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May 19, 2026

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Attorney David Fleischman presented findings from an investigation into the city's credit card program, concluding that four council members' usage was consistent with policy while Council Member Spicer's usage included charges outside the policy and purchases lacking backup documentation. Mayor Sharif moved to refer the matter to the police department and District Attorney's office, but the vote (3 yes, 1 no, 1 abstain) failed to reach the two-thirds threshold required for a same-night agenda addition; the item will be agendized for next week. The council held public hearings on the $4.2 million Landscape and Lighting Assessment and the $925,575 Sewer Service Charge Assessment for FY 2026-2027, with no rate increases in either. The council unanimously approved a $4.79 million cost-sharing agreement with LA County for the Compton Boulevard resurfacing project, and Compton College President Dr. Keith Curry reported the new fire academy is on track to open in fall 2026.

Mar 24, 2026

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The largest spending approved at this meeting was a five-year SEIU Local 721 collective bargaining agreement (Maintenance and Trades and Public Safety Auxiliary, FY2025–2029) carrying five expenditure line items totaling approximately $2.45 million; the city manager stated the deal brings wages closer to comparable-city market rates, it passed on an electronic vote, and no individual tally was captured in the transcript (Councilmember Darton was absent throughout the meeting). The council also approved a contract with Agiloft, Inc. for a contract lifecycle management platform — described from the dais as not to exceed $257,418 with a $76,000 implementation cost and $55,821 annual subscription — but the structured agenda items show Agiloft across six line items totaling $716,433, with four sub-$100K entries summing to $201,597 flagged as a possible split-payment pattern; additionally, a $76,000 line item attributed to Spectrum Mobility, LLC appeared in the structured agenda data but was not mentioned in the city manager's presentation, and the item passed with no tally stated. The consent agenda passed 4-0 with Darton absent, approving $102,245 in planning consultant contracts split between Interwest Consulting Group, Inc. at $180/hr and 4Leaf, Inc. at $160/hr from the General Fund. The largest single dollar item on the agenda — a right-of-entry agreement for the former Alondra Boulevard landfill site with $3 million flowing to Connecting Compton in two line items ($2M and $1M) — was pulled from the consent agenda before any vote; two Connecting Compton co-founders spoke in support during public comment, while two other residents raised concerns about unresolved environmental hazards at the site, including what one speaker described as visible daily gas emissions.

Mar 17, 2026

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The council's largest spending action was approving Road Repair Project Phase IX, which encompasses a $5.58 million contract with Hardy & Harper, Inc. for construction and six separate line items to Bowman Infrastructure Engineers Ltd. totaling approximately $1.22 million for construction management and inspection services; the council voted specifically on a Bowman contract amendment stated in the resolution as $204,116.70, passing 4-0-1 with one abstention unnamed in the record — Bowman also held a $257,977 construction management contract approved in October 2024 for the same project type, and that identical figure reappears among the current Bowman line items. The council also approved a $98,375 contract with [Selbert Perkins Design](https://selbertperkins.com/) for municipal branding and marketing consulting services, 5-0 after council discussion; the amount falls $1,625 below the $100,000 approval threshold. The full consent agenda — including a $250,000 recurring purchase order with Springbrook Holding Company LLC for utility billing software (a vendor the city has paid continuously since at least 2009, when comparable orders were under $52,000), $182,182 to the LA Gateway Region Integrated Regional Water Management JPA for water quality monitoring, and $63,112 to Advanced Compliance Engineering for fuel pump maintenance — passed 5-0 without discussion. More than fifteen residents addressed the council during public comment on non-spending matters including pothole damage claims, parking enforcement disputes, and code enforcement concerns; no members of the public spoke to any of the spending items on the agenda.

Mar 10, 2026

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The council's two largest spending approvals at the March 17, 2026 meeting were a $204,116.70 amendment to an existing professional services agreement with Bowman Infrastructure Engineers Ltd. for additional construction management and inspection on road repair project phase nine—passed with four affirmative votes and one abstention—and a contract not to exceed $98,375 with Silbert Perkins Design for municipal branding and marketing consulting, passed 5-0; the Silbert Perkins amount sits $1,625 below $100,000, which analysts typically flag as a potential threshold-adjacent figure, though Compton's specific contract approval threshold is not stated in the meeting materials. Bowman Infrastructure Engineers is a repeat vendor on a multi-phase road project, with this item adding funds to an existing agreement whose original contract value is not disclosed in the available materials. A Special Legal Counsel Authorization Resolution (Item 2 on the structured agenda) was also approved as part of the consent agenda, 5-0, with no dollar amount appearing in the available materials. More than fifteen residents addressed the council during public comment on non-spending matters—including pothole damage reimbursement denials, parking enforcement disputes, code enforcement complaints, and questions about commissioner eligibility to run for office—while no members of the public addressed either the Bowman or Silbert Perkins spending items before those votes were taken.

Feb 10, 2026

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No new spending was approved at this meeting; the sole action item was the appointment of Sandra Lightner to the one vacant Beautification Committee seat designated for Councilmember Bowers to fill, approved 4-0 with Councilmember Spicer absent and no dollar amount attached. The city treasurer's FY26 Second Quarterly Investment Report — an informational receive-and-file item, not a spending decision — reported a $312.18M investment portfolio generating $3.01M in total interest revenue for the quarter, drawn from the General Fund ($1.19M), PERS ($890,903), Measure P ($376,350), the Successor Agency ($347,864), and Low Cost Housing ($201,513). Approximately twenty-two residents addressed the council during public comment, the majority focused on the Richland Farms preferential permit parking program; the city manager stated the program was erroneously suspended by a former city attorney, that the current ordinance enforces parking restrictions 24/7 with no time-of-day limits unlike surrounding cities, and that staff would return the following week with amendment options — no vote was taken on the ordinance. No repeat vendors, split payments, or threshold-adjacent amounts appear in the approved items because no spending was authorized.

Jan 27, 2026

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No new spending was approved at this January 27, 2026 session; the informational item on outside legal counsel services (Item 3) was tabled to the following week without presentation, and the city manager stated during council reports that a roughly $1.7 million street sign replacement contract will come before the council at a future date with no vendor named on the record. The consent agenda covering four sets of meeting minutes passed 5-0; City Attorney Eric Perrodin's resignation effective December 8, 2025 was received and filed separately 5-0; the council voted 5-0 to extend its meeting beyond four hours and adopted a Comprehensive City Council Training Policy mandating state-required ethics, harassment prevention, Brown Act, and fiscal oversight training 5-0. Twelve appointments were approved: Rashina Young to the Planning Commission (5-0) and Juanita Wright to the Planning Commission (4-1, Bowers dissenting); David Colbert, Jessica Hunter, and Virginia Brown each to the Olympic Committee (all 5-0); to the Charter Committee: Lamika Butler, Rodney Lister, Dolores Williams, Dr. Crystal Williams, Mack Warren, and Shirley Gideon (each 5-0), plus Fidel Marquez (4-1, Spicer dissenting); acceptance of Inez Atkins' resignation from the Public Safety Committee passed 5-0; four charter committee seats remain vacant and the application deadline was extended to January 29. The city manager stated the city would rotate multiple law firms to present on the charter review process — a pattern a public commenter flagged by asking how many law firms currently hold agreements with the city and who oversees them, a question that received no on-the-record response. More than twenty residents addressed the council; approximately eight to ten speakers — including the president and vice president of the Compton Latino Chamber of Commerce — demanded the city disclose any coordination with ICE and provide immediate community guidance following enforcement activity in Compton that day, while additional residents raised unresolved concerns about city credit card misuse and the absence of a seated city attorney.

Jan 13, 2026

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The council's largest spending approval was a $350,000 budget amendment appropriating California DOJ tobacco enforcement grant funds — $332,000 of that amount designated for overtime — passed 4-1 with Bowers dissenting; the council also approved a $220,493 contract amendment with NV5, Inc. for the Wilmington Avenue pedestrian and bicycle project (5-0) and an $82,500 grant administration agreement with Corelink Consulting (5-0, voted in a block with items 10 and 11). Three separate consent-calendar items each totaled exactly $50,000: a purchase order to TV Pro Gear, Inc. for council meeting production equipment (5-0), a purchase order to TAJ Trading Corporation DBA TAJ Office and School Supply for small business workshop supplies (4-0-1, Bowers abstaining, after two public commenters stated the recipient businesses were not identified in the agenda package), and a purchase order to Sherwin-Williams for anti-graffiti paint (5-0, in the block vote) — three contracts at an identical dollar amount spanning different departments and vendors. The meeting also included approval of $54,716 in recurring annual fees to the State Water Resources Control Board and $9,900 in Charter Review Committee stipends (both 5-0), while the March 2025 minutes were tabled due to the packet not being included. Outside of spending, the council voted 5-0 in open session to recruit a city controller following closed session, received and filed Bishop Guillory's resignation from the Public Safety Commission (5-0), denied Commissioner Inez Adkins a six-month leave of absence (5-0), and heard competing presentations from Oliveras Madruga, Nassiman LLP, and Sanders Roberts for special legal counsel services, with no contract awarded at this meeting.

Dec 16, 2025

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The council's only spending approval was Item 5: $1,487.96 in General Fund expenditures for travel to the League of California Cities Mayor and Council Members Academy in Sacramento (January 21–23, 2026), structured as four separate line items — $675.00 payable to League of California Cities and three additional amounts of $508.96, $229.00, and $75.00 with no named vendors — approved 4-0, with Spicer absent. The city attorney publicly described a $200,000 settlement with former city official Eric Perrodin resolving two cross-litigation matters, but those agenda items were classified as informational and no open-session vote was recorded. Approximately 30 residents signed up for public comment; the dominant issue was opposition to the Richland Farms preferential parking ordinance, with multiple speakers citing the city's own code provision requiring 50% resident permit uptake before enforcement signs may be installed and stating that only roughly 40 of more than 400 homes had applied. Two speakers read California Penal Code 424 — covering misappropriation of public funds — into the record and formally noticed the city manager and all four council members regarding credit card charges attributed to Councilman Spicer; the mayor stated the investigation is ongoing and that the council has no control over its timeline.

Nov 4, 2025

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The council's largest spending approval was $1.4 million to United Pacific Services, Inc. for tree trimming, passed on the consent agenda 4-0-1 (Darton abstaining) as three split line items ($700,000, $400,000, and $300,000); the city manager stated additional funds may be requested to bring the year's total to $1 million. The same 4-0-1 consent vote also approved $88,151 to Nunez Office Installation DBA NOI Installations for Water Department furniture, structured as three separate payments ($44,076, $36,989, and $7,087). The council approved a $143,270 professional services contract with The Natelson Dale Group for an economic development strategic plan, 4-0-1 (Darton abstaining), despite lower competing bids on record at $137,675 and $129,500; the firm also appears in a separate Successor Agency action item, bringing its total across both agenda items to seven line items and $440,260. A six-year lease with Fathers and Mothers Who Care — which included a $175,000 city expenditure for improvements at a city-owned property on North Alameda — was tabled with no formal vote after council members questioned whether building and safety had inspected the facility and whether the improvement terms had been adequately documented. Approximately fifteen residents spoke during public comment, with multiple speakers raising complaints about Water Department billing fees, inconsistent charges, and staff conduct.

Sep 23, 2025

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The council's only approved spending was a fire protection engineering services contract with KJ Consultants totaling $220,000 — structured as a $165,000 new contract plus a $55,000 recurring component — passed 3-0 on the consent agenda with council members Duhart and Spicer absent and no discussion before the vote; Council Member Bowers raised a question afterward about whether the city should explore in-house hiring rather than continued outside contracting, but the vote had already closed. Historical records show KJ Consultants has received fire engineering contracts from Compton across at least five prior agenda items dating to 2018 ($55,000), 2019 ($50,000), and two separate agreements in 2022 ($40,000 each), making this a long-running sole-source vendor relationship with no competitive procurement visible in the record. A second consent item — an agreement with Vantaggio for the 'Compton Connect Civic Innovation Initiative,' split across three line items ($348,200 contract plus budget allocations of $187,000 and $161,200) totaling $696,400 — was tabled before a vote and is expected to return at the first October council meeting; one public speaker specifically questioned who was preventing the item from advancing. Approximately twelve residents addressed the council during general public comment, raising concerns about charter enforcement, the city manager's authority to retain outside legal counsel without council approval, air quality near an industrial facility, homelessness encampments, and street maintenance — none spoke to the KJ Consultants contract before the vote was taken.

Sep 16, 2025

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No new spending was approved at this September 16, 2025 meeting. The council voted 3-0 — Council Members Duhart and Bowers not recorded as voting, with Bowers confirmed absent by a public commenter — to enter closed session covering the City Controller's performance evaluation and three active lawsuits (Nicole Hill, Fred Brown, and Adrianna Shrem vs. City of Compton); upon reconvening, the city attorney reported only that the city controller was directed to provide specific information to all council members, with no further reportable action taken on any of the three litigation matters. The council received an informational grants department presentation describing prior expenditures — over $1.5 million on park improvements at Wilson and Ludus Parks, more than $650,000 distributed to 22 small businesses, and $350,000 committed to a second round of housing rehabilitation for 10 applicants — but no vote was taken on any of these figures, and no new vendors or contracts were approved. Eight members of the public addressed the meeting; multiple speakers questioned a $450,000 lawsuit payout referenced in prior records but not on this agenda, raised concerns that approximately $10 million in city investment returns had not been formally amended into the adopted budget, and criticized campaign contributions from World Oil to several council members in connection with an ongoing environmental permit matter.

Jul 22, 2025

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The council's largest single spending approval was a recurring $800,000 contract to the City of Downey for fire and emergency medical dispatching services, approved 5-0; prior meeting records show Compton has paid Downey for this service since at least 2008 when the contract stood at $381,755, a figure that climbed to $850,000 in 2019 before this year's authorization, with individual calls billed at an additional $63 each. The 5-0 consent vote bundled $150,000 distributed across three fire apparatus vendors, $125,000 to Life Assist Medical Supplies, $120,000 to Jankovich Company for fuel, and $90,000 to Gateway Cities Council of Governments split into three transportation study payments—the largest individual COG payment ($45,000) sits just below the council's $50,000 approval threshold—while Item 6, a $50,000 budget allocation for agenda format changes, was tabled without a vote. Price Paige & Company LLP received approval for CPA services totaling $141,006 structured as three sub-$100,000 line items ($68,050, $36,478, and $36,478), a payment structure the agenda analysis flagged as a possible split; the council also authorized a housing development agreement at 1434 W. Compton Boulevard—under negotiation since 2020—involving $6.10M and $1.40M in city expenditures alongside $12.75M from the National Housing Trust Fund, passing 4-0-1 with Council Member Darden abstaining. A budget amendment creating new classified positions—including purchasing manager and civil engineering assistant roles tied to 2022 state auditor recommendations—passed 5-0, drawing $127,271 from the Local Housing Authority Fund and $30,000 from the General Fund; approximately fifteen members of the public addressed the council, with several speakers directing alarm at a separately presented, non-voted $40 million self-insurance fund deficit and at the absence of the elected city treasurer from the session.

Jul 15, 2025

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The council's two spending approvals both went to parks projects funded by Measure A: $340,514 to GameTime C/O Great Western Recreation for playground equipment and basketball court replacement at Tragniew Park (approved 4-0, Bowers absent), and $277,961 to Greenfields Outdoor Fitness Inc. for fitness equipment replacement at Wilson Park (approved 4-0, Bowers absent), with no public comment directed at either contract. The structured agenda data flags both as repeat vendors — Greenfields appears across seven line items totaling approximately $1.39M and GameTime across four line items totaling approximately $1.02M — and each contract carries a roughly 10% contingency allocation split from the base award amount. The municipal tax rate ordinance (Item 3), which concerns $35M in projected recurring revenue and is not a spending decision, was pulled from consent and deferred to September so the city manager can present it alongside the tax assessor for additional explanation on the pension tax component. Two Public Works sewer plan items (Items 4 and 5) were tabled by consensus to the next meeting after Councilwoman Darden stated she had not had sufficient time to review the 86-page document; the only other consent item approved was the minutes from May 6, 2025 (4-0, Bowers absent).

Jul 1, 2025

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The council's only spending action was approval of $4,878 in in-kind expenditures from the General Fund for the 22nd Annual Compton Stand Down for Veterans (September 19–21, 2025), with no recipient vendors named in the agenda; the item also carried three identical $813.04 budget allocations split across Council District 1, Council District 4, and the Mayor's overtime expense accounts — three separate account lines for the same amount, a split-payment structure worth noting. The consent item passed 3-0-1, with Councilwoman Bowers abstaining and Councilmember Darden absent; Bowers stated on the record that she objected to approving in-kind support for this event while the council had denied comparable support to the Compton Kids Club, calling out what she described as inconsistent treatment of nonprofits. The council also designated Councilman Andre Spicer as Mayor Pro Tem for fiscal year 2025–2026, a rotation required by CMC Section 2.1.16 that the city attorney confirmed did not require a vote; the elected city attorney disputed the legal opinion cited by the mayor, stating that any valid opinion must come through his office, not from outside counsel. At least eight members of the public addressed the council, with several speakers contesting Spicer's eligibility to hold a council seat, and others raising concerns about ICE enforcement procedures at city parks, nonprofit grant oversight, and fireworks enforcement.

Jun 24, 2025

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The council approved the FY 2025-2026 budget totaling $262.32 million across all funds — including $89.71 million from the General Fund — 4-1 with Councilmember Darden dissenting, and authorized a right-of-way agreement for the Gateway Cities regional fiber optic network associated with a $103 million contract with the California Department of Technology and an incoming $46.1 million CPUC grant, approved 4-0 with Spicer absent. Angeles Contractor, Inc. — a repeat vendor appearing across three line items totaling approximately $1.97 million — received council chambers remodeling contracts under two separate agenda items (both 5-0); Alliant Insurance Services was authorized for a $4.5 million annual insurance portfolio renewal (5-0); and The Titan Group, also flagged as a repeat vendor in two line items on the same agenda totaling $335,716, received a $300,000-per-year Human Resources investigative services contract plus $35,716 for prior outstanding invoices (5-0). Further approvals included $199,790 to St. Nick's Christmas Lighting and Decor for holiday decorations (pulled for brief discussion then approved without changes, 5-0), $164,550 to Weaver and Tidwell LLP for ERP implementation project management (4-0, Spicer absent), $200,000 in CDBG funds for a senior Meals on Wheels program divided between Cuernavaca's Grill ($185,000) and Everytable ($15,000), a $202,456 subsequent-need payment to DUDIC for groundwater remediation (5-0), and $96,000 to Townsend Public Affairs — $4,000 below the $100,000 council approval threshold, passed through the consent agenda with no council discussion (5-0); the planned appointment of Councilman Spicer as Mayor Pro Tem was tabled after Councilmember Bowers requested legal advice before voting. Approximately nine members of the public spoke at the CDBG and HOME public hearing, raising concerns about the city's self-imposed matching funds requirement, a staff decision to redirect $15,000 originally recommended for Restoration Diversion into a council discretionary program, and whether CHIRLA should receive federal grant funding given public allegations of an ongoing federal investigation; the FY 2025-2026 Consolidated Plan and Annual Action Plan were approved with Spicer absent and Bowers' vote not recorded in the transcript.

Jun 17, 2025

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The council tabled both the FY2025-2026 citywide budget ($262.32M total, $89.71M from the General Fund) — deferred at Council Member Darden's request to verify corrections — and a proposed $164,550 project management contract with Weaver and Tidwell LLP for ERP software implementation, deferred pending a direct vendor presentation to the council. Two additional payments to auditor Eadie and Payne were approved: $23,416 from the General Fund for out-of-scope work on the completed FY2022-2023 audit (4-0-1, Spicer abstaining) and $18,522 from the General Fund for anticipated out-of-scope work on the FY2023-2024 audit (5-0); both amounts are part of a repeat-vendor pattern spanning two agenda items, the $23,416 amount sits just below the city's $25,000 approval threshold, and the auditor acknowledged during Item 6's discussion that the work had been completed before the council authorized payment, without the prior written approval required by contract. On-call administrative investigation services agreements with Liebert Cassidy Whitmore ($440) and JL Group LLC ($450), pulled from the consent agenda by Council Member Duart for separate discussion, passed 5-0. The FY2022-2023 audited financial statements (Item 1) are an informational item carrying no spending approval; the presentation disclosed 18 audit findings — most recurring — and the item was tabled after the city treasurer and city controller publicly disputed conflicting investment earnings figures in the management discussion and analysis, with no members of the public addressing that item directly.

Jun 3, 2025

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The council's only new expenditure was a $5,255 budget amendment authorizing a purchase order with Zumar Industries for road signs and supplies from the Measure P Fund, approved 5-0; the initial motion was withdrawn and re-voted after a council member flagged that the resolution incorrectly cited a temporary $75,000 single-vendor spending authority from a July 2024 measure rather than the standing $25,000 threshold, with the $5,255 amount falling well below either figure. The council also passed 5-0 the second reading of the Construction Labor Disclosure Ordinance, which requires contractors on large city construction projects to disclose prior labor violations; one speaker during the public comment period, representing the Western States Regional Council of Carpenters, addressed this item in support before the vote. The city manager presented the proposed FY 2025-26 budget — $262.3 million across all funds, $75.1 million in the general fund — at a required public hearing, but no budget was adopted; approximately nine members of the public spoke, raising concerns about specific streets absent from the capital improvement plan, the destination of cannabis license revenue, sheriff contract overtime accountability, and the absence of visible youth program spending. A separate AB 2561-required public hearing on the city's 21.6% vacancy rate (87 of 402 budgeted positions unfilled) drew two union representatives from AFSCME and SEIU who described labor contracts expired since June 2024, a $100,000-plus classification study contracted in 2023 that the city manager stated the vendor failed to complete as specified, and an average time-to-hire of 116 days, alongside three members of the public.