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<br />4 <br /> <br />k. To incur debts, liabilities or obligations, subject to limitations herein set forth (As <br />provided in paragraph 1 of this Agreement, and pursuant to Government Code section <br />6508.1, no debt, liability, or obligation of the Energy Council shall constitute a debt, <br />liability or obligation of any Agency); <br />l. To adopt annually a budget setting forth all administrative, operational, and capital <br />expenses for the Energy Council; <br />m. To coordinate programs of mutual interest and provide administrative assistance with <br />other organizations involved in related programs; and <br />n. To exercise all other powers necessary and proper to carry out the provisions of this <br />Agreement, provided, however that the Energy Council shall not have the power to: <br />(1) Impose taxes or fees on residents, businesses, property owners or any other <br />entity, public or private; <br />(2) Require contributions or other payments from any Agency except pursuant to <br />a separate agreement between the Agency and the Energy Council; or <br />(3) Operate as a community choice aggregator as that term is defined in Public <br />Utilities Code section 331.1. <br /> <br />5. ORGANIZATION <br />The Energy Council shall be governed by the Board, which shall exercise all powers and <br />authority on behalf of the Energy Council. The Board is empowered to establish its own <br />procedures. The Board may do any and all things necessary to carry out the purposes of <br />this Agreement. As a condition of exercising the powers set forth in section 4, above, the <br />Energy Council shall ensure the existence of liability insurance and errors and omissions <br />insurance for actions of staff and Board members and shall enter an agreement for <br />organizational and administrative support with an existing public agency which <br />agreement shall indemnify and hold harmless the Energy Council for liability arising out <br />of said support. <br /> <br />a. Members of the Board. The Board shall consist of one member of the governing <br />body of each of the Agencies. The member from each Agency shall be the member <br />that the Agency has appointed as its member to the board of the Alameda County <br />Waste Management Authority. Each Agency shall have an alternate member and that <br />member shall be the alternate member that the Agency has appointed to the Board of <br />the Alameda County Waste Management Authority. Each member and alternate shall <br />serve at the pleasure of the governing body of the appointing agency. Any change in