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Feb 19, 2026

personnel board

The Compton Personnel Board approved several key actions at its February 19, 2026 meeting, including certifying eligible lists for six city positions ranging from Payroll Specialist to Accountant 2, and approving multiple temporary and temporary exempt appointments across departments. The board reviewed the city's hiring and examination process, which requires candidates to score at least 70% on written and oral exams. A notable restructuring was approved renaming the Community Improvement department to Public Safety, with the new Public Safety Director serving as a liaison between the city and the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. An employee raised concerns about why external candidates were being considered for positions when qualified internal candidates were available. The board also modernized the Business License Inspector job specification, which had not been updated since the 1980s, and created a new Permit Service Supervisor position.

Jan 27, 2026

city council

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.

Dec 23, 2025

city council

The council's largest spending approval was $884,333 to Greenfields Outdoor Fitness Inc. for Greenleaf Parkway outdoor fitness equipment, passed 5-0; the city manager noted the contract contained a copy-paste error naming Fig & Oleander Park instead of Greenleaf Parkway and stated staff would correct it before signing. Three additional action items passed 5-0: $243,663 to Innovative Playgrounds Co., Inc. for Fig & Oleander Park playground work; $214,977 to End Point Wireless Inc. for security cameras at five parks; and $173,431 to JMC2 Engineering + Surveying for a second amendment to an engineering services agreement at the Alameda–State Route 91 corridor. On consent (5-0, no item-level discussion), the council approved $210,208 to WestNet, Inc. for a fire alerting system and $70,000 (recurring) to Waxie Enterprises for equipment and supplies; pulled from consent for separate 5-0 votes were $250,000 (recurring) to Oppenheimer Investigations Group, Norman A. Traub & Associates, and Jackson Lewis P.C. for investigation and legal services — the city manager stated existing vendors were over capacity — and $86,420 (recurring) to ESRI plus $46,359 to Versatile for GIS software, with Versatile's amount sitting just below the $50,000 council approval threshold; the State Water Resources Control Board collected $57,543 across two separate consent line items ($36,393 for a stormwater permit fee and $21,150 for a sewer overflow permit fee, both recurring). Approximately twelve members of the public addressed the council during general public comment, with multiple speakers demanding censure of Councilmember Spicer over credit card use currently under active DA investigation, several disputing the terms of the city attorney's departure settlement, and Richland Farms residents requesting postponement of preferential parking enforcement pending production of District 3 records.

Nov 4, 2025

city council workshop

The Compton City Council held a workshop on the city's $152 million unfunded pension liability, with a consultant presenting a staff proposal to pay approximately $65 million to eliminate 90% of the miscellaneous plan's debt, which would save about $42.7 million in interest and reduce the annual pension tax levy by $7.2 million (roughly 20%), potentially saving residents about $200 per year on property taxes. Public speakers, including former City Clerk Charles Davis, urged the council not to rush the decision and to hold additional workshops examining all three components of the pension tax before acting. Multiple residents also demanded that trash collection fees be removed from property tax bills, and Council Member Darden requested an investigation into whether any non-employees are improperly receiving city retirement benefits. No formal vote was taken, as this was an educational workshop only.

May 27, 2025

city council

The single expenditure approved at the May 27, 2025 Compton City Council meeting was a $27,000 purchase order to Sherwin Williams for anti-graffiti paint, drawn from the Measure P Fund and passed 4-0 with Councilmember Duhart absent throughout the meeting. The council also approved first reading of an ordinance requiring labor violation disclosures from contractors on large construction projects, passed 4-0 (Duhart absent) after the full text reading was waived; three Western States Regional Council of Carpenters representatives spoke in favor before the vote and no members of the public opposed. Three scheduling items were approved without new spending: a public hearing on an AB 2561 vacancy rate review for June 3 (4-0, Duhart absent), a hearing on solid waste delinquencies for collection on the LA County tax roll for June 17 (passed — one public speaker and Councilmember Darton each stated opposition to placing trash bills on the property tax roll, but Darton voted yes after staff clarified the item applies only to multi-family and commercial accounts), and a HUD five-year consolidated plan hearing for June 24 (passed). The meeting also included informational-only presentations on coyote management, the ShotSpotter program (45 activations since going live in March 2025), and a new cellular-based citywide camera system intended to replace a 2007 system that staff stated is 95% inoperable; no spending was approved in connection with any of these presentations.

Apr 15, 2025

city council

The council's largest spending approval was a three-year traffic signal and street light maintenance contract awarded to Yunex LLC at $1.2 million annually, plus a separate $350,000 purchase order covering the current fiscal year's remainder, passed 5-0; Yunex has been the city's sole provider since 2018 and disclosed at the meeting that the city holds 14 loaned signal controller cabinets and that the company submitted unaddressed repair requests to city staff dating to 2021. A three-year groundwater pumping rights lease with the City of Vernon passed 5-0 at $720,000 total, and a citywide illegal dumping contract with Valley Vista Services passed 3-2 — with Duhart and Spicer voting no — at $367,270 annually plus a $122,423 current-year purchase order; a former city attorney addressed the council requesting the contract be awarded instead to Screaming Eagles, a local firm that previously held the work. Both the Yunex and Valley Vista approvals follow a split-payment structure — a recurring annual contract rate paired with a separate current-year purchase order — with Yunex appearing in two line items totaling $1.55 million and Valley Vista in two line items totaling approximately $490,000. The council voted to suspend fireworks permit issuance, passing 4-0 with Spicer abstaining, after approximately six members of the public addressed the item — including a representative of St. James AME Church opposing the suspension on grounds of nonprofit fundraising loss and several residents supporting it on safety grounds. A proposed lease agreement with the Compton Chamber of Commerce — a revenue item under which the city would collect rent — was tabled to the following week without a vote.

Mar 18, 2025

city council

The council approved a $419,883 construction contract with Innovative Playgrounds Co., Inc. for the Cesar Chavez Playground Improvement Project (CDBG FY2018 funds) as an action item, passed 5-0 after the city clerk noted a correction to account codes in the fiscal impact section; the same meeting's consent agenda, also passed 5-0, included a $46,639 purchase order for touchless bottle filling stations to HD Supply Facilities Maintenance—formerly The Home Depot Pro—from CDBG-CV funds, a figure that sits $10,361 below the $50,000 council approval threshold. The largest dollar item on the agenda was a proposed citywide illegal dumping cleanup contract structured as two separate line items to the same vendor, Valley Vista Services, Inc.—a $367,270 annual service agreement and a $122,423 purchase order for the remainder of fiscal year 2024-2025, totaling $489,693—but no vote was taken and the item was continued to the following week's meeting. At least four members of the public spoke in favor of prior incumbent vendor Screaming Eagles Services, including the company's owner, and Councilmembers Spicer and Darden expressed support for Screaming Eagles on the record; the city manager stated Valley Vista was the lowest responsive bidder at $367,270 annually versus Screaming Eagles' $450,000 bid, a difference of $82,730. A motion by Councilmember Spicer to award the contract to Screaming Eagles, seconded by Councilmember Bowers, was withdrawn before any vote when Bowers requested that both vendors be placed on the following week's agenda for formal consideration.

Mar 4, 2025

city council

No new city spending was approved at the March 4, 2025 Compton City Council meeting; the two substantive action items were lease authorizations under which the city collects rent for space at the Neighborhood Center (600 North Alameda Street). The council approved a lease with Shields for Families at $3.02 per square foot (~$18,295 per month), 4-0 with Bowers not voting, and a lease with Volunteers of America at the same per-square-foot rate (~$10,301 per month), also 4-0 with Bowers not voting — the Volunteers of America motion was first withdrawn and recast after Council member Darden identified multiple resolution errors, including a wrong termination date (April 30, 2027, corrected to April 30, 2028), a misidentified tenant name in one section, and an improperly placed whereas clause. Volunteers of America is flagged as a repeat vendor, appearing in five line items across two agenda entries with a combined contract value of approximately $1.03M; both organizations had been operating under expired leases — Shields for Families for approximately two years and seven months at a prior rate of $1.40 per square foot, and Volunteers of America for approximately four years and eight months at $1.00 per square foot. Four members of the public specifically addressed items 3 and 4: Craig Henry identified himself as a Volunteers of America employee and stated he did not oppose the $3.02 rate but objected to the full 50.7% increase being applied at once rather than phased in; two other speakers called for the Mayor and Council member Spicer to recuse themselves, citing their appointment of Henry to city advisory and personnel committees as a conflict of interest.

Feb 25, 2025

city council

The council's largest contract authorization was a $945,688 professional services agreement with NV5, Inc. for the Center Avenue Green Street Project, funded by a $10 million state grant, which appears to have been approved on the consent agenda without recorded discussion or a separate roll call. The council also approved $724,021 in payments to Insight Public Sector, Inc. — the sole vendor across all four line items — for a Microsoft 365 software license renewal and migration, broken into a $378,881 recurring contract, a $172,570 expenditure, a $103,155 recurring expenditure, and a $69,415 expenditure; Council Member Darden asked whether a competitive bid process was required, the city manager stated it was not because Microsoft is a proprietary platform, and the item passed 4-0 with Council Member Bowers not recorded as voting throughout the meeting. Two lease agreements at the Neighborhood Center — Volunteers of America ($10,301 annually in revenue to the city) and Shields for Families ($18,793 annually in revenue to the city) — were tabled after the city manager identified calculation errors in both resolutions; these are payments the city receives, not funds it expends. The council voted 4-0 (Bowers not recorded) to schedule a new fireworks public hearing for March 11, 2025, after the originally scheduled hearing was tabled earlier that day.

Jan 21, 2025

city council

The largest spending approval was a $419,883 contract to Innovative Playgrounds Co., Inc. for demolition and full replacement of playground equipment at Cesar Chavez Park, funded through Measure A, passed 5-0; the structured agenda data flags this vendor appearing in two separate line items at $419,883 each within the same agenda item, producing a combined total of $839,766 against a stated contract value of $419,883. Three consent-agenda spending items also passed: $73,160 in Justice Assistance Grant funds (divided into expenditures of $65,844 and $7,316) for approximately two additional surveillance units known as 'lot cops,' pulled for discussion by Councilmember Spicer before passing 5-0 after the city manager described their intended use; $67,500 to Epic Surfaces for basketball court resurfacing, approved 5-0; and $21,150 to the State Water Resources Control Board for the annual sewer system permit fee, approved 5-0. An ordinance creating an Olympics/Tourism Committee passed 5-0 on second reading; a council member noted that any member stipend would require a separate future resolution. No new spending was approved from the city treasurer's second-quarter investment report, an informational item showing a portfolio valued at $244,248,854 and $5,697,112 in interest earnings posted for Q2. Twelve members of the public addressed the council, primarily on non-agenda concerns including neighborhood safety, pothole damage, a long-unresolved water service cutoff, and regional fire ash contamination; one speaker questioned why basketball court resurfacing was proceeding when other parks remain in worse condition.

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.

May 14, 2024

city council

The council's largest direct spending approval was $302,956 to Camino Real Chevrolet for Water Department fleet vehicles, passed 5-0 on the consent agenda from a $370,000 Municipal Water Fund allocation; the record does not explain the approximately $67,000 gap between the allocation and the vendor payment. Three new Human Resources positions — one labor relations analyst and two HR specialists — were approved 5-0 at a total of $84,359 spread across four separate budget line items, partially offset by what the HR director stated is approximately $15,000 in savings from eliminating one vacant Office Assistant II position. The council adopted 5-0 a list of SB1-funded road projects for FY 2024-2025, drawing on a recurring $2.46 million state grant for the sixth consecutive year, covering several street rehabilitation corridors and the Wilmington Avenue pedestrian and bicycle project, with no new city general fund dollars appropriated. The Third Quarter Investment Report — reflecting $54.56 million in city receipts and $30.42 million in city expenditures through approximately April 15, 2024 — was received and filed 5-0; this is a financial reporting item, not a new spending approval. Three small business owners spoke during public comment about tobacco product citation enforcement, the largest cluster of public input on a single topic; no members of the public directly addressed any of the spending items on the agenda.

Feb 6, 2024

city council

The council's largest spending approval was a 2.5-year athletic field maintenance contract with BrightView Landscape Services, Inc. for $247,260 from the General Fund to maintain Gonzalez Park's Dodger Dream Fields, approved 5-0; the structured agenda contains four separate BrightView line items — including $98,904 (just below the $100,000 approval threshold) and $49,452 (just below the $50,000 threshold) — totaling $642,876 across all entries. The council also approved a $35,000 contract with All Star Interpreting Service for Spanish-language translation, which the city clerk confirmed had been in effect since July 1, 2023 without a signed contract (4-0-1, Bowers abstaining), and a five-year, $16,285 fraud hotline contract with Ethico LLC (5-0). A 16-month abatement services agreement with New West Landscaping, capped at $10,000 annually and appearing across five separate budget line items totaling $50,000, was approved with four yes votes; Councilmember Bowers' vote was recorded as 'upstanding' in the transcript and its meaning is unclear. The city treasurer's FY24 second quarter investment report — showing $57.07 million in revenues and $30.45 million in expenditures — was a receive-and-file informational item, not a spending approval. One member of the public, Fidel Marquez, addressed the BrightView contract during public comment, questioning whether Gonzalez Park is safe and family-friendly enough to justify the expenditure; no other members of the public addressed the spending items on the agenda.

Jan 16, 2024

city council

The council's largest spending approval was $404,470 to The Garland Company, Inc. for fire station roofing materials, divided across two ARPA-funded line items ($216,344 and $188,126) on a single agenda item and approved 5-0 with no discussion; the council also approved 5-0 a total of $45,000 to Screamin Eagle Services, Inc. for illegal dumping cleanup split across three separate payments ($22,500, $14,580, and $7,920) — the largest single payment sits just below the $25,000 approval threshold, and a company representative appeared during public comment to report invoices going unpaid for 45 to 75 days. A three-year elevator service agreement totaling $39,060 with Pacific Coast Elevator Corporation DBA Amtech Elevator Services (Measure P funds), with Councilman Bowers raising but not pursuing a question about whether a ramp should replace the serviced wheelchair lift, and $31,185 in Gateway Cities Council of Governments membership dues were each approved 5-0. A proposed twelve-month lease with CHIRLA — structured as revenue to the city, not a spending item — was pulled by the city manager, who cited ambiguity between two listed rent figures in the agreement and Surplus Lands Act concerns about undercharging. A council motion to remove Barbara Baker from the Federal Grants Advisory Board failed 1-2 with two abstentions (Spicer in favor; Duhart and Bowers opposed; Darden and Mayor Sharif abstaining), and approximately fourteen members of the public addressed the council on illegal dumping, unpaid vendor invoices, budget transparency, potholes, and public safety.

Sep 11, 2018

city council

The largest spending decisions approved were a $260,000 emergency street sweeping contract with CleanStreet, awarded without competitive bidding on the same night all prior street sweeping proposals were rejected (Items 17 and 18; vote tally not fully legible in transcript), and Item 16, which drew $225,000 from the Supplemental Law Enforcement Fund with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department named as the recipient across three separate line items — a pattern flagged in the agenda — covering five overtime task forces for marijuana dispensary suppression, illegal dumping, prostitution sweeps, traffic enforcement, and park patrols per the city manager; Item 16 passed with at least Galvan, McCoy, and Sharif voting yes (Zerita's vote not captured in transcript). Two additional contracts each fell just below the city's $100,000 approval threshold: $95,000 to Life Assist Medical Supplies for fire department medical supplies (4-0, no discussion) and $93,809 to KOA for Wilmington Avenue street design services (4-0, no discussion). An ordinance that would have capped total public comment at 45 minutes while raising individual council member speaking time from 5 to 10 minutes failed 1-3 with only Councilperson Galvan voting yes; approximately 14 members of the public addressed the council, with multiple speakers opposing that ordinance, the Mayor Pro Tem appointment (passed 3-1 with Councilwoman Sharif dissenting after stating on the record she had been denied her rotation at the position in what she described as a departure from a 20-year council practice), and the facility naming resolution (Item 20, naming three city recreation facilities after Dolores Zerita, DJ Quick, and Oscar De La Hoya), which passed with at least Galvan and Zerita voting yes.