MCE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES
Monday, March 2, 2026
12:00 P.M.
Present: Stephanie Andre, City of Larkspur
Kari Birdseye, City of Benicia
Barbara Coler, Town of Fairfax, Chair
Cindy Darling, City of Walnut Creek
Maika Llorens-Gulati, City of San Rafael, left at 1:43 p.m.
Devin Murphy, City of Pinole
Laura Nakamura, City of Concord
Beth Painter, City of Napa
Max Perrey, City of Mill Valley
Shanelle Scales-Preston, County of Contra Costa
Sally Wilkinson, City of Belvedere, joined at 12:03 p.m.
Staff
& 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
Shaheen Khan, VP of Human Resources, Diversity, and Inclusion Tanya Lomas, Board Clerk
Linda Lye, Senior Legal Counsel
Lindsay Meehan, Director of Human Resources
Catalina Murphy, General Counsel
Ashley Muth, Internal Operations Associate
Efren Oxlaj, Manager of Finance
Justine Parmelee, VP of Internal Operations
Zae Perrin, VP of Customer Operations
Mike Rodriguez-Vargas, Internal Operations Assistant
Enyonam Senyo-Mensah, Manager of Internal Operations
Dan Settlemyer, Internal Operations Associate
Maíra Strauss, Chief Financial Officer
Jamie Tuckey, Chief Customer Officer
Dawn Weisz, Chief Executive Officer
1. Roll Call
Chair Coler called the regular Executive Committee meeting to order at 12:01 p.m. with quorum established by roll call.
2. Board Announcements (Discussion)
Comments were made by Chair Coler and Director Scales-Preston. Chair Coler requested to move items 6 and 7 before item 5.
Docusign Envelope ID: F4D35BBF-5DB0-4654-B4F0-CD116B7C2FC1 Action: It was M/S/C (Scales-Preston/Perrey) to move items 6 and 7 before item 5. Motion carried unanimously.
3. Public Open Time (Discussion)
Comments were made by members of the public, Dan Segedin 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 Coler opened the public comment period and there were no comments
5. Consent Calendar (Discussion/Action) (heard after Items 6 and 7)
6. Selection of Executive Committee Vice Chair (Discussion/Action) Chair Coler opened the public comment period and there were no comments.
Action: It was M/S/C (Llorens-Gulati/Scales-Preston) to Select Cindy Darling, City of Walnut Creek, as Executive Committee Vice Chair. Motion carries unanimously.
7. Proposed Fiscal Year 2026/27 Budgets (Discussion/Action) Maira Strauss, Chief Financial Officer, Efren Oxlaj, Manager of Finance, Alice Havenar-Daughton, VP of Customer Programs, and Dawn Weisz, CEO, introduced this item and addressed questions from committee members.
Chair Coler opened the public comment period and there were comments by members of the public Nick Pappas, Jody Timms, and Dan Segedin.
Director Wilkinson suggested the committee consider the formation of an Ad Hoc Compensation Committee.
Action: It was M/S/C (Llorens-Gulati/Painter) to Recommend to the Board of Directors approval of the proposed Fiscal Year 2026/27 budgets, including the proposed $8,208,000 Program Development Fund transfer to support customer programs. Motion carried by roll call vote. Yays-8 Nos-3 (Nos: Andre, Murphy, and Wilkinson).
5. Consent Calendar (Discussion/Action)
C.1 Approval of 2.2.26 Meeting Minutes
C.2 Proposed Sixth Agreement with EV.Energy Corp.
C.3 Proposed Third Agreement with Energy Solutions
Docusign Envelope ID: F4D35BBF-5DB0-4654-B4F0-CD116B7C2FC1 C.4 Proposed Schedule A.4 to Master Services Agreement with CLEAResult, Inc.
C.5 Review Draft 3.19.26 Board Agenda
Director Andre requested that Item 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 Coler opened the public comment period and there were no comments.
Action 1: It was M/S/C (Nakamura/Darling) to approve Consent Calendar items C.1, C.2, C.4 and C.5. Motion carried unanimously. (Absent: Llorens-Gulati).
Action 2: It was M/S/C (Darling/Nakamura) to approve Consent Calendar item C.3. Motion carried unanimously. (Absent: Llorens-Gulati).
8. Committee & Staff Matters (Discussion)
There were no comments.
9. Adjournment
Chair Coler adjourned the meeting at 1:59 p.m. to the next scheduled Executive Committee Meeting on Monday, April 6, 2026.
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Barbara Coler, Chair
Attest:
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Dawn Weisz, Secretary
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