MCE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES
January 5, 2026
12:00 P.M.
Present: Stephanie Andre, City of Larkspur
Cindy Darling, City of Walnut Creek
Stephanie Hellman, Alternate, Town of Fairfax
Devin Murphy, City of Pinole, arrived at 12:32 p.m.
Laura Nakamura, City of Concord
Max Perrey, City of Mill Valley, Chair
Shanelle Scales-Preston, County of Contra Costa
Sally Wilkinson, City of Belvedere
Absent: Eli Beckman, Town of Corte Madera
Maika Llorens Gulati, City of San Rafael
Gabriel Quinto, City of El Cerrito
Staff
& Others: Jared Blanton, VP of Public Affairs
Jesica Brooks, Lead Board Clerk and Executive Assistant Vicken Kasarjian, Chief Operating Officer
Tanya Lomas, Board Clerk
Linda Lye, Senior Legal Counsel
Catalina Murphy, General Counsel
Ashley Muth, Internal Operations Associate
Justine Parmelee, VP of Internal Operations
Zae Perrin, VP of Customer Operations
Mike Rodriguez-Vargas, Internal Operations Assistant
Dan Settlemyer, Internal Operations Associate
Sabrinna Soldavini, VP of Policy
Maíra Strauss, Chief Financial Officer
Jamie Tuckey, Chief Customer Officer
Dawn Weisz, Chief Executive Officer
1. Roll Call
Chair Perrey called the regular Executive Committee meeting to order at 12:03 p.m. with quorum established by roll call.
2. Board Announcements (Discussion)
There were no comments.
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3. Public Open Time (Discussion)
Chair Perrey opened the public comment period and comments were made by members of the public Robert Miller and Jody Timms.
4. Report from Chief Executive Officer (Discussion)
Dawn Weisz, Chief Executive Officer, introduced this item and addressed questions from committee members.
Chair Perrey opened the public comment period and there were comments made by members of the public Alicia Minyen, Wendy Breckon, and Steven Rosenfeld.
5. Consent Calendar (Discussion/Action)
C.1 Approval of 12.1.25 Meeting Minutes
C.2 Corrections to the Marin Independent Journal and Misinformation C.3 Review Updated Draft 1.15.26 Board Agenda
Director Andre requested that Item C.2 and C.3 be pulled from the consent calendar for discussion. The Chair accepted the request and opened the floor for questions and comments from committee members.
Chair Perrey opened the public comment period and there were comments made by members of the public Dan Segedin, Alicia Minyen, Wendy Breckon, Jody Timms, and MCE Board Director for the City of Napa, Beth Painter.
Action 1: It was M/S/C (Wilkinson/Nakamura) to approve Consent Calendar item C.1. Motion carried by roll call vote. 7-Yays 1-Abstain. (Abstain: Hellman.
Absent: Beckman, Llorens-Gulati, and Quinto).
Action 2: It was M/S/C (Murphy/Scales-Preston) to approve item C.2 with amendments from Committee members to the Board of Directors for consideration. Motion carried by roll call vote. 6-Yays 1-No 1- Abstain. (No:
Andre. Abstain: Wilkinson. Absent: Beckman, Llorens-Gulati, and Quinto).
Action 3: It was M/S/C (Andre/Wilkinson) to move the voting process discussion up to item number 5 on Item C.3, Board Agenda for January 15, 2026. Motion did not carry. 4-Yays 4-Nos. (Nos: Darling, Murphy, Nakamura, and Scales-Preston. Absent: Beckman, Llorens-Gulati, and Quinto).
Action 4: It was M/S/C (Nakamura/Darling) to approve Item C.3 as published. Motion carries by roll call vote. 6-Yays 2-Nos. (Nos: Andre and Wilkinson. Absent: Beckman, Llorens-Gulati, and Quinto).
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The MCE Executive Committee Meeting of January 5, 2026 adjourned at 4:31p.m., to a future to-be-determined date, time, and place to discuss the remaining business of the Executive Committee items posted in the agenda for the meeting of January 5, 2026. The Notice of Adjournment was posted by MCE's Clerk on January 6, 2026, stating the Executive Committee Meeting would continue on January 9, 2026, at 1:00pm at 1125 Tamalpais Ave. San Rafael, CA. 94901 and 2300 Clayton Rd, Concord, CA. 94520.
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Max Perrey, Chair
Attest:
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Dawn Weisz, Secretary
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