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Consent-Community Services # 15.
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| Board of Supervisors |
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| Subject |
| Approve the Cooperation and Administrative Services Agreement between Valley Clean Energy Alliance Joint Powers Agency and the County of Yolo. (No general fund impact) (Echiburu/Espinoza) |
| Recommended Action |
| Approve the Cooperation and Administrative Services Agreement between Valley Clean Energy Alliance Joint Powers Agency and the County of Yolo. |
| Strategic Plan Goal(s) |
Operational Excellence
Sustainable Environment |
| Reason for Recommended Action/Background |
The Valley Clean Energy Alliance (VCEA) became effective October 25, 2016, and will require time to develop its operational capacity, including the hiring of staff to perform the work of VCEA. In the meantime, VCEA will utilize a combination of local member agency staff and consultant support under the direction of an Executive Office to conduct the business of VCEA.
VCEA was established as a result of the multi-jurisdictional collaboration of the County of Yolo and the City of Davis, authorizing the implementation of the Community Choice Aggregation Program through a Community Choice Energy Program, pursuant to California Public Utilities Code Section 366.2 (c)(12). Both the City and County provided key human resources and community outreach services to support the work of the Community Choice Energy (CCE) Program. In addition, both are well positioned to continue to provide key support to the VCEA Board and, when hired, its Executive officer, as VCEA conducts the initial activities of launching the CCE Program and develops its organizational capacity.
Reimbursements to the County will include staffing costs, inclusive of salaries and benefits, for the following interim support services provided to VCEA, as well as any other expenses incurred by the County for or on behalf of the VCEA: 1) Fiscal management and Agency financing, 2) Community outreach and customer enrollment, 3) CEO recruitment and Human Resources Support, and 4) General Counsel/legal services.
In addition, the County previously advanced to the VCEA funding in the amount of $500,000 to assist with funding of initial activities necessary to implement the CCE Program. The County may provide additional funding in the future, in addition to staff costs and other expenses, in its sole discretion. All these costs and expenses, and amounts advanced to VCEA, will be reimbursed to the County as per the JPA Agreement No. 16-205 signed by your Board on December 13, 2016, and under the proposed Cooperation and Administrative Services Agreement.
The City of Davis also previously advanced funding to VCEA, and has entered into a similar agreement with the VCEA to provide certain administrative and staff services, as well as additional expenditures on behalf of VCEA. All amounts due to the County under the attached Agreement, and owed to the City under its separate Agreement, will be repaid on a pro rata basis as funding becomes available to the VCEA for such purposes. |
| Collaborations (including Board advisory groups and external partner agencies) |
| Valley Clean Energy Alliance JPA, City of Davis, County Counsel, Department of Financial Services. |
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