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CDBG allocation to Community Lawyers Inc. for FY 2026-2027

CDBG allocation to Community Legal Aid SoCal for FY 2026-2027

CDBG public services funding for She's Going Places

CDBG allocation to Fair Housing Foundation for FY 2026-2027

CDBG funds allocated for public facility improvements in low- and moderate-income areas

CDBG public services funding for Fair Housing Foundation

CDBG public services funding for Community Lawyers Inc.

CDBG public services funding for 5 Eleven Hoops

CDBG public services funding for Community Legal Aid SoCal

Expected remaining CDBG funds available for the remainder of the Consolidated Plan period

CDBG funds allocated for employment training and workforce development programs

CDBG funds allocated for public services initiatives including legal aid, youth services, and homelessness prevention

CDBG funds allocated for economic development initiatives

CDBG public services funding for United Hands Multi-Purpose

CDBG funds allocated for housing rehabilitation affordable housing initiatives for low-income homeowners

CDBG allocation for Public Facility and Infrastructure Improvements for FY 2026-2027

Oct 14, 2025

city council

The council's two largest direct expenditures, both approved 5-0, were $233,589 drawn from the Equipment Rental Fund balance to pay outstanding invoices owed to Toyota Material Handling Solutions, Quinn Co., and Carson Trailer Inc. — the use of fund balance to cover past-due bills signals invoices that accumulated unpaid — and $100,000 to Roadline Products, Inc. for pavement marking equipment, a round-number figure at a common purchase-order approval threshold. All consent items passed 5-0 without discussion, including a $25,000 purchase from HASA Inc. for pool chemicals and a recurring $8,459 contract renewal with ESI Employee Assistance Group. The council approved 5-0 a budget amendment accepting $1,988,847 in federal HUD HOME-ARP grant funds and scheduled a public hearing for November 18, 2025 on reallocation of CDBG and HOME funds; both are federal grant actions, not city general fund spending. The evening's largest dollar figure was an informational presentation by Matrix Consulting Group on fire department overtime costs — no spending was approved on that item, and council direction on next steps was not taken.

Jun 24, 2025

city council

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.

Apr 22, 2025

city council

The council's largest single expenditure approval was $360,000 to LNI Custom Manufacturing, Inc. and Forms + Surfaces, Inc. for bus shelters, funded through CDBG FY21 grant dollars, passed 5-0 with no discussion. The council also approved a three-year contract with NEOGOV for HR administrative software at $499,553 total, with $204,701 authorized from the General Fund for year one (5-0); NEOGOV appears across six line items in the structured agenda materials — a flagged pattern — though the entries appear to reflect year-by-year cost breakdowns and data duplications within a single contract rather than independent agreements. Three additional expenditures passed 5-0: $111,713 to P31 Construction for the Heritage House project (CDBG FY18 funds), $30,000 to Alans Lawn and Garden Center for park equipment, and $35,000 to Roadline Products, Inc. for pavement marking materials — the structured agenda carries two separate $35,000 line items for Roadline under that same single agenda item, totaling $70,000, a split-payment pattern flagged in meeting materials. Item 6, a recurring legal services agreement with McIntyre Law Group listed at $440, was pulled by the mayor without a vote; separately, the council approved a subsequent-need resolution 5-0 appointing Aleshire and Winder LLP as special counsel with no total contract amount disclosed publicly, though the firm's managing partner stated hourly rates of $325–$375 for partners. Approximately sixteen residents spoke during public comment, raising concerns about missed trash pickups, the new law firm appointment, the contractor change at Heritage House, and opposition to any sale or redevelopment of the city's golf course.

Apr 1, 2025

city council

The council approved two expenditures totaling approximately $970,000, both drawn from federal CDBG funds from separate fiscal years. A $697,517 contract was awarded to Innovative Playgrounds Co., Inc. for playground equipment replacement at Lueders Park (CDBG FY2022), approved 4-0 with Council Member Spicer absent; no contract document was attached to the agenda item at the time of the vote — the city manager stated the contract would be drafted after council approval — and procurement was routed through SourceWell, a cooperative purchasing consortium, rather than a standalone competitive bid. A $272,305 purchase order was issued to Creative Bus Sales for two gasoline-powered buses for the Dial-A-Ride program, drawn from FY2020 CDBG funds, also approved 4-0 with Spicer absent; the city manager cited the need to expend five-year-old grant funds before they lapsed as the reason gas engines were selected over alternative-fuel vehicles rather than any performance or cost basis. A travel authorization for elected officials to attend a Palm Desert conference April 30–May 1 passed 3-1, with Council Member Duart dissenting and Spicer absent. No members of the public addressed any of the three spending items.

Mar 25, 2025

city council

No new spending was approved at this meeting; both consent-agenda spending items were tabled without a vote. The city manager stated that a $272,305 expenditure to Creative Bus Sales for two Dial-A-Ride buses (FY2020 CDBG funds) and a $697,517 contract to Innovative Playgrounds Co., Inc. for Lueders Park playground equipment replacement (FY2022 CDBG funds) each require a 4/5 council vote, and only three members were present at the dais — no vote tally was recorded on either item because neither came to a vote. One public commenter noted that the Innovative Playgrounds contract amount had been reduced from a figure closer to $700,000, placing the final amount $2,483 below that mark; no explanation for the reduction appears in the agenda materials or transcript. Approximately eleven residents addressed the council during public comment on topics including street conditions, senior Dial-A-Ride bus service, homeless abatement, and a digital signage permit dispute — no council votes were taken on any of those matters. The remainder of the meeting consisted of an informational Women's History Month certificate ceremony with no spending attached.

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 11, 2025

city council

The council declared its intent to establish an underground utility district with a $5.67M budget allocation to Southern California Edison, approved 5-0 with no discussion, and ratified a contract amendment with MIG Inc. for $462,208 for the General Plan 2045 update — one of five line items paid to MIG Inc. within this single agenda item, cumulatively totaling approximately $2.18M — also approved 5-0 with no discussion. The council authorized a $684,705 contract with Innovative Playgrounds Co., Inc. for Tucker Park playground work, funded through CDBG, CDBG-CV, and Measure A, approved 5-0 with no discussion; Innovative Playgrounds appears in three line items across two related agenda items with a combined line-item total of approximately $1.93M. Notices of completion released $244,441 to Beador Construction Company for the Artesia Boulevard Bridge and $88,971 to Horizons Construction Company International for fire station driveways, both approved 5-0 after Councilmember Darden raised questions about document corrections and unfinished scope items on the bridge project. A public hearing on safe-and-sane fireworks drew approximately twenty-two speakers — the mayor tallied eleven opposed and nine in favor — and closed 5-0 with no spending approved; a separate public hearing on reallocation of approximately $2.7M in unspent CDBG funds from 2018–2022 also closed 5-0, with the city manager stating those funds must be encumbered before a May 2 HUD compliance deadline to avoid loss of the city's annual federal allocation.

Jan 28, 2025

city council

No new spending was approved at the January 28, 2025 Compton City Council meeting; the consent agenda carried no items, and the closed session covering the City Manager performance evaluation (Item 1) was cancelled and tabled after an initial quorum failure — the transcript does not record a complete vote tally for either procedural motion, with only three of five council members' votes captured on the recess motion and two of five on adjournment. The city manager delivered an informational ARPA spending report showing $29 million disbursed to date, with individual line items including nearly $5 million for fire apparatus replacement, approximately $1.5 million for tree trimming, and $199,910 paid to California Labor Solutions for HR services against a $200,000 council authorization — a figure $90 below the full approved ceiling, which represents a threshold-adjacent pattern worth noting. The Measure A report disclosed over $1 million directed to pool maintenance at Gonzales and Luders parks, and the city manager stated he intends to return to council to shift a previously approved $450,000 Cesar Chavez park playground allocation from Measure A to CDBG funding; separately, approximately $3.3 million in prior-year CDBG funds remains unallocated and the city manager stated it is at risk of federal reduction or clawback under current HUD rules. Eleven residents spoke during public comment, including one speaker who cited a $1,253,279 animal control contract with LA Animal Care — approved September 24, 2024 — and stated the vendor had not responded to a dead animal pickup request placed days earlier, and another who raised questions about undisclosed spending totals for the recent election and Christmas parade.

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.

Oct 22, 2024

city council

The council's largest approval was a three-year contract with MV Transportation, Inc. for Renaissance Transit System operations — $6.85 million for year one, with the vendor appearing across seven line items in this agenda totaling $19.07 million from Proposition A Local Return funds — passed 5-0; the council also approved $1.86 million to MDJ Management LLC for City Hall fire alarm and sprinkler system replacement using ARPA funds, with MDJ appearing in four agenda line items totaling $3.72 million, also 5-0. The council further approved $159,084 to End-Point Wireless Inc. for a security camera system at four locations (CDBG-CV and General Fund, 5-0); a contract amendment adding $283,651 to Mark Thomas & Company's Artesia Bridge agreement plus a $335,333 state grant budget allocation (5-0), with subcontractor Atlas receiving $24,492 — just below the $25,000 approval threshold; and General Fund travel expenses of $725, $315.96, and $292 for a Sacramento Legislative Tour, with four members indicating attendance (vote tally not clearly transcribed). A sheriff substation lease with CLPF Gateway Towne Center LP was approved 5-0 listing $47,001 as an expenditure — just below the $50,000 council approval threshold — though the sheriff's captain stated the current monthly cost to the city is $0, a discrepancy with the structured agenda amount; consent-agenda items included $23,097 to BigBelly Connect Services and a related $23,764 recycling-station purchase, both just below the $25,000 threshold, approved in the omnibus 5-0 consent vote. The First Quarter FY2025 Investment Report — showing the city's $246 million portfolio already exceeding its full-year interest earnings budget projections within three months — was received and filed 5-0 and is a financial reporting item, not a spending approval; the city treasurer stated that interest earnings projections in the budget need to be revised upward.

Oct 15, 2024

city council

The council's largest spending approval was $462,458 to NV5, Inc. for Wilmington Avenue Safe Streets construction management, funded through SB1 ($262,458) and MTA Bond ($200,000), passed 5-0 with no discussion; the council also approved $257,977 to Bowman Infrastructure Engineers for road repair construction management (5-0) and $99,935 to Bowman Infrastructure Engineers for Pearl Avenue street improvement design from CDBG funds (5-0), with the latter amount sitting $65 below the $100,000 approval threshold — Bowman is a repeat vendor receiving two separate contracts totaling $357,912 at this single meeting. Legal services retainer agreements for various law firms at a $440 recurring retainer rate were approved 4-0-1 (Darden abstaining); the city attorney stated publicly that he had not approved the item for placement on the agenda and that his authority was bypassed, while the city manager stated the retainers had expired in 2022 and that he acted within his authority, citing a court ruling that the city attorney cannot block agenda items. Nine residents addressed the council during public comment on matters including street maintenance quality, the city's zero credit rating, and election integrity, with one speaker specifically questioning whether items three through five should instead be performed by the city's own charter-mandated city engineer rather than contracted to outside firms. The meeting also included an informational presentation by the Compton Initiative and Bright Lights of Compton volunteer organization; no spending was attached to that item.

Sep 24, 2024

city council

The council's largest expenditure approvals were a recurring $5 million payment to the Water Replenishment District of Southern California for groundwater assessment fees (5-0) and a $1.96 million road repair contract to Hardy & Harper, Inc. from Measure P funds (5-0), followed by a recurring $800,000 purchase order to the Metropolitan Water District for imported water (5-0). A $203,944 youth counseling services contract was approved 4-1 with Bowers dissenting — but only after the city manager disclosed on the floor that intended vendor VCH Prosperity Consulting DBA Compton Wellness ($92,600, just below the $100,000 approval threshold) had active state licensing board issues; the council substituted St. John's at the same amount while retaining Nimble Thoughts Counseling at $111,344, with Bowers noting that vendors were not adequately vetted before appearing on the agenda. The council also approved $62,436 split between Safe Life Defense ($24,487, just below the $25,000 approval threshold) and Axon Enterprise ($37,949) for code enforcement vests and tasers (5-0), and $139,980 to Villarruel Architects for Jackie Robinson Stadium renovation using CDBG funds (5-0). Four public speakers asked that Restoration Diversion Services — a human trafficking services nonprofit occupying city-owned space at 206 North Long Beach Boulevard — keep its lease at $1 per year; the council approved a one-year renewal at that rate (5-0), while a second lease item for the same organization and the Sylvia Nunn Angels lease item were both pulled by staff without a vote. The citywide salary schedule amendment was withdrawn before a vote after Councilmember Darden identified errors and a missing prior resolution, and will return at a future meeting.

Sep 3, 2024

city council

The council's largest approved expenditure was $150,000 split among three recurring fire apparatus vendors — Bit Pros Fire Services, William Kalvikov DBA Fire Apparatus Solutions, and Performance Truck Repair Inc. — passed 4-0 on a consent block (Spicer absent throughout the meeting) that also included a $70,000 recurring purchase order to Waxie Sanitary Supply; a standalone $125,000 recurring purchase order to Life Assist Medical Supplies was approved separately 4-0. A $120,000 fuel purchase order split among Jankovich, SC Fuels, and Wood Oil (item 18, also recurring) was pulled by the city manager before the vote with no reason stated on the record. The council held a public hearing on reallocating $743,175.67 in unspent CDBG funds dating back to 2017 — the city manager stated HUD had physically visited city hall and warned of penalties if the funds were not expended — drawing approximately five public speakers who raised questions about vagueness in the proposed program categories; the hearing closed 4-0, but no separate approval vote on the reallocation itself is documented in the transcript. Two identically-described resolutions — items 16 and 17 — ratifying what is listed as the same AFSCME Local 3947 Article 19 side letter were each approved 4-0 with no council discussion of the duplication.

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.