MOUNTAIN PARKS ELECTRIC, INC.
Regular Meeting of the Board of Directors
Granby, Colorado
July 11, 2024
8:00 A.M.
Attendance
Present: Liz McIntyre, Justin Fosha, Ty Wattenberg, Ryan Zorn, Mark Volt, Virginia Harman, Adam Paulson, Angie Wallace, Aaron Street, Sue Henderson, Joe Palmer, Emily Meek, Jodi King, and Attorney Levi Williamson attended in person. Cray Healy and Mike Sjobakken were not present.
Call to Order
President Liz McIntyre called the meeting to order at 8:00 a.m.
Determination of Quorum
A quorum was declared.
Public Comment
Daniella Gosselova, Granby resident, addressed the board regarding work done by MPE on her property.
Gosselova left the meeting.
CONSENT AGENDA
The Consent Agenda contained the following items:
Minutes of June 13, 2024, Meeting of the Board of Directors
Bills for Payment
MOTION: It was properly moved, seconded, and carried to approve the Consent Agenda.
Attorney Report
Attorney Levi Williamson referred to his summary written report.
Manager’s Report
Manager Harman referred to her written report.
New Business
Strategic Plan
Jodi King and Virginia Harman provided an update on the strategic plan.
Action Items
Bylaw Change
Attorney Levi Williamson led the discussion on the Bylaw change. Discussion took place.
MOTION: It was properly moved, seconded, and carried to approve the Bylaw change as presented.
Policy B3 Financial Management
Ryan Zorn led the discussion on Policy B3 and that the Financial Committee met to discuss the change and concluded to recommend not changing Policy B3. No action was taken.
Review of Donation Requests
Aaron Street presented the donation requests from Mountain Family Center for senior programs and West Grand School District for their electric bus program.
MOTION: It was properly moved, seconded, and carried to approve the donation request from Mountain Family Center as presented.
MOTION: It was properly moved, seconded, and carried to approve the donation request from West Grand School District with a contingency that West Grand School District is required to work with MPE to allow control of the load of charging electric buses. Ryan Zorn and Ty Wattenberg voted no.
Operations Report
Adam Paulson presented the Operations Report. Paulson reported that MPE crews replaced the Murphy sub feeder exits, and he expressed gratitude to the employees for their exceptional organization to complete the project. Paulson also reported on a large outage that happened in the Winter Park area and the good response time from Tri-State to the substation to help diagnose the issue.
President McIntyre recessed the meeting at 9:09 a.m. and reconvened the meeting at 9:20 a.m.
CTP Lending Presentations
Matt Hale, with CoBank, presented information on CoBank’s proposed CTP financing to the board and discussion took place.
Matt Hale left the meeting.
Engineering Report
Sue Henderson presented the Engineering Report. Henderson reported that MPE has three customer installs for conduit taking place and MPE is monitoring their progress. Henderson also reported that engineering is working with Winter Park Resort on adding more snow making load in the future, the Town of Winter Park on a new transmission line, and continuing to work through the NITS agreement with WAPA.
Finance Report
Information Technology (IT) Report
Joe Palmer presented the IT Report. Palmer reported that during the large outage MPE processed over 350 calls with only 30 phone lines. MPE is encouraging members to use the web-based technology that is available to them to report outages and receive updates on the status of outages. Palmer also presented an IT training.
Human Resources, Safety, and Administration Report
Angie Wallace presented the Human Resources and Administration Report. Wallace reported that the open journeyman position has been filled and the new employee starts August 5th. Wallace reported on the all-employee safety meeting in May and presented the Safety Report. There were no lost time accidents in May.
Member Relations and Communications Report
Aaron Street presented the Member Relations and Communications Report. Street reported that tthe July Plugged In newsletter has been published and has the first of a four-part series on the transition from Tri-State to Guzman Energy. Street also reported on upcoming events and results of member surveys. Member appreciation day is September 4.
Board Open Forum, Committee Reports, Association Reports, and Upcoming Events
There were no committee reports.
Ryan Zorn had no updates to give for CREA.
Mark Volt reported that the next Western United meeting is in August.
Discussion took place on upcoming board meetings and coordinating travel to and from the meetings.
Old Business
No old business.
Mountain Park Services
No business.
Emergency Business
No emergency business.
Executive Session
MOTION: It was properly moved, seconded, and carried to go into Executive Session regarding power supply, grant opportunity, employee matters, and legal matters. All directors and Attorney Levi Williamson were present for the entirety of the executive session. Virginia Harman, Emily Meek, Aaron Street, Angie Harman, Sue Henderson, Joe Palmer, Adam Paulson, and Jodi King were present for all of the executive session except for a portion of discussion regarding employee matters.
MOTION: It was properly moved, seconded, and carried to exit executive session.
The Board reviewed a resolution necessary for the grant application discussed in executive session.
MOTION: It was properly moved, seconded, and carried to approve the resolution as presented.
President McIntyre recessed the meeting at 12:14 p.m. and reconvened the meeting at 12:47 p.m.
New Business, continued
Action Items
CTP Lending Presentations
Eric Anderson, with CFC, presented information on CFC’s proposed CTP financing to the board and discussion took place.
Eric Anderson left the meeting.
The meeting adjourned at 2:20 p.m.