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Annual lease-purchase payment for three street sweepers

Additional compensation for alley weed abatement services

Additional compensation increase for alley weed abatement services

Total annual compensation for golf course maintenance and alley weed abatement

Total compensation for landscaping services including alley weed abatement

Annual lighting and landscaping assessment revenue

Annual lighting and landscaping assessment revenue

Compton Par 3 Golf Course landscape maintenance services

Golf course landscape maintenance services

Measure P Capital Outlay supplement

Budget amendment to correct ARPA fund allocation from land improvements to capital outlay

SB1 fund allocation for capital outlay

MTA Bond fund allocation for capital outlay

Monthly lease cost for remainder of fiscal year 2024-2025

Monthly lease cost for twenty-seven multifunctional copiers for remainder of FY 2024-2025

Capital or special fund allocation for sheriff services

Feb 4, 2025

city council

The council's largest approved expenditure was a $945,688 contract with NV5 Inc. for engineering design on the Center Avenue green street and storm drain project, funded by state grants and passed without discussion with Duhart, Spicer, Bowers, and Sharif voting yes and Darton's vote not captured in the transcript. A $225,000 three-year contract with JL Group LLC for fraud investigation services (General Fund) and $170,950 to Envisio Solutions Inc. for performance management software — structured as four sub-$100,000 payments, a flagged possible split-payment pattern — both passed with Duhart, Spicer, Bowers, and Sharif voting yes and Darton not recorded. The item generating the most debate was $149,863 to Eadie and Payne LLC for audit services billed outside the original contract scope, structured as three sub-$100,000 invoices including one ($24,246) just below the $25,000 approval threshold; three public speakers questioned who authorized the additional work, the city controller stated the auditor was conditioning progress on the FY2023 audit report on receipt of payment, and the item passed with Duhart and Sharif voting yes and Spicer abstaining, with Bowers and Darton's votes not recorded. The council also approved $200,000 to recurring vendors including Jankovich for fleet gasoline, with Duhart, Bowers, and Sharif voting yes and Spicer and Darton not recorded, and $30,960 to New West Landscaping for golf course maintenance, with Duhart, Spicer, Bowers, and Sharif voting yes and Darton not recorded.

Nov 26, 2024

city council

The council's largest spending approval was a $2,389,600 contract with R2Build (dba R2B Engineering) for a chlorination system upgrade at the Municipal Water Department, passed 4-0 with Spicer absent after water department staff described the existing system as over 20 years old. The council approved a $76,832 final ARPA-funded payment to 72 Hour, LLC DBA National Auto Fleet Group — the same vendor held a prior $221,707 contract for the same fire command vehicle, totaling $298,539 across two line items — because the original purchase order was closed at fiscal year-end without the remaining balance paid, passed 4-0 with Spicer absent. Elevate Public Affairs received a $103,800 contract extension for public relations services (3-1, Bowers dissenting, Spicer absent), with Councilwoman Darden citing uncompleted deliverables including the city newsletter and digital billboard management; the city manager's representative stated the city currently owes Elevate for outstanding invoices and that the contract's 30-day termination clause will be used once a public information officer — currently being recruited — is in place. Geary Floors, Inc. was approved for $36,000 in gymnasium floor repair at Lueders Park split across three line items — a $30,000 contract and a $6,000 budget allocation, both from Measure P Capital Outlay — as part of the consent package passed 4-0 with Spicer absent. A proposed city purchasing card program ($25,000 budget allocation) was pulled from the agenda and will return at a future meeting after at least three of six public speakers specifically criticized it; the FY 2021-2022 audited financial statements were received and filed 4-0 as an informational item — no new spending was approved through that action.

Nov 12, 2024

city council

The council's largest spending approval was a $272,043 contract with P31 Development Corporation for Heritage House restoration (Item 13), funded through CDBG grants and Capital Outlay, passed 4-0 with Councilwoman Darden absent; the council also approved two roof replacement contracts with Rite-Way Corporation — $183,360 at Burrell MacDonald Park from ARPA funds (Item 11, 4-0) and $134,925 at Tucker Park from Capital Outlay (Item 12, 4-0) — making Rite-Way the recipient of $318,285 in contracts across two separate agenda items at this meeting. The consent agenda passed 4-0 (Darden absent) without individual item discussion and included $66,771 to TRC Investments LLC DBA SERVPRO, split into two line items ($61,073 and $5,698), for emergency repairs at Fire Station One, along with $93,945 directed to Gateway Cities Council of Governments across three separate agenda items covering annual membership dues, corridor studies, and an Alondra Boulevard street study. A $67,500 basketball court resurfacing contract with Epic Surfaces (Item 9) was pulled from the consent agenda at staff's request and received no vote at this meeting. Nine residents spoke during general public comment — raising concerns about property tax levels, Republic Services billing discrepancies, two street lights at Pauline and Caldwell reported down for over 16 years, and limits on public comment time — and no public comment was taken on any individual spending item. The state audit status update (Item 10) and Republic Services service report (Item 2) were informational presentations only; no spending was approved in connection with either.

May 21, 2024

city council

The council's largest spending approval was a contract amendment with Biggs Cardosa Associates, Inc. for Artesia Boulevard Bridge engineering services totaling $495,870, structured across four separate line items ($271,878, $124,824, and two payments of $49,584 each — one from state grants), with all amounts going to the same vendor under a single agenda item and both $49,584 figures falling just below the $50,000 individual approval threshold; the item passed 5-0 with no council discussion and no public comment. The council also voted 5-0 to release $99,974 in retention to Big Ben Engineering upon acceptance of the Pearl Avenue and Chester Avenue emergency sewer repairs — an amount $26 below the $100,000 approval threshold — after Councilmember Darden, who pulled the item from consent for discussion, confirmed that an independent inspection firm had been engaged to verify completion; a separate $20,000 purchase order to Secure A Door for fire station emergency door repairs was pulled from consent by the same councilmember and approved 5-0 following discussion about whether ARPA funds could be used for full door replacements rather than continued repairs. The council also authorized the county to collect two recurring revenue assessments — approximately $4.19 million for the Lighting and Landscape District and $913,506 in sewer service charges, both for fiscal year 2024-2025, placed on property tax bills — which are revenue collections, not new spending approvals; both passed 5-0. During the two accompanying public hearings, at least six residents questioned where the roughly $20 million collected over five years through the lighting and landscape assessment has gone given the condition of medians and landscaping citywide, and the city manager attributed the funds to recurring operational costs including approximately $1.5 million annually for street lighting electricity, over $700,000 for street sweeping, over $400,000 for tree trimming, staff salaries, and county administrative fees.

Apr 9, 2024

city council

The largest approvals at the April 9, 2024 meeting were multi-year (2019–2024) labor agreements: AFSCME Local 3947's agreement carries recurring annual costs of $712,620 and $524,290 plus $87,631 in additional costs (Item 2, 5-0); CMEA/AFSCME Local 2325 carries recurring costs of $413,691 and $373,169 plus $74,248 and $53,814 (Item 3, 5-0); and a companion salary plan amendment for unrepresented employees was also approved 5-0 (Item 4). The council additionally approved, all 5-0 with limited floor discussion: $29,000 to Impact Overhead Door Service for water facility gate repairs (ARPA-funded); $40,000 to Sherwin Williams for anti-graffiti paint; $25,000 to BP Ford of Long Beach for Ford fleet maintenance; $11,000 to O'Reilly Automotive for auto parts; and $7,485 to Maven Roofing Company for a Luders Park skylight repair drawn from an insurance recovery account — while a $57,600 recurring landscaping contract with Zorro Landscape Inc. (Item 6) was pulled by staff before a vote, with staff stating it needed clarification and would return at a future meeting. Structured agenda data flags that several vendors appear across multiple line items totaling amounts above their stated resolution ceilings: Impact Overhead Door Service totals $87,000 across four line items against a $29,000 authorization; Sherwin Williams totals $80,000 across two line items against a $40,000 authorization; and BP Ford totals $50,000 across two line items against a $25,000 authorization — no council member raised these discrepancies during discussion. Twelve residents spoke during public comment on topics including street prostitution near schools, fire station conditions, inoperative security cameras, potholes, graffiti, and the absence of an AED in city hall, but none addressed any of the spending items voted on that evening.

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.