Draft Minutes
Executive Committee Meeting
Wednesday, March 4, 2026
3:00 pm
In Person:
Altamont Conference Room
Ava Community Energy
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Oakland, CA 94612
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1. (0.22) Welcome & Roll Call
Present: Members: Marquez (Alameda County), Fugazi (Stockton), Balch (Pleasanton), Vice-Chair Roche (Hayward) and Chair Gonzalez (San Leandro) Not Present: Members: Andersen (Piedmont) and Rickman (San Joaquin County) Ava Community Energy
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2. (1:11) 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. (1:50) Approval of Minutes from January 14, 2025
Member Marquez motioned to approve the minutes. Member Balch seconded the motion, which was approved 4/0/0/0/3 (yes, no, abstain, recuse, not present) Yes: Members: Marquez, Fugazi, Balch and Chair Gonzalez No: none
Abstain: none
Recuse: none
Not Present: Members: Andersen, Rickman and Vice-Chair Roche
4. (3:22) Conference Sponsorship Policy for Board Members (Informational Item) Written policy governing reimbursement to Board Members for designated sponsorship attendance
John Perkins, Legal Director, introduced the item and addressed questions from the Executive Committee.
(4:38) Public Comment – Jim Lutz, CAC member but speaking in his own capacity, requested that the same conference sponsorship reimbursement opportunities be extended to CAC members.
5. (26:03) Prepay Trustee Bank Change (Informational Item) Briefing on proposed Trustee Bank replacement for Ava’s Prepay transactions Russell Mills, CFO, introduced the item and addressed questions from the Executive Committee.
There were no speakers for public comment.
6. (44:06) Committee Member and Staff Announcements including requests to place items on future Executive Committee Agendas
There were no Committee Member or Staff Announcements.
7. (44:28) Adjourn
The meeting was adjourned at 3:48 pm.
The next Executive Committee meeting will be held on Wednesday, April 1, 2026 at 3pm.