Pioneer Community Energy
Audit & Finance Committee
May 9, 2024
3:00 PM
2510 Warren Drive, Suite B, Rocklin, CA 95677
This regular meeting will convene in person at the address printed above, be accessible on the Zoom platform at the following link:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84052359063;
and live streamed for viewing on the Pioneer website:
https://pioneercommunityenergy.org/about-us/meetings-and-agendas/.
Members of the public may participate in person or by remote audio/visual access.
Those who participate remotely and wish to comment should be prepared to use the Zoom platform via computer or telephone. Public comment will be opened for each agenda item in sequence.
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Committee Members
Greg Janda
Chair
John Hidahl
Vice Chair
County of El Dorado
John Hidahl
Lori Parlin, Alternate
City of Loomis
David Ring
Danny Cartwright, Alternate
City of Nevada City
Gary Petersen
Lou Ceci, Alternate
City of Rocklin
Greg Janda
David Bass, Alternate
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COMMUNITY ENERGY
I. GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE FUNCTION – PART 1
A. CALL TO ORDER
1. Roll Call
B. AGENDA REVIEW
C. PRESENTATIONS BY THE PUBLIC ON MATTERS NOT ON THE AGENDA WITHIN THE
JURISDICTION OF THE BOARD
Persons may address the Committee on items not on this agenda. Please limit comments to 3 minutes per person. According to State Law (the Brown Act), items must first be noticed on the agenda before any discussion or action. The Committee is prohibited from discussing issues not on the agenda brought to them at this time.
II. CONSENT AGENDA
1) APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA
All items on the Consent Agenda have been recommended for approval by the Executive Director. All Consent items will be approved by a single vote. Anyone may ask to address Consent items prior to the Committee acting, and the item may be moved for discussion. a) Approve minutes of the January 3, 2024 regular meeting.
III. REGULAR AGENDA
2) FY 2024-25 Budget Preview (KOEHN)
Receive and provide recommendation of the FY 24-25 proposed budget to the Board of Directors. 3) Information Technology Audit (KOEHN)
Receive presentation on the Information Technology Audit. 4) CAPP 1 Compliance Audit Update (KOEHN)
Receive an update on the CAPP 1 Audit.
IV. GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE FUNCTION – PART 2
A. CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S REPORT
B. ADJOURNMENT
Accommodations
Pioneer Community Energy is committed to ensuring that persons with disabilities are provided with the resources to participate fully in its public meetings. If you are hearing impaired, we have listening devices available. If you require additional disability-related modifications or accommodations, including auxiliary aids or services, please contact the Clerk of the Board. If requested, the agenda shall be provided in appropriate alternative formats to persons with disabilities. All requests must be in writing and must be received by the Clerk five business days prior to the scheduled meeting for which you are requesting accommodation. Requests received after such time will be accommodated only if time permits.
Affidavit of Posting
I, Teresa Willock, Board Secretary, declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing agenda for the May 9, 2024 meeting of the Pioneer Community Energy Audit & Finance Committee was posted and available for public review on May 6, 2024, at the offices of Pioneer Community Energy, 2510 Warren Drive, Suite B, Rocklin, CA 95677;and on the Pioneer website at: https://pioneercommunityenergy.org/about-us/meetings-and-agendas/.
All public materials related to an item on this agenda submitted to the Audit & Finance Committee after distribution of the agenda packet are also made available for public inspection on Pioneer’s website at:
https://pioneercommunityenergy.org/about-us/meetings-and-agendas/ Any document provided at the meeting by staff or by the public will be provided by the Board Clerk upon request by phone at (916) 758-8946, or by email at: [email protected].
DRAFT
PIONEER COMMUNITY ENERGY
AUDIT & FINANCE COMMITTEE
January 3, 2024
Minutes
Entry No. 1
Heard General Administrative Functions, Part I.
Call to Order
Pioneer Community Energy Audit & Finance Committee met in open session at 11:00 AM on January 3, 2024.
The Members convened in person and the meeting was accessible to the public at Pioneer Community Energy, 2510 Warren Drive, Suite B, Rocklin, California, 95677; remote location 2121 University Drive, Rocklin, California, 95765; and was accessible for viewer participation on the Zoom platform at the following link:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89000460759; and live streamed for viewing on the Pioneer website:
https://pioneercommunityenergy.org/about-us/meetings-and-agendas/.
Roll Call
Committee Chair Janda (Rocklin); Director Hidahl (El Dorado County); and Director Andreatta (Lincoln).
Director Petersen (Nevada City) joined the meeting at 11:08 AM.
Chair Janda presided over the meeting.
Public Comment
There were no comments from the public regarding items not listed on this agenda.
Agenda Review
Reviewed the meeting agenda for January 3, 2024, with no amendments made to the agenda.
Entry No. 2
Acted on the Consent Agenda as follows:
Approved Minutes of the December 6, 2023 Audit & Finance Committee regular meeting.
MOTION: Hidahl/Janda. Vote: 3:0:1.
ROLL CALL VOTE: Andreatta, Hidahl, Janda.
Absent: Petersen.
Entry No. 3
Audit Report (KOEHN)
Received Audit Report as presented by Pioneer’s independent auditor, Pisenti & Brinker.
Received an audit report from Pisenti & Brinker, Pioneer’s independent auditors. The auditor reported that the audit for years ended June 30, 2023 and 2022 financial statements is complete and reported an unmodified or ‘clean’ opinion that the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Pioneer Community Energy as of June 30, 2023 and 2022.
The Committee moved to recommend that the Board approve the audit as received.
MOTION: Hidahl/Janda. Vote: 4:0:0.
ROLL CALL VOTE: Andreatta, Hidahl, Janda, Petersen.
Absent: None.
2 Entry No. 4
Selection of Officers
Director Hidahl moved to select Director Janda as Committee Chair for 2024.
MOTION: Hidahl/Andreatta. Vote: 4:0:0.
ROLL CALL VOTE: Andreatta, Hidahl, Janda, Petersen.
No/Abstain: None.
Absent: None.
Director Janda moved to select Director Hidahl as Committee Vice Chair for 2024.
MOTION: Hidahl/Petersen. Vote: 4:0:0.
ROLL CALL VOTE: Andreatta, Hidahl, Janda, Petersen.
No/Abstain: None.
Absent: None.
Entry No. 5
Heard General Administrative Functions, Part II.
Executive Director Eckert informed the Committee that this being a public meeting, he could not announce Pioneer’s credit rating from Standard & Poor’s yet as it is still in the process of becoming public; but, we look forward to sharing good news with the Board in the coming weeks.
The meeting adjourned at 11:17 AM.
Audit & Finance Committee
January 3, 2024