MOUNTAIN PARKS ELECTRIC, INC.
Regular Meeting of the Board of Directors
Granby, Colorado
March 13, 2025
8:00 A.M.
Attendance
Present: Liz McIntyre, Ty Wattenberg, Mark Volt, Cray Healy, Justin Fosha, Aaron Street, Virginia Harman, Adam Paulson, Jodi King, Megan Moore Kemp and Attorney Bryson Fredregill attended in person. Ryan Zorn attended remotely. Mike Sjobakken, Sue Henderson, Joe Palmer and Angie Wallace were not present.
Call to Order
President Liz McIntyre called the meeting to order at 8:01 a.m.
Determination of Quorum
A quorum was declared.
Public Comment
Andy Radzavich, Executive Director of Middle Park Medical Foundation, presented the Middle Park Health Fraser Campus proposal for unclaimed capital credit funding. Sue Coburn, Tom Coburn, Jamie Jensen, Anne Gibson and Neil Funk also entered the meeting, with the latter three attending remotely.
Radzavich, Coburns, Jensen, Gibson, and Funk left the meeting.
Samantha Miller, Grand County Pet Pals, presented the Grand County Animal Shelter request for unclaimed capital credit funding. Ann Kerstiens, GCPP board member and animal control officer Diana Farabaugh also entered the meeting.
Miller, Kerstiens, and Farabaugh left the meeting.
Attending remotely, Jason Davis, Vederra Modular, presented the Town of Granby’s Energy Efficiency Modular Homes proposal for unclaimed capital credit funding.
Jason Davis left the meeting.
Michael Brack and Sarah Catanzarite, Town of Fraser, presented the Fraser Wastewater Plant Solar Project proposal for unclaimed capital credit funding. Aaron Brown of ISI Consulting also entered the meeting remotely.
Brack, Catanzarite, and Brown left the meeting.
CONSENT AGENDA
The Consent Agenda contained the following items:
Minutes of February 13, 2025, Meeting of the Board of Directors
Bills for Payment
MOTION: It was properly moved, seconded, and carried to adopt the Consent Agenda as presented.
President McIntyre recessed the meeting at 9:24 a.m. and reconvened the meeting at 9:35 a.m.
Bethany Fichter entered the meeting.
Operations Report
Adam Paulson presented the Operations Report. Paulson reported that lineman hiring will be a priority in the coming weeks. Operations is working on grants and received notification to move forward with the Grid Hardening grant. Operations’ next step will be selecting a contractor. Paulson reported on a meeting with a large commercial member. Paulson noted that the vehicle fleet tracking software is fully installed, and IT is working on making it secure. Operations will be preparing for the upcoming annual meeting.
Engineering Report
Virginia Harman referred to the Engineering Report as prepared by Sue Henderson and offered to answer questions. There were no questions.
Finance Report
Information Technology (IT) Report
Virginia Harman referred to the Information Technology Report as prepared by Joe Palmer and offered to answer questions. There were no questions.
Human Resources, Safety, and Administration Report
Virginia Harman referred to the Human Resources, Safety, and Administration Report as prepared by Angie Wallace and offered to answer questions. There were no questions.
Member Relations and Communications Report
Aaron Street presented the Member Relations and Communications Report. Street provided an update on the Smile Box program and reported the first delivery will be March 25, 2025. Future deliveries will occur on the 4th Tuesday of the month through June. Street reported that there have been eleven total applicants for the Boost program and seven have been approved. He reported that the program is going well. Street reported that there was an influx of scholarship applications at the last minute and the committee is working through them.
Discussion Items
Clean Energy Planning
Tabled for consideration at the April 2025 Board of Directors Meeting.
Audit Update
Randy Robbins, Bolinger, Segars, Gilbert & Moss, LLP, reported they are finishing up the audit, and everything is going well. Robbins reported that there will be a single audit at the end of April due to the receipt of FEMA funds. Discussion took place.
Randy Robbins and Bethany Fichter left the meeting.
Action Items
Bylaw Revision
President Liz McIntyre presented Resolution MPE-25-002 adopting amendments to Article VI of the MPE Bylaws regarding Officers of the Association. Discussion took place.
MOTION: It was properly moved, seconded, and carried to adopt the Resolution MPE-25-002 as presented.
Tariff 202.08 Transmission Level Service with WAPA Allocations
Virginia Harman presented Tariff 202.08, Transmission Level Service with WAPA Allocations. Discussion took place.
MOTION: It was properly moved, seconded, and carried to adopt the Tariff 202.08 Transmission Level Service with WAPA Allocations as presented.
Tariff 302.02 – 302.04
Tabled for consideration at the April 2025 Board of Directors Meeting.
Corporate Authorization Resolution – Citywide Bank
Virginia Harman presented Resolution MPE-25-003, adopting a change of the Association’s authorized representatives with respect to Citywide Bank. Discussion took place.
MOTION: It was properly moved, seconded, and carried to adopt Resolution MPE-25-003 as presented.
Policy B1 – Board of Director and General Manager Relationships
Liz McIntyre presented a revised Policy B1 and recommended the revisions for approval. Discussion took place.
MOTION: It was properly moved, seconded, and carried to adopt Policy B1 as presented.
Policy D1 – Director’s Duties and Standards of Conduct
Liz McIntyre presented a revised Policy D1, which updated the designation of the General Manager to Chief Executive Officer throughout. She recommended the policy for approval. Discussion took place.
MOTION: It was properly moved, seconded, and carried to adopt Policy D1 as presented.
President McIntyre recessed the meeting at 11:00 a.m. and reconvened the meeting at 11:17 a.m.
Unclaimed Capital Credit Requests
Liz McIntyre presented the unclaimed capital credit funding requests, current account balance, and projected balances under various funding scenarios. Discussion took place.
Ryan Zorn left the meeting at 11:45 a.m.
President McIntyre recessed the meeting at 11:58 a.m. and reconvened the meeting at 12:43 p.m.
Unclaimed Capital Credit Requests, continued
Discussion continued on unclaimed capital credit funding requests.
MOTION: It was properly moved, seconded, and carried by majority vote to fund Middle Park Health Foundation’s proposal and Grand County Pet Pals’ proposal in the amount of $50,000.00 each with unclaimed capital credits of the Association. Three voted yes, two voted no.
EV Charging Station in Walden
Virginia Harman presented an opportunity for MPE to submit a request for Congressionally Directed Spending. Harman and staff recommended proposing the same project that MPE submitted for this same Congressionally Directed Spending opportunity in 2024, an EV charging stating in Walden. Harman further discussed potential funding options, including the use of UCC funds, for the matching funds necessary if the request for Congressionally Directed Spending is approved. Discussion took place.
MOTION: It was properly moved, seconded, and carried to support the development of one DC fast charging station and one Level 2 charging station with funding level to be determined subsequent to congressional approval.
Attorney Report
Attorney Bryson Fredregill referred to the written report.
Manager’s Report
Manager Harman deferred her report to Executive Session.
Board Open Forum, Committee Reports, Association Reports
The Executive Committee met and discussed the bylaws and two policies.
Mark Volt reported that he will be attending the Western United meeting in April.
Cray Healy signed up for an EV class at the end of March through NRECA.
Liz McIntyre will send out a list of potential topics for the next board education meeting.
Upcoming Events
The board discussed the NCSC Request for Class E Director Candidates.
Old Business
There was no old business.
Jodi King, Adam Paulson, and Aaron Street left the meeting.
Executive Session
MOTION: It was properly moved, seconded, and carried to enter executive session at 2:14 p.m. for confidential discussion regarding power supply, legal matters, and employee matters with the following present: all directors present at the meeting; and Harman and Fredregill except for portions of the discussion regarding employee matters.
Ryan Zorn joined the meeting at 2:40 p.m.
MOTION: It was properly moved, seconded, and carried to exit executive session.
The meeting adjourned at 3:15 p.m.