Board of Directors
Chair: Alice Dowdin Calvillo
Vice Chair: Greg Janda
City of Auburn
Alice Dowdin Calvillo
Sandra Amara, Alternate
City of Colfax
Sean Lomen
Kim Douglass, Alternate
County of El Dorado
Lori Parlin
Brian Veerkamp, Alternate
City of Grass Valley
Tom Ivy
Jan Arbuckle, Alternate
City of Lincoln
Richard Pearl
John Reedy, Alternate
Town of Loomis
David Ring
Danny Cartwright, Alternate
Nevada City
Gary Petersen
Lou Ceci, Alternate
County of Placer
Anthony DeMattei
Suzanne Jones
Bonnie Gore, Alternate
City of Placerville
Ryan Carter
David Yarbrough, Alternate
City of Rocklin
Greg Janda
David Bass, Alternate
Pioneer Community Energy
Board of Directors
December 18, 2025
SPECIAL MEETING
2:30 PM
Pioneer Community Energy Board Room
2510 Warren Drive, Suite B, Rocklin, CA 95677
This special 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/89020017279;
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 participated 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.
How to Participate Using Zoom
You can join the meeting using the following link:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89020017279.
When you join the meeting, you will be muted by default. To inform the Clerk that you would like to make a public comment, you will use the “Raise Hand” feature.
Public Comment via Computer or Smartphone
If you would like to make a comment, you will use the “Raise Your Hand” feature.
Please note that you should only raise your hand during the item to which you will comment. Instructions for using the “Raise Hand” feature when using a computer or mobile device can be found at the link:
https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/205566129-Raising-your-hand-in-a-webinar Public Comment via telephone (Audio Only Option)
1. Dial 1 (699) 900-6833
2. When asked for the meeting ID, enter 890 2001 7279#
3. When asked for your participant ID, press # to continue.
You will be muted by default. To inform the Clerk that you would like to make a comment, during each agenda item, dial *9 to “Raise your hand.” When it is your turn to speak, the Clerk will identify you by the last three digits of your phone number; at that time, dial *6 to unmute yourself and state your name and comment for the record. Please note that you should only raise your hand during the item to which you will comment.
I. GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE FUNCTION – PART 1
A. CALL TO ORDER
1. Roll Call
B. PRESENTATIONS BY THE PUBLIC ON MATTERS NOT ON THE AGENDA WITHIN THE
JURISDICTION OF THE BOARD
Persons may address the Board on items not on the agenda and within the jurisdiction of the Board. 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, so the Board is prohibited from discussing issues not on the agenda brought to them at this time.
C. ADJOURN TO CLOSED SESSION
1) Conference with Legal Counsel – Existing Litigation (Government Code §54956.9(d)(1)) The Governing Board finds, based on advice from legal counsel, that discussion in open session will prejudice the position of the local agency in the litigation.
Name of Case: Kolpitcke v. Pioneer Community Energy
Names of Parties: Plaintiff – Kirstin Kolpitcke; Defendant – Pioneer Community Energy Case No.: S-CV-0054062 (Placer County Superior Court)
2) Public Employee Performance Evaluation - GC §54957
Title: Chief Executive Officer
3) Public Employee Performance Evaluation - GC §54957Conference with Labor Negotiators (Government Code §54957.6)
Agency Negotiators: Board Chair
Unrepresented Employee: Chief Executive Officer
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 for 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, Denise Silva, Board Secretary, declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing agenda for the December 18, 2025 special meeting of the Pioneer Community Energy Governing Board was posted and available for public review on December 12, 2025 at the offices of Pioneer Community Energy, 2510 Warren Drive, Suite B, Rocklin, CA 95677; and, was 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 Governing Board 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].