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Ordinance Levying Municipal Tax Rate for Fiscal Year 2026-2027

This annual tax on your property helps fund city employee retirement benefits through CalPERS — without it, the City's General Fund would have to cover the cost, potentially cutting services you rely on like road maintenance and fire response.

Jul 14, 2026

Resolution Appropriating Funds to Reduce CalPERS Unfunded Actuarially Accrued Liabilities (Tabled)

Making extra payments toward the city's pension debt can save Compton taxpayers money in the long run by reducing future interest costs — the tabling means residents will get a chance to learn more about this decision at a public workshop.

Jun 16, 2026

Budget Amendment for CalPERS Pension Payment

This payment reduces the city's long-term pension debt by $65.9 million and saves about $42.7 million in interest, helping stabilize your city's finances for essential services.

Oct 28, 2025

Amendment to FY 2025-2026 Budget for CalPERS Unfunded Liability Payment

Your city is managing pension obligations to ensure long-term financial stability and the ability to provide services you depend on.

Oct 28, 2025

Resolution Setting Health Insurance Contribution Rate for City Employees

This health insurance rate increase helps ensure city employees have quality healthcare coverage, which helps the city retain qualified workers to provide services like fire protection, water delivery, and street maintenance in your neighborhood.

Sep 2, 2025

Resolution for CALPERS Unfunded Actuarially Accrued Liabilities Payment

Sep 2, 2025

Citywide Salary Schedule Amendment

Sep 2, 2025

Budget Amendment for CalPERS Pension Liability Payment

This large pension payment could reduce your future property taxes by lowering the city's retirement tax levy, potentially creating a partial tax holiday when the pension plan becomes fully funded.

Sep 2, 2025

Ordinance Setting Municipal Tax Rate for FY 2025-26

This tax on your property helps fund retirement benefits for city employees and generates approximately $35 million annually — it stays at the same rate as last year.

Jul 15, 2025

CalPERS Health Insurance Contribution Rate Resolution

This sets how much the city contributes toward employee health insurance - higher costs may impact your city services if budget adjustments are needed.

Dec 10, 2024

Ordinance Levying Municipal Tax Rate for Fiscal Year 2024-2025

This tax on your property generates approximately $35.2 million annually to pay for city employee retirement costs — without it, these costs would come from the general fund, reducing money available for other city services.

Jul 23, 2024

Ordinance Levying Municipal Tax Rate for Fiscal Year 2023-2024

Your property tax will include a parcel tax of 0.451632 percent that funds retirement benefits for city employees; this rate stays the same as last year.

Jun 27, 2023

Municipal Tax Rate Ordinance for Fiscal Year 2023-2024 First Reading

This parcel tax directly funds your city employees' retirement plan. Without this tax, the city's general fund would have to cover these costs, reducing money available for other city programs and services that affect your daily life like trash collection, street maintenance, and public safety.

Jun 20, 2023

Municipal Tax Rate Ordinance for FY 2022-2023

Your municipal parcel tax of about 0.45 percent stays the same this year, generating roughly $30 million annually to pay for city employee pensions—without this, the city would have to cut other essential services like streets, water, and safety.

Jun 14, 2022

Three-year employment agreement with Thomas Thomas as City Manager

Mar 1, 2022

Presentation on Pension and Other Post-Employment Benefits (OPEB)

Jan 4, 2022

Approve Six-Month Employment Agreement with City Manager

Your City Manager oversees all city operations—a stable six-month agreement ensures continuity in managing police contracts, water services, parks, streets, and emergency response in your community.

Oct 5, 2021

Adopt ordinance levying municipal tax rate for fiscal year 2021-2022

Your property tax dollars support the city's commitment to CalPERS retirement benefits for municipal employees — this stable tax rate ensures pension obligations are funded and prevents the General Fund from being drained, protecting funds for services like street repairs, parks, and public safety.

Sep 7, 2021

Municipal Tax Rate Levy for Fiscal Year 2020-2021

Your parcel tax will remain stable at the same rate, ensuring your city's retirement fund obligations are met without burdening other city services that affect your streets, parks, and emergency response.

Aug 3, 2020

Ordinance Levying Municipal Tax Rate for Fiscal Year 2018-2019

Your property taxes will include a municipal parcel tax at the same rate as last year (0.451632%) to fund employee retirement benefits, generating approximately $19 million annually to maintain the city's pension obligations.

Jul 17, 2018

Sep 8, 2026

city council

The Compton City Council approved a $3.5 million street rehabilitation contract with XL Paving for improvements on Greenleaf Boulevard, Bradfield Avenue, and Tucker Street, funded entirely by MTA bond funds. The council also approved a $1.24 million budget amendment for public works operations and a [CalPERS](https://www.calpers.ca.gov) salary schedule reflecting five-year labor union agreements. In closed session, the council settled a personal injury lawsuit for $9,500 and authorized up to $150,000 to resolve an anticipated litigation matter. Public comment was dominated by residents angry over the council's failure to act on a verified petition to terminate preferential parking restrictions in Richland Farms, with multiple speakers warning the city faces lawsuits for not following its own ordinance, while other residents raised alarm about cancer deaths near the World Oil refinery and urged inclusion of health data in the city's environmental impact report.

Jun 16, 2026

city council

The Compton City Council held a public hearing on the proposed $287.2 million FY 2026-27 budget, which includes $48.3 million toward unfunded pension liability, $65 million for infrastructure including 52 street repairs, and $72 million for public safety. Council members requested a cost analysis on bringing animal control services in-house, an audit of sheriff deputy patrol staffing, and a [CalPERS](https://www.calpers.ca.gov) presentation on pension paydown options by September. The council also approved $645,000 in litigation settlements, a $249,000 Taser upgrade for the Public Safety department, and water utility purchase orders, while Councilman Spicer alleged a potential 'gift of public funds' involving colleagues' plan to let an organization owing the city $200,000 use a city facility rent-free. Budget adoption is expected next week.

Oct 28, 2025

city council

The two largest items on the October 28, 2025 agenda—a $65.87 million payment to CalPERS from the Retirement Trust Fund (Item 3) and a $143,270 consulting contract with The Natelson Dale Group, Inc. for an Economic Development Strategic Plan (Item 5)—were tabled before any vote was taken. The consent agenda passed 5-0, approving $50,000 to Grainger for Public Works supplies and $43,092 to Nunez Office Installation DBA NOI Installations for Water Department furniture paid from the Water Fund. A resolution declaring certain city properties surplus under the Surplus Land Act passed 5-0 with no recorded discussion; the Successor Agency adopted a parallel resolution also 5-0 in the session immediately following. The Natelson Dale Group, Inc. appears in four line items across two agenda items totaling $429,810—with amounts of $143,270, $128,360, and $14,910 in one item and $143,270 in the other—a repeat-vendor and split-payment pattern residents should track, particularly given that the transcript records no vote on either Natelson Dale item. A pre-meeting public workshop on the city's unfunded accrued pension liability was informational only and produced no spending vote; approximately six members of the public spoke, including former city clerk Charles Davis, who urged the council not to act on any pension prepayment without broader analysis of all three CalPERS fund components.