Shanelle Scales-Preston, City of Pittsburg
Staff
& Others: Jesica Brooks, Board Clerk
Stephanie Chen, Director of Legislative Affairs
Darlene Jackson, Lead Board Clerk
Vicken Kasarjian, Chief Operating Officer
Tanya Lomas, Internal Operations Assistant
Lillian Mirviss, Senior Legislative Manager
Ashley Muth, Internal Operations Assistant
Garth Salisbury, Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer
Daniel Settlemyer, Internal Operations Coordinator
Jamie Tuckey, Chief of Staff
Dawn Weisz, Chief Executive Officer
1. Roll Call
Acting Chair Quinto called the regular Executive Committee meeting to order at 12:15 p.m. with quorum established by roll call.
2. Board Announcements (Discussion)
There were none.
3. Public Open Time (Discussion)
Acting Chair Quinto opened the public comment period and there were no comments.
4. Report from Chief Executive Officer (Discussion)
CEO Dawn Weisz, introduced this item and addressed questions from Committee members.
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5. Consent Calendar (Discussion/Action)
C.1 Approval of 5.3.23 Meeting Minutes
Acting Chair Quinto opened the public comment period and there were no comments.
6. Selection of Executive Committee Chair (Discussion/Action) CEO Dawn Weisz, introduced this item and addressed questions from Committee members.
Acting Chair Quinto opened the public comment period and there were no comments.
Action: It was M/S/C (Murphy/Martinez) the Committee voted Director Perrey as Executive Committee Chair. Motion carried by unanimous roll call vote. (Absent: Directors Darling, Fong, Scales-Preston, and Thier).
7. Legislative Session Debrief (Discussion)
Stephanie Chen, Director of Legislative Affairs, and Lillian Mirviss, Senior Legislative Manager, presented this item and addressed questions from Committee members.
Chair Perrey opened the public comment period and there were no comments.
Action: No action required.
8. Proposed Resolution 2023-10: Authorizing the Execution and Delivery of a Clean Energy Purchase Contract and Certain Other Documents in Connection with the Issuance of the California Community Choice Financing Authority Clean Energy Project Revenue Bonds; and Certain Other Actions Required to Ensure the Reduction in the Costs of Renewable Energy Therewith (Discussion/Action)
Garth Salisbury, Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer, presented this item and addressed questions from Committee members.
Chair Perrey opened the public comment period and there were no comments.
Action: It was M/S/C (Murphy/Birsan) to approve Consent Calendar item C.1. Motion carried by unanimous roll call vote. (Absent: Directors Darling, Fong, Scales-Preston, and Thier).
DocuSign Envelope ID: 35EABA63-74C7-4D6F-B5C0-130043242073 Action: It was M/S/C (Murphy/Quinto) to Recommend approval of Resolution 2023-10: Authorizing the Execution and Delivery of a Clean Energy Purchase Contract and Certain Other Documents in Connection with the Issuance of the California Community Choice Financing Authority Clean Energy Project Revenue Bonds; and Certain Other Actions Required to Ensure the Reduction in the Costs of Renewable Energy Therewith. Motion carried by majority roll call vote. (Abstained:
Director Thier; No: Director Wilkinson; Absent: Directors Darling, Fong, and Scales-Preston).
9. Commercial Equity Program Update (Discussion)
Alice Havenar-Daughton, VP of Customer Programs, presented this item and addressed questions from Committee members.
Chair Perrey opened the public comment period and there were no comments.
Action: No action required.
10.Committee Matters & Staff Matters (Discussion)
There were none.
11.Adjournment
Chair Perrey adjourned the meeting at 2:08 p.m. to the next scheduled Executive Committee Meeting on November 1, 2023.
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Max Perrey, Chair
Attest:
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Dawn Weisz, Secretary
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