MOUNTAIN PARKS ELECTRIC, INC.
Regular Meeting of the Board of Directors
Granby, Colorado
July 11, 2025
8:00 A.M.
Attendance
Present: Liz McIntyre, Ty Wattenberg, Mark Volt, Justin, Fosha, Cray Healy, Ryan Zorn, Mike Sjobakken, Virginia Harman, Aaron Street, Jodi King, Joe Palmer, Eric Jones, Adam Paulson, Angie Wallace, Sue Henderson and Attorney Bryson Fredregill, attended in person.
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
Luci Bruchez, West Grand High School and scholarship winner, thanked the Board for the scholarship she received from MPE.
Bruchez exited the meeting.
Nancy Wattenberg and Jason Slane, North Park Pioneer Museum, addressed the board regarding their unclaimed capital credit donation request.
Wattenberg and Slane exited the meeting.
CONSENT AGENDA
The Consent Agenda contained the following items:
Minutes of June 12, 2025, Meeting of the Board of Directors
Bills for Payment
MOTION: It was properly moved, seconded, and carried to approve the Consent Agenda as presented.
Operations Report
Adam Paulson presented the Operations Report. Paulson reported on a site visit conducted by the State of Colorado to conduct an audit on the Drone Monitoring and North Shore projects. Paulson continued to report that the Drone Monitoring project is progressing, and several critical anomalies have been found. Crews go out and fix critical anomalies right away, the remaining will be compiled into a list and scheduled to be fixed. The RFP process for the DHSEM project is complete and the contract was awarded to Colorado Powerline, Inc. The construction start date is still unknown. Josh Smethurst passed his journeyman lineman test. Paulson also reported on several recent outages and the associated response by the MPE crews and dispatch. Paulson further reported that Pano AI is installing cameras for wildfire monitoring, with anticipated completion by the end of September.
Engineering Report
Sue Henderson presented the Engineering Report. Henderson reported that Engineering efforts towards fire mitigation, including fire weather monitoring, one-shot mode readiness, and messaging preparations.
Finance Report
Information Technology (IT) Report
Joe Palmer presented the Information Technology Report. Palmer reported on data warehouse project meetings, data preservation, and data access techniques. Palmer provided an update on the AV system located in the Board Room. IT training was presented.
Human Resources, Safety, and Administration Report
Angela Wallace presented the Human Resources, Safety, and Administration Report. Wallace reported on staffing updates and MPE’s posting of an MSR/Engineering position. The Fiber Project Manager position candidate has accepted an offer. Wallace reported that the RESAP gifts will arrive in July.
Member Relations and Communications Report
Aaron Street presented the Member Relations and Communications Report. Street reported that MPE is responding to questions received regarding solar retail distributed generation. MPE has a new tab on the website that includes information on solar installers. Street continued to report on upcoming fall events that MPE is preparing for and handed out sign-up sheets for those events. Street reviewed the Community Benefits Plan.
Attorney Report
Attorney Bryson Fredregill referred to his written report and had nothing to add.
CEO’s Report
CEO Harman referred to her written report and had nothing to add.
Helen Brown, Sustainable Grand, entered the meeting at 9:32 a.m.
New Business
Sustainable Grand Update
Helen Brown presented an update on the Sustainable Grand initiative in Grand and Jackson counties. Discussion took place.
Brown left the meeting.
President Liz McIntyre recessed the meeting at 10:16 a.m. and reconvened the meeting at 10:26 a.m.
CREA Building Financing
Virginia Harman reported on the contribution structure for financing the new CREA headquarters. Discussion took place.
Action Items
Policy B14 MPEI Workflow Procedures – Work Orders
Eric Jones presented Policy B14 and the finance committee’s recommendation that the policy will work better as an SOP. Jones recommended Policy B14 be repealed. Discussion took place.
MOTION: It was properly moved, seconded, and carried to repeal Policy B14.
Policy B15 MPEI Workflow Procedures – Inventory
Eric Jones presented revised Policy B15 and discussed recommended revisions. Discussion took place.
MOTION: It was properly moved, seconded, and carried to adopt Policy B15 as presented.
Budget Amendment
Adam Paulson presented a proposed amendment in the amount of $90,000.00 for equipment and software necessary to capture historical Tri-State relay data. Discussion took place.
MOTION: It was properly moved, seconded, and carried to approve the budget amendment as presented.
Virginia Harman presented a proposed budget amendment in the amount of $90,909.00 to fund MPE’s member contribution to the CREA headquarters purchase financing.
MOTION: It was properly moved, seconded, and carried to approve the budget amendment as presented.
Cray Healy left the meeting at 10:42 a.m. and joined the meeting via phone.
Unclaimed Capital Credits
Aaron Street presented unclaimed capital credit requests for Troublesome Horse Rescue, Town of Fraser Bike Park, and North Park Pioneer Museum. Discussion took place.
MOTION: It was moved to fund Troublesome Horse Rescue at the amount requested of $22,500.00. The motion failed for lack of a second.
MOTION: It was properly moved to table further consideration of the Troublesome Horse Rescue funding request until additional information can be provided.
MOTION: It was properly moved, seconded, and carried to fund Fraser Bike Park request in the amount of $25,000.00, provided 50% of the funding will be drawn from unclaimed capital credits and 50% of the funding will be drawn from a fund provided by Guzman Energy for community benefits.
Director Wattenberg exited the meeting.
MOTION: It was properly moved, seconded, and carried to fund the North Park Pioneer Museum request of $25,000.00, provided $15,000.00 for LED lighting upgrades will be funded from the Clean Power Fund and $10,000.00 for a computerized cataloging system will be funded from the unclaimed capital credit fund.
Director Wattenberg entered the meeting.
Board Open Forum, Committee Reports, Association Reports
There were no committee reports.
Mark Volt reported that Western United does not meet until August 28, 2025.
Ryan Zorn had no further updates with respect to CREA.
Ty Wattenberg reported on the JOLT conference.
Upcoming Events
There were no upcoming events.
Old Business
There was no old business.
Executive Session
MOTION: It was properly moved, seconded, and carried to enter executive session at 11:17 a.m. for confidential discussion regarding load growth and system needs; legislative; legal; and employee matters with the following present: Harman, Fredregill, and all directors present at the meeting and virtually were present for the entire executive session. Henderson and Jones were present for discussion of load growth, system needs, and legal matters. Palmer was present for discussion of load growth and system needs.
MOTION: It was properly moved, seconded, and carried to exit executive session.
MOTION: It was properly moved, seconded, and carried to authorize the CEO to negotiate extension of service and land acquisition under the terms discussed in executive session.
The meeting adjourned at 12:30 p.m.