MCE BOARD MEETING MINUTES
Thursday, May 15, 2025
6:30 P.M.
Present: Liz Alessio, The County of Napa and Four Napa Cities/Town (American Canyon, Calistoga, St. Helena, and Yountville) Stephanie Andre, City of Larkspur
Dion Bailey, City of Hercules
Eli Beckman, Town of Corte Madera
Mark Belotz, Town of Danville
Monica Brown, County of Solano
Barbara Coler, Town of Fairfax
Cindy Darling, City of Walnut Creek
Kevin Jacobs, City of Novato
Maika Llorens-Gulati, City of San Rafael
Aaron Meadows, City of Oakley, joined at 6:35pm
Laura Nakamura, City of Concord
Beth Painter, City of Napa
Max Perrey, City of Mill Valley
Gabe Quinto, City of El Cerrito
Mary Sackett, County of Marin
Shanelle Scales-Preston, County of Contra Costa
Amanda Szakats, City of Pleasant Hill, joined at 6:42pm Graham Thiel, Town of Moraga, joined at 6:39pm
Holli Thier, Town of Tiburon, joined at 7:05pm
Sridhar Verose, City of San Ramon
Sally Wilkinson, City of Belvedere, joined at 6:47pm
Cesar Zepeda, City of Richmond
Brianne Zorn, City of Martinez
Absent: Kari Birdseye, City of Benicia
Gina Dawson, City of Lafayette
C. William Kircher, Town of Ross
Arlene Kobata, City of Pittsburg
Tarrell Kullaway, Town of San Anselmo
Devin Murphy, City of Pinole
Elizabeth Pabon-Alvarado, City of San Pablo
Charles Palmares, City of Vallejo
Manveer Sandhu, City of Fairfield
Steven Woodside, City of Sausalito
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& Others: Jared Blanton, VP of Public Affairs
Jesica Brooks, Lead Board Clerk and Executive Assistant Alice Havenar-Daughton, VP of Customer Programs
Vicken Kasarjian, Chief Operating Officer
Caroline Lavenue, Legal Counsel II
Tanya Lomas, Board Clerk Associate
Alexandra McGee, VP of Strategic Initiatives
Catalina Murphy, General Counsel
Ashley Muth, Internal Operations Coordinator
Justine Parmelee, VP of Internal Operations
Mike Rodriguez-Vargas, Internal Operations Assistant
Enyonam Senyo-Mensah, Internal Operations Manager
Dan Settlemyer, Internal Operations Associate
Dawn Weisz, Chief Executive Officer
1. Roll Call
Chair Scales-Preston called the regular meeting to order at 6:31 p.m. with quorum established by roll call.
2. Board Announcements (Discussion)
Chair Scales-Preston opened the floor for board announcements, and there were no comments.
3. Public Open Time (Discussion)
Chair Scales-Preston opened the public comment period and there were comments made by member of the public Rebekah Collins.
4. Report from Chief Executive Officer (Discussion)
CEO 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 Approval of 4.17.25 Meeting Minutes
C.2 Approved Contracts for Energy Update
C.3 Addition of Board Members to Committees
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6. Customer Programs Update (Discussion)
Alice Havenar-Daughton, VP of Customer Programs, presented this item and addressed questions from Board members.
Chair Scales-Preston opened the public comment period and there were no comments.
Action: No action required.
7. Public Affairs Update (Discussion)
Jared Blanton, VP of Public Affairs, presented this item and addressed questions from Board members.
Chair Scales-Preston opened the public comment period and there were no comments.
Action: No action required.
8. Strategic Initiatives Update (Discussion)
Alexandra McGee, VP of Strategic initiatives, presented this item and addressed questions from Board members.
Chair Scales-Preston opened the public comment period and there were no comments.
Action: No action required.
9. Board & Staff Matters (Discussion)
There were no comments.
10. Adjournment
Chair Scales-Preston adjourned the meeting at 8:12 p.m. to the next scheduled Board Meeting on June 19, 2025.
Action: It was M/S/C (Meadows/Darling) to approve Consent Calendar items C.1, C.2, and C.3. Motion carried by unanimous roll call vote. (Absent: Birdseye, Dawson, Kircher, Kobata, Kullaway, Murphy, Pabon-Alvarado, Palmares, Sandhu, Thier, Woodside).
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Barbara Coler, Acting Chair
Attest:
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Dawn Weisz, Secretary
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