Draft Minutes
Executive Committee Meeting
Wednesday, January 14, 2026
3:00 pm
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Altamont Conference Room
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1. Welcome & Roll Call
Present: Members: Marquez (Alameda County), Balch (Pleasanton), Andersen (Piedmont), Vice-Chair Roche (Hayward) and Chair Gonzalez (San Leandro) Not Present: Member Fugazi (Stockton),
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2. (0:55) Public Comment
This item is reserved for persons wishing to address the Executive Committee on any Ava Community Energy-related matters that are not otherwise on this meeting agenda. Public comments on matters listed on the agenda shall be heard at the time the matter is called.
As with all public comment, members of the public who wish to address the Committee are customarily limited to three minutes per speaker and must complete an electronic speaker slip. The Executive Committee Chair may increase or decrease the time allotted to each speaker.
There were no speakers for public comment.
3. (1:25) Approval of Minutes from December 3, 2025
Member Andersen motioned to approve the minutes. Member Marquez seconded the motion, which was approved 4/0/1/0/1 (yes, no, abstain, recuse, not present) Yes: Members: Marquez, Balch, Andersen, Vice-Chair Roche and Chair Gonzalez No: none
Abstain: none
Recuse: none
Not Present: Member Fugazi
4. (2:30) Customer Care and Data Management Services Procurement Plan (Informational Item) Informational item regarding staff intentions to follow the procurement policy for CCDMS contracting
Kelly Brezovec, Senior Director, Account Services, introduced the item and addressed questions from the Executive Committee
(14:15) Public Comment – Jim Lutz, CAC member but speaking in his own capacity, expressed concern about the outsourcing of mission critical services, and requested that the board consider which tasks and services should be outsourced and which would be appropriate to develop in-house.
5. (37:03) Committee Member and Staff Announcements including requests to place items on future Executive Committee Agendas
• CEO Chang announced that the next meeting conflicts with lobby day scheduling, so he anticipates canceling that meeting.
• Kelly Brezovec announced that applications and reapplications for Community Advisory Committee positions opened today. Applications can be found at avaenergy.org/cac-app. The deadline is Friday, February 20th at noon.
6. (39:19) Adjourn
The meeting was adjourned at 3:40pm.