MCE SPECIAL BOARD MEETING MINUTES1
Monday, March 16, 2026
12:00 P.M.
Present: Liz Alessio, County of Napa and Four Napa Cities/Towns (American Canyon, Calistoga, St. Helena, and Yountville) Stephanie Andre, City of Larkspur
Eli Beckman, Town of Corte Madera
Mark Belotz, Town of Danville
Barbara Coler, Town of Fairfax
Cindy Darling, City of Walnut Creek, Acting Chair
Kevin Jacobs, City of Novato
C. William Kircher, Jr., Town of Ross
Tarrell Kullaway, Town of San Anselmo
Eduardo Martinez, City of Richmond
John McCormick, City of Lafayette
Devin Murphy, City of Pinole
Laura Nakamura, City of Concord
Beth Painter, City of Napa
Mary Sackett, County of Marin
Manveer Sandhu, City of Fairfield, joined at 1:02pm
Shanelle Scales-Preston, County of Contra Costa
Amanda Szakats, City of Pleasant Hill
Sally Wilkinson, City of Belvedere
Brianne Zorn, City of Martinez, joined at 12:17pm
Absent: Dion Bailey, City of Hercules
Kari Birdseye, City of Benicia
Monica Brown, County of Solano
Jill Hoffman, City of Sausalito
Arlene Kobata, City of Pittsburg
Maika Llorens Gulati, City of San Rafael
Aaron Meadows, City of Oakley
Charles Palmares, City of Vallejo
Max Perrey, City of Mill Valley
Patricia Ponce, City of San Pablo
Graham Thiel, Town of Moraga
Holli Thier, Town of Tiburon
Sridhar Verose, City of San Ramon
Carolyn Wysinger, City of El Cerrito
1 Approval of the minutes is a general administrative matter. Action requires a majority vote of board members present for a motion to carry.
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Staff
& Others: Jesica Brooks, Lead Board Clerk and Executive Assistant Vicken Kasarjian, Chief Operating Officer
Tanya Lomas, Board Clerk
Linda Lye, Senior Legal Counsel
Nathaniel Malcolm, Senior Commercial Counsel
Catalina Murphy, General Counsel
Justine Parmelee, VP of Internal Operations
Vidhya Prabhakaran, Partner, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
Mike Rodriguez-Vargas, Internal Operations Assistant
Enyonam Senyo-Mensah, Manager of Internal Operations
Jamie Tuckey, Chief Customer Officer
Dawn Weisz, Chief Executive Officer
1. Roll Call
Acting Chair Darling called the special meeting to order at 12:03 p.m. with quorum established by roll call.
2. Public Open Time (Discussion)
Acting Chair Darling opened the public comment period and there was a comment from member of the public, Nick Pappas.
Begin Closed Session
Prior to entering closed session, General Counsel Murphy orally stated that the basis for the closed session is Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(2) and 54956.9(e)(1). Acting Chair Darling opened the closed session at 12:10 p.m.
Return to Open session
Acting Chair Darling returned to open session at 1:25 p.m. General Counsel Murphy stated that there were no actions taken in closed session to report.
3. Adjournment
Acting Chair Darling adjourned the meeting at 1:33 p.m.
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Cindy Darling, Acting Chair
Attest:
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Dawn Weisz, Secretary
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