Tuesday, May 28, 2024

The largest new spending approval was $373,857 to Vincor Construction, Inc. for facility renovations funded from the Insurance Recovery Fund, with Duhart, Spicer, Darden, and Mayor Sharif voting yes — Bowers's vote was not captured in the transcript; the structured agenda lists Vincor across four line items on the same agenda item, including additional contract figures of $169,239 and $155,854, with total flagged Vincor amounts reaching approximately $1.07 million. The council also approved a $58,000 purchase order to Republic Services for compost and mulch (5-0) — a vendor appearing in two identical $58,000 line items on the same agenda item, totaling $116,000 and flagged as a possible split payment — and a $34,989 purchase order to Quinn Company for an outstanding invoice and maintenance services (5-0), structured across four sub-items summing to $104,967, also flagged as a possible split payment. A $20,026 contract with Mars Environmental for environmental disposal, drawn from the Public Works Street Maintenance Equipment Rental Fund Balance, was pulled from consent by Councilperson Duhart, who noted that fund balance information was absent from the staff report, and then approved 5-0; the city attorney's oral report separately disclosed two previously authorized litigation settlements — $3,975,000 in Leggett v. City of Compton and $1,500 in Rogers v. City of Compton — neither of which was a new spending decision at this meeting. A proposed five-year lease with Angels for Sight was pulled before any vote by the mayor, who cited legal issues that surfaced after the agenda was posted. Six residents addressed the council during public comment, raising concerns about business licensing processes, meeting minutes accuracy, street and tree maintenance, prostitution on Long Beach Boulevard, pothole repair material quality, and vendor oil disposal into storm drains.