On-Call Panel for Lobbying, Advocacy and Grant Support Services. (500)
💲 Employer of donors to Camacho, $2,500 💲 Employer of donors to Sánchez, $749 💲 Campaign donor to Camacho, $500
- Contract ID
- C328 🔗 permalink
- Meeting date
- 2025-06-10 · meeting page
- Agenda item
- 8
- Vendor
- Actum, LLC
- Action
- Agreement/other
- Amount
- $600,000 (not-to-exceed amount of $600,000,)
- Procurement
- RFP / RFQ
- Staff recommendation
- 1. Authorize the City Manager to amend, as needed, the professional service agreements with Actum, LLC, Kiley & Associates, MNS Engineering, Ollin Strategies, Thorn Run Partners, and Townsend Public Affairs for on-call lobbying, advocacy and grant support services. The cumulative total of all agreements may be increased by up to $350,000, for a revised not-to-exceed amount of $600,000, to support task-specific projects assigned through the panel of on-call consultants.
- Outcome
- Approved
- Motion
- Motion by Councilmember Lutz, seconded by Mayor Pro Tem Camacho to approve Consent Calendar Item Nos. 4 through 17. Councilmembers Lara and Dr. Sanchez recused themselves and did not participate in the vote on Item No. 8 in accordance with Government Code Section 84308. Motion carries by the following roll call vote:
- Roll call (minutes)
- AYES: Camacho, Lara, Lutz, Sanchez, Garcia NOES: None RECUSE: Lara, Sanchez (Item No. 8 only)
- Recusal / disclosure
- Minutes record: Lara recused, Sánchez recused. Minutes: recusals "in accordance with Government Code Section 84308" (Item 8 only); the underlying contribution or relationship is not stated.
- Evidence
- documented verified (approved minutes, roll call)
- Watch
- no linked video
- Sources
- Meeting record · Source record · minutes packet p.18
Member positions
Owners and representatives
| Name | Role | As of | Evidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter R. Villegas | Co-Chairman (since Oct 2021, per company site); also a Camacho 2022 donor (see campaign_items) | 2026-10 (aggregator snapshot) | unverified | Source |
Documented ties
Each item below is a documented connection, not evidence of impropriety. Contributions disclosed on the record and votes cast are public facts; this site draws no conclusions from them.
| Connection | Vendor | Contracts | Evidence | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Actum: its Co-Chairman Peter Villegas gave $500 to Camacho 2022; Actum won a $600,000 on-call panel award Jun 10, 2025 The contribution is personal, not a company contribution, and was made 31 months before the award. The minutes do not state why Lara and Sanchez recused. The link between the payee entity "ACTUM CA OPCO, LLC" and "Actum, LLC" is assumed from the name. This is a documented connection, not evidence of impropriety. | Actum, LLC | C328 | inferred | [1] · [2] · [3] |
Campaign filings naming this vendor
| Member | Direction | Date | Amount | Evidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Camacho | contribution received | 2022-11-04 | $500 | documented | Source p.8 |
Campaign money (Form 460 / 497)
Documented connection, not evidence of impropriety. Contributions and payments listed here were disclosed by the committees themselves on public filings. A donor or payee who also does business with the city is a public fact; this site draws no conclusion from it.
| Member | Name on filing | Role | Amount | Dates | Evidence | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Camacho | 1 donor(s) reporting employer: Actum, LLC | donor’s reported employer | $2,500 | 2023-05-01 | documented | details |
| Sánchez | 2 donor(s) reporting employer: Actum, LLC | donor’s reported employer | $749 | 2024-10-23 to 2024-10-31 | documented | details |
| Camacho | Peter R. Villegas | donor who is a vendor officer or representative | $500 | 2022-11-04 | documented | details |