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Purchase of two ADA-compliant buses for Dial-A-Ride program

SCADA system upgrade over three years

Upgrade to Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) System with three-year service agreement

Three-year service agreement for SCADA system upgrade

Grant financial reconciliation services

Professional services contract with Badawi and Associates for CPA assistance with accounting and audit preparation

Certified public accountant professional services

Certified Public Accountant professional services from Badawi and Associates

Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) system for monitoring water facilities, reservoirs, pump stations, wells, and system alarms

ADA compliant renovation of City Hall counter and pathway

ADA Compliant Project - City Hall counter renovation for disability accessibility

Administration: Water Master Plan, Urban Water Management Plan, Water Loss Audit, SCADA improvements and contract services

Administration services for water infrastructure improvements including Water Master Plan, Urban Water Management Plan, Water Loss Audit, and SCADA

Water infrastructure planning services including Master Plan, Water Loss Audit, and SCADA systems

Amendment to JMD professional services agreement for additional street design services including ADA curb ramps, storm drain facilities, full-width roadway paving, and related design work

Additional street design services for Compton Boulevard Street Improvement Project including ADA curb ramp improvements, drainage analysis, and intersection pavement

Jul 16, 2024

city council

The council approved a $1,104,105 contract with Enterprise Automation for a SCADA water system upgrade funded from ARPA, with the vendor appearing across two separate budget-source line items for the same contract, voted 5-0; it also approved a $900,000 contract amendment with Dudek for continued environmental remediation at Fire Station 1 — sole-sourced, with the city manager stating no alternatives exist and the contractor having been on site since 1998 — split $450,000 for FY2023-24 and $450,000 for FY2024-25, also 5-0, with Dudek appearing across 10 line items in the same agenda item totaling $2.70M, including one sub-item of $48,000 sitting just below the $50,000 approval threshold. Two identical purchase orders of $66,509 each to Camino Real Chevrolet for vehicle equipment — flagged as a possible split payment totaling $133,019 — passed 5-0, as did a CDBG-CV federal grant reallocation of approximately $1.67M that included allocations of $92,184 and $47,000 sitting just below the $100,000 and $50,000 approval thresholds, respectively. At least three residents — Rodney Lister, Clarence Tate, and Lynn Bone — addressed Item 8, a municipal code amendment to agenda preparation procedures, before it passed 5-0 on floor-amended language that differed from the backup materials; no members of the public addressed the vehicle purchase, the Dudek contract amendment, or the SCADA contract before those votes.

Jun 25, 2024

city council

The council's largest approved expenditures at its June 25, 2024 meeting were $600,000 to United Pacific Services for tree trimming using ARPA funds (5-0), $322,839 sole-source to CLA-VAL Company for water control valve repairs from ARPA (5-0), $252,405 to Johnson Controls — a vendor the city manager's office stated the city has used for roughly 17 to 18 years — for City Hall HVAC maintenance drawn from Measure P fund balance (5-0), $167,145 to ChargePoint for fleet charging stations (5-0), $100,000 to The Blue Diamond Company for asphalt materials (5-0), and $84,465 to Carson Chevrolet for a 2024 Chevrolet Tahoe for the fire chief (5-0). The council withdrew without a vote the meeting's largest single item — a proposed $1.82 million multi-year agreement with Yunex Traffic for traffic signal and street light maintenance — after members cited service deficiencies and noted only one vendor had responded to the solicitation; a $100,500 investment advisory contract with Chandler Asset Management was also pulled by staff before a vote, and a $763.36 GovConnection computer equipment order was pulled by a council member over invoice calculation discrepancies. Two approved contracts involved split-payment structuring across multiple line items: Govinvest Inc. received $227,056 total for software management services (5-0) and MGT of America Consulting received $48,688 total for Senate Bill 90 consulting (5-0); B-Adair Consulting & Administrative Services was approved on the consent agenda for $24,900 in grant reconciliation services — $100 below the standard $25,000 council approval threshold — as part of a 5-0 consent vote. The FY 2024-2025 budget passed 4-1 with Councilwoman Darden dissenting, fireworks stand permits were approved 4-1 with Mayor Sharif voting no, and approximately 20 residents addressed the council during public comment, raising concerns about fireworks safety, a video shoot that blocked local businesses without advance notice, trash collection reliability, and the recurring selection of the same nonprofit organizations for CDBG grant funding.

Mar 26, 2024

city council

The council's largest single contract approved at this meeting was $57,500 to Matrix Consulting Group for fire department labor cost analysis — funded through the American Rescue Plan Fund, passed 5-0 — after the city controller disclosed that only one vendor responded to the RFP; the structured agenda also lists $4.23M and $4.02M in recurring General Fund expenditures associated with this item, but neither figure was discussed in open session. A $45,000 contract with Future Buildings for a metal storage building at fire station #3 — sitting just below the city's $50,000 approval threshold — was initially voted through 5-0 after brief discussion, but was pulled back before adjournment when the city controller sought to add account code lines clarifying a fund transfer between Measure P and the General Fund; the item will return at a future meeting. A $2,525 purchase order to Johnson Controls, Inc. for City Hall HVAC temperature sensor and flow switch replacement passed 5-0 with no discussion. Thirteen residents addressed the council during public comment, raising concerns that included a stalled AFSCME union contract expired since 2019, ADA noncompliance at city facilities, the absence of Spanish-language translation services, street and infrastructure deterioration, and alleged harassment at a local cemetery.