MCE BOARD MEETING MINUTES
Thursday, March 21, 2024
7:00 P.M.
Present: Eli Beckman, Town of Corte Madera
Kari Birdseye, City of Benicia
Monica Brown, County of Solano
Barbara Coler, Town of Fairfax
Cindy Darling, City of Walnut Creek
Alexis Fineman, Town of San Anselmo
David Fong, Town of Danville
John Gioia, Contra Costa County
Ryan Gregory, The County of Napa and Four Napa
Cities/Town (American Canyon, Calistoga, St. Helena, and Town of Yountville)
Janelle Kellman, City of Sausalito
J.R. Matulac, City of Vallejo
Eduardo Martinez, City of Richmond
Aaron Meadows, City of Oakley
John McCormick, Alternate, City of Lafayette
Devin Murphy, City of Pinole
Laura Nakamura, City of Concord
Elizabeth Pabon-Alvarado, City of San Pablo
Beth Painter, City of Napa
Gabe Paulson, City of Larkspur
Max Perrey, City of Mill Valley
Gabriel Quinto, City of El Cerrito
Katie Rice, County of Marin
Matt Rinn, City of Pleasant Hill
Holli Thier, Town of Tiburon
Sally Wilkinson, City of Belvedere
Brianne Zorn, City of Martinez
Absent: Maika Llorens Gulati, City of San Rafael
Kerry Hillis, Town of Moraga
C. William Kircher, Town of Ross
Scott Perkins, City of San Ramon
Shanelle Scales-Preston, City of Pittsburg
Susan Wernick, City of Novato
K. Patrice Williams, City of Fairfield
Staff
& Others: Jesica Brooks, Board Clerk
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Tanya Lomas, Internal Operations Coordinator
Catalina Murphy, General Counsel
Zae Perrin, Director of Customer Operations
Garth Salisbury, Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer
Enyonam Senyo-Mensah, Office Manager
Daniel Settlemyer, Internal Operations Coordinator
Maira Strauss, Manager of Finance
Jamie Tuckey, Chief of Staff
Dawn Weisz, CEO
1. Roll Call
Acting Chair Quinto called the regular meeting to order at 6:42 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 comments were made by David Moller.
4. Report from Chief Executive Officer (Discussion)
CEO Dawn Weisz introduced this item and addressed questions from Board members.
Acting Chair Quinto opened the public comment period and there were no comments.
5. Consent Calendar (Discussion/Action)
C.1 Approval of 2.15.24 Meeting Minutes
C.2 Approved Contracts for Energy Update
C.3 Proposed First Amendment to Second Agreement with Energy Solutions
DocuSign Envelope ID: A4202A40-AEAA-4EE8-88E8-2843E78A00F9 Acting Chair Quinto opened the public comment period and there were no comments.
6. Proposed Fiscal Year 2024/25 Budget (Discussion/Action) Garth Salisbury, Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer, and Maira Strauss, Manager of Finance, introduced this item and addressed questions from Board members.
Acting Chair Quinto opened the public comment period and comments were made by Ken Strong.
Action: It was M/S/C (Murphy/Rinn) to:
1. Approve the proposed Fiscal Year 2024/25 budgets.
2. Approve the Targeted Cost Relief Program with an allocation of $5,000,000.
Motion carried by unanimous roll call vote. (Absent: Directors Gulati, Hillis, Kircher, Perkins, Scales-Preston, Wernick, and Williams).
7. Fiscal Year 2023/24 Update, Projections, and Discussion of Proposed Transfers and Deferrals (Discussion)
Garth Salisbury, Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer, and Maira Strauss, Manager of Finance, introduced this item and addressed questions from Board members.
Acting Chair Quinto opened the public comment period and comments were made by Dan Segedin, Ken Strong, David Moller, Fred Bialy, and Bonnie Hamilton.
Action: No action required.
11.Board & Staff Matters (Discussion)
There were none.
Action 1: It was M/S/C (Beckman/Thier) to approve Consent Calendar items C.2 and C.3. Motion carried by unanimous roll call vote. (Absent:
Directors Gulati, Hillis, Kircher, Perkins, Scales-Preston, Wernick, and Williams).
Action 2: It was M/S/C (Beckman/Paulson) to approve Consent Calendar items C.1. Motion carried by roll call vote. (Abstained: Thier Absent:
Directors Gulati, Hillis, Kircher, Perkins, Scales-Preston, Wernick, and DocuSign Envelope ID: A4202A40-AEAA-4EE8-88E8-2843E78A00F9
12.Adjournment
Acting Chair Quinto adjourned the meeting at 9:33 p.m. to the next scheduled Board Meeting on April 18, 2024.
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Gabriel Quinto, Acting Chair
Attest:
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Dawn Weisz, Secretary
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