MOUNTAIN PARKS ELECTRIC, INC.
Regular Meeting of the Board of Directors
Granby, Colorado
May 14, 2026
8:00 A.M.
Attendance
Present: Justin Fosha, Cray Healy, Mark Volt, Ty Wattenberg, Ryan Zorn, Virginia Harman, Wade Pynes, Adam Paulson, Aaron Street, Eric Jones, Abbey Brower with Williamson, Lowery, Fredregill, and Bryson Fredregill attended in person. Liz McIntyre and Michael Sjobakken attended virtually. Joe Palmer, Sue Henderson, Jodi King, and Angie Wallace were not present.
Call to Order
Vice President Justin Fosha called the meeting to order at 7:59 a.m.
Determination of Quorum
A quorum was declared.
Public Comment
There were no public comments.
CONSENT AGENDA
The Consent Agenda contained the following items:
Minutes of April 9, 2026, Meeting of the Board of Directors
Minutes of April 16 - 17, 2026, Special Meeting of the Board of Directors
Minutes of May 02, 2026, Special Meeting of the Board of Directors
Bills for Payment
MOTION: It was properly moved, seconded, and carried to approve the consent agenda as presented.
Department Reports
Operations Report
Adam Paulson presented the Operations Report. Paulson reported that it is a busier spring season for Operations than usual, and that MPE is making good progress on pole replacements and drone identified anomalies. Additionally, Paulson reported on a meeting with a member and discussion took place about one shot settings.
Engineering Report
Virginia Harman referred to the Engineering report and noted that Engineering has lower than normal job requests. Discussion took place about why Engineering requests are down, but Operations projects are up.
Finance Report
Information Technology (IT) Report
Virginia Harman referred to the Information Technology Report. Harman provided an update on implementation of the new records management system.
Human Resources, Safety, and Administration Report
Virginia Harman referred to the Human Resources, Safety, and Administration Report. Harman reported on summer interns and the administration of the MPEI’s accident and near-miss reporting system.
Member Relations and Communications Report
Aaron Street presented the Member Relations and Communications Report. Street provided an update on the 2026 Annual Meeting of the Members reporting increased attendance, positive member feedback, and that all but five scholarship awardees were able to attend. Discussion took place on improvements for next year’s meeting. Street continued to report on wildfire mitigation communication efforts.
New Business
Action Items
CFC Resolution MPE-26-005
Eric Jones presented Resolution MPE-26-005, authorizing application for a line of credit in the amount of $25,000,000.00 that could be drawn upon in the event of an emergency.
MOTION: It was properly moved, seconded, and carried to adopt Resolution MPE-26-005 as presented.
Board Open Forum, Committee Reports, Association Reports
There were no committee reports.
Ryan Zorn reported that the most recent CREA meeting focused on legislative matters. CREA management requested a staffing increase.
Mark Volt reported on his attendance at the Western United meeting on April 22, 2026. He reported they will be moving to a bar code warehouse service.
Upcoming Events
The board discussed the planned merger of NISC and Meridian.
The board discussed the upcoming crew field visit.
Harman presented the meeting packet for the NCSC Annual Membership Meeting.
MOTION: It was properly moved, seconded, and carried to appoint Eric Jones and Wade Pynes as MPEI’s delegate and alternate, respectively, to the NCSC Annual Membership Meeting.
Harman presented the meeting packet for the CFC Annual Membership Meeting.
Old Business
There was no old business.
Attorney Report
Attorney Bryson Fredregill referred to his written report and had nothing to add.
CEO’s Report
CEO Harman referred to her report.
Vice President Fosha recessed the meeting at 9:25 a.m. and reconvened at 9:36 a.m.
Executive Session
MOTION: It was properly moved, seconded, and carried to enter into executive session at 9:37 a.m. for confidential and privileged discussion regarding power supply, legal matters, employee matters, New ERA matters, a customer settlement, and CEO Report with the following present: Fosha, Wattenberg, Zorn, Volt, and Harman were present for all of such executive session. Sjobakken was present for all of such executive session except for the portion where legal matters were discussed. McIntyre, Fredregill, and Brower were present for all of such executive session except the portion where the CEO Report was discussed. Healy was present for all of such executive session except the portion where the CEO Report and employee matters were discussed. Pynes was present for the portion of executive session where power supply, customer settlement, legal matters, and New ERA Matters were discussed. Jones was present for the portion of executive session where legal matters, customer settlement, and power supply was discussed. Paulson was present for the portion of such executive session where legal matters and customer settlement were discussed.
Mike Sjoabakken joined the meeting at 10:19 a.m.
Vice President Fosha recessed the meeting at 12:27 pm
Liz McIntyre and Cray Healy left the meeting at 12:30 p.m.
Vice President Fosha reconvened the meeting.
MOTION: It was properly moved, seconded, and carried to exit executive session at 1:37 p.m.
It was properly moved, seconded, and carried to adjourn the meeting at 1:38 p.m.