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Meeting Archive

898 Compton City Council meetings on record. Meetings from 2024 onward are transcribed, translated, and summarized; earlier years link to the city's published agenda.

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Tuesday, October 8, 2024 · 4h 27m

Council approves $1/year lease to nonprofit instead of $41,904 annual rate in 4-0 vote

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Tuesday, October 1, 2024 · 3h 14m

Council votes to reconsider $203,944 health services contract after allegation one vendor doesn't exist

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Tuesday, September 24, 2024 · 2h 39m

City manager reveals vendor licensing issues mid-vote; Bowers dissents on youth counseling contract over vetting concerns

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Tuesday, September 17, 2024 · 2h 18m

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Council appoints interim building inspector under PERS rehire rules, possibly retroactively

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Tuesday, September 10, 2024 · 1h 54m

Council pulls interim building inspector appointment over resolution errors and retroactive pay questions

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Tuesday, September 3, 2024 · 2h 56m

City manager pulls $120,000 fuel purchase order before vote with no explanation on record

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Tuesday, July 23, 2024 · 6h 9m

Council Member Spicer dissents on $1.01M software contract as part of pattern of paired vendor deals

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Tuesday, July 16, 2024 · 2h 26m

Council approves contracts with suspicious payment structuring appearing to skirt approval thresholds

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Tuesday, July 9, 2024 · 3h 0m

Council approves Angels for Sight lease with $150K in city-funded improvements for reduced rent; public questions arrangement

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Tuesday, July 2, 2024 · 2h 35m

Council approves $27.84M sheriff contract 4-1 as Spicer dissents; residents call for municipal police study

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Tuesday, June 25, 2024 · 4h 39m

Council withdraws $1.82M Yunex Traffic contract citing service deficiencies and sole bidder

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Tuesday, June 18, 2024 · 2h 3m

Fireworks permit vote fails after public opposition; water account hearing pulled as presenter exits

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Tuesday, June 11, 2024 · 3h 37m

Auditor finds $80 million unreconciled 2011 journal entry with no backup documentation

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Tuesday, June 4, 2024 · 2h 39m

City attorney withdraws support for legal services contract over firm performance, citing $350/hour rates vs. $50/hour in-house counsel

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Tuesday, May 28, 2024 · 2h 34m

Council approves $1.07M in Vincor contracts amid flags for possible split payments on multiple vendors

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Tuesday, May 21, 2024 · 2h 27m

Council approves $495,870 bridge contract split into four line items to avoid approval threshold scrutiny

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Tuesday, May 14, 2024 · 3h 17m

Council approves $302,956 vehicle purchase with unexplained $67,000 gap between allocation and vendor payment

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Tuesday, May 7, 2024 · 2h 59m

Council approves $3.44M in contracts with repeat vendor ACCO as residents question temp staffing spending

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Tuesday, April 23, 2024 · 4h 11m

Council approves $203,000 in pool repairs without addressing duplicate vendor line items on agenda

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Tuesday, April 16, 2024 · 1h 52m

Council approves $1.53M to repeat vendor National Plant Services despite lack of competitive bidding disclosure

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Tuesday, April 9, 2024 · 1h 30m

Council approves $2.1M in labor agreements without discussing vendor spending that exceeds authorized amounts by up to $58K

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Tuesday, April 2, 2024 · 2h 19m

City Ventures housing project approved 3-0-1 after procedural dispute over vote classification

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Tuesday, March 26, 2024 · 3h 1m

Controller flags sole bidder on $57,500 fire study contract; council pulls $45K building deal over fund transfer concerns

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Tuesday, March 19, 2024 · 1h 57m

City manager acknowledges 'significant management oversight' in two-year delay of $550K DOJ tobacco enforcement grant

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Tuesday, March 12, 2024 · 2h 5m

Council approves $499,462 for fire engines just under $500K threshold; Duhart questions why ARPA funds weren't used

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Wednesday, March 6, 2024

7 agenda items on file

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Tuesday, February 27, 2024 · 2h 4m

Council approves $27,145 League of California Cities membership despite public question about usage

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Tuesday, February 20, 2024 · 2h 26m

Council approves $834K street sweeping contract with sole bidder as public questions why work isn't done in-house

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Tuesday, February 13, 2024 · 2h 22m

Council approves $10,560 security payment after contract exceeded $25,000 threshold without prior approval

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Tuesday, February 6, 2024 · 1h 36m

Council approves $642,876 in BrightView contracts split across four line items to avoid spending thresholds

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Tuesday, January 23, 2024 · 3h 1m

Council approves $2.36 million water contract with single vendor using ARPA funds amid questions about prior spending

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Tuesday, January 16, 2024 · 1h 32m

Vendor reports invoices unpaid for 45-75 days as council approves $45,000 illegal dumping cleanup contract

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Tuesday, January 9, 2024

15 agenda items on file

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Tuesday, January 2, 2024 · 1h 40m

Council pulls $432,689 fire station roofing contract from vote, tables to future meeting

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Tuesday, December 26, 2023 · 46m

14 agenda items on file

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Tuesday, December 19, 2023 · 2h 29m

51 agenda items on file

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Tuesday, December 12, 2023 · 3h 25m

27 agenda items on file

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Tuesday, December 5, 2023 · 1h 27m

18 agenda items on file

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Tuesday, November 28, 2023 · 1h 59m

40 agenda items on file

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Monday, November 27, 2023

16 agenda items on file

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Tuesday, November 21, 2023 · 3h 55m

27 agenda items on file

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Friday, November 17, 2023 · 27m

16 agenda items on file

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Tuesday, November 14, 2023 · 3h 12m

24 agenda items on file

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Tuesday, November 7, 2023 · 6h 3m

37 agenda items on file

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Tuesday, October 24, 2023 · 2h 58m

23 agenda items on file

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Tuesday, October 17, 2023 · 2h 33m

23 agenda items on file

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Tuesday, October 10, 2023 · 2h 24m

13 agenda items on file

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Tuesday, October 3, 2023 · 3h 7m

24 agenda items on file

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Tuesday, September 26, 2023 · 2h 47m

25 agenda items on file

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Tuesday, September 19, 2023 · 1h 26m

15 agenda items on file

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