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Purchase of eight (8) Automated Emergency Defibrillators from Zoll Medical Corporation

Purchase of eight automated emergency defibrillators

Procurement of eight automated emergency defibrillators

Purchase of eight (8) Automated External Defibrillators (AED) from ZOLL Medical Corporation

Self-insured retention limit for legal defense in Cornwell v. City of Compton litigation

General Fund payment toward $41.9M CRA deficit (FY 2015-16)

General Fund payment toward CRA deficit (scheduled FY 2016-17)

Net deficit to General Fund for complete annexation of East Compton Islands (Area A)

Annual pension levy shortfall deficit beginning fiscal year 2013-14

HOME Program Income from loan payoffs for Deferred Equity Loan Program

General Fund budget deficit for FY2011-12 requiring workforce reduction and service cuts

Cumulative General Fund deficit from borrowed funds over the years from various other city funds

General Fund deficit as of June 30, 2011

Additional allocation to Deferred Equity Loan Program

Additional funding for Deferred Equity Loan Program (increase from $200,000 to $250,000)

Deferred Equity Loan Program allocation

Jul 22, 2025

city council

The council's largest single spending approval was a recurring $800,000 contract to the City of Downey for fire and emergency medical dispatching services, approved 5-0; prior meeting records show Compton has paid Downey for this service since at least 2008 when the contract stood at $381,755, a figure that climbed to $850,000 in 2019 before this year's authorization, with individual calls billed at an additional $63 each. The 5-0 consent vote bundled $150,000 distributed across three fire apparatus vendors, $125,000 to Life Assist Medical Supplies, $120,000 to Jankovich Company for fuel, and $90,000 to Gateway Cities Council of Governments split into three transportation study payments—the largest individual COG payment ($45,000) sits just below the council's $50,000 approval threshold—while Item 6, a $50,000 budget allocation for agenda format changes, was tabled without a vote. Price Paige & Company LLP received approval for CPA services totaling $141,006 structured as three sub-$100,000 line items ($68,050, $36,478, and $36,478), a payment structure the agenda analysis flagged as a possible split; the council also authorized a housing development agreement at 1434 W. Compton Boulevard—under negotiation since 2020—involving $6.10M and $1.40M in city expenditures alongside $12.75M from the National Housing Trust Fund, passing 4-0-1 with Council Member Darden abstaining. A budget amendment creating new classified positions—including purchasing manager and civil engineering assistant roles tied to 2022 state auditor recommendations—passed 5-0, drawing $127,271 from the Local Housing Authority Fund and $30,000 from the General Fund; approximately fifteen members of the public addressed the council, with several speakers directing alarm at a separately presented, non-voted $40 million self-insurance fund deficit and at the absence of the elected city treasurer from the session.

Jul 15, 2025

city council

The council's two spending approvals both went to parks projects funded by Measure A: $340,514 to GameTime C/O Great Western Recreation for playground equipment and basketball court replacement at Tragniew Park (approved 4-0, Bowers absent), and $277,961 to Greenfields Outdoor Fitness Inc. for fitness equipment replacement at Wilson Park (approved 4-0, Bowers absent), with no public comment directed at either contract. The structured agenda data flags both as repeat vendors — Greenfields appears across seven line items totaling approximately $1.39M and GameTime across four line items totaling approximately $1.02M — and each contract carries a roughly 10% contingency allocation split from the base award amount. The municipal tax rate ordinance (Item 3), which concerns $35M in projected recurring revenue and is not a spending decision, was pulled from consent and deferred to September so the city manager can present it alongside the tax assessor for additional explanation on the pension tax component. Two Public Works sewer plan items (Items 4 and 5) were tabled by consensus to the next meeting after Councilwoman Darden stated she had not had sufficient time to review the 86-page document; the only other consent item approved was the minutes from May 6, 2025 (4-0, Bowers absent).

Jun 17, 2025

city council

The council tabled both the FY2025-2026 citywide budget ($262.32M total, $89.71M from the General Fund) — deferred at Council Member Darden's request to verify corrections — and a proposed $164,550 project management contract with Weaver and Tidwell LLP for ERP software implementation, deferred pending a direct vendor presentation to the council. Two additional payments to auditor Eadie and Payne were approved: $23,416 from the General Fund for out-of-scope work on the completed FY2022-2023 audit (4-0-1, Spicer abstaining) and $18,522 from the General Fund for anticipated out-of-scope work on the FY2023-2024 audit (5-0); both amounts are part of a repeat-vendor pattern spanning two agenda items, the $23,416 amount sits just below the city's $25,000 approval threshold, and the auditor acknowledged during Item 6's discussion that the work had been completed before the council authorized payment, without the prior written approval required by contract. On-call administrative investigation services agreements with Liebert Cassidy Whitmore ($440) and JL Group LLC ($450), pulled from the consent agenda by Council Member Duart for separate discussion, passed 5-0. The FY2022-2023 audited financial statements (Item 1) are an informational item carrying no spending approval; the presentation disclosed 18 audit findings — most recurring — and the item was tabled after the city treasurer and city controller publicly disputed conflicting investment earnings figures in the management discussion and analysis, with no members of the public addressing that item directly.

Nov 19, 2024

city council

The largest spending decision of the evening was an $80,000 settlement in Susan Hill v. City of Compton — a slip-and-fall claim involving a defective roadway and curb due to an overgrown tree at Evers and Popular Street — agreed to in closed session with no public roll-call vote. The Cal-Card purchasing program (Item 6), which structured five tiered credit card spending limits ($25,000 recurring, $25,000, $5,000, $2,500, and $1,000) under the city manager's authority, was pulled before a vote after the city attorney noted the resolution directed council only to 'receive and file' the policy rather than formally approve it; both the motion and second were rescinded and the item is scheduled to return the following week with corrected language — two members of the public had already raised questions about the program during general comment, citing the city's prior history of credit card misuse. The second reading of the speed limit ordinance passed 5-0 following extended discussion in which the Sheriff's captain disclosed the city has operated with one active motorcycle officer for approximately 18 months under a two-officer contractual arrangement, with the second position not expected to be filled until March 2025. The Workers' Compensation Claims Administrator reclassification — which transferred supervisory authority from the city attorney's office to the city manager's office — passed 5-0; the city manager stated it fulfills an audit requirement and was not kingdom-building. A Small Business Saturday proclamation for November 30, 2024 passed 5-0 with no discussion, and approval of minutes from two prior meetings passed 5-0 on the consent agenda.

Nov 6, 2024

city council

The council's largest single expenditure was a $527,000 agreement with SoundThinking, Inc. (formerly ShotSpotter) for gunfire detection services, approved 5-0 after a vendor presentation with no public comment on the item; the contract spans four line items, including a recurring $99,000 charge sitting just below the $100,000 approval threshold and two sub-$100,000 items summing to $109,000 — a pattern the structured agenda flagged as a possible split payment. The council also approved a multi-year tax and audit consulting contract with HDL Companies totaling $695,647, with $240,800 authorized for the first year from the General Fund, passed 5-0; at council direction, the contract term was reduced from five years to three years before the vote. A generator installation agreement with Express Energy Services, Inc. totaling $266,271 across three ARPA-funded line items for Fire Stations 1 and 3 was approved 5-0 after council members questioned the replacement timeline for generators at the city's other two stations. The council accepted a $130,192 LA Metro grant for transit data reporting — incoming funds, not a new spending approval — and the Successor Agency approved a $2,000 seasonal license with Santa's Christmas Trees, both 5-0; minutes from two February council meetings were pulled from the consent agenda and deferred to a future meeting.

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.

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.

Jun 11, 2024

city council

The council's only itemized spending approval on June 11, 2024 was a $1,076 purchase order to Staples Advantage for Parks & Recreation office supplies, passed 5-0 as part of the consent agenda alongside warrant approvals and three sets of prior meeting minutes; no split payments, repeat vendors, or threshold-adjacent amounts were present among the structured spending items. The council voted 5-0 to authorize travel to the 92nd U.S. Conference of Mayors (June 20–23, 2024), though a separate attendance poll showed only Mayor Sharif intended to go, with all four council members voting against attending (1-4 on attendance). No new spending was approved under unfinished business; the council voted 4-0 (Bowers absent) to receive and file the FY 2020-2021 audited financial statements — an informational action, not a spending decision — following a presentation by EDN Payne auditor Eden Castreno, who disclosed two material weaknesses, six significant deficiencies, a qualified opinion on cash allocation tied to an unreconciled $80 million journal entry posted in 2011 with no backup documentation, and stated the audit took one year and ten months to complete. The city manager presented the proposed FY 2024-25 budget of approximately $254 million at a public hearing adjourned 5-0 without an adoption vote; eleven residents spoke during general public comment on topics including potholes, encampments, audit irregularities, and a $69 million prior-year accounting adjustment the city controller attributed to accumulated errors.

Mar 12, 2024

city council

The largest spending approved was $499,462 to L.N. Curtis & Sons for firefighting equipment for four new fire engines and one ladder truck, passed 5-0; the amount sits $538 below a $500,000 threshold, and Councilmember Duhart asked why ARPA funds were not used — the fire chief stated ARPA rules excluded this category of purchase. The council also approved $28,950 to Cevac Facilities Services for emergency sewer pump replacement at City Hall, drawn from the Insurance Recovery Fund, passed 5-0 with a minor clerical date correction; a separate $655,255 item involving Lexington Insurance Company was an insurance recovery receipt — revenue, not a spending approval. A salary range of $60,792–$71,292 was set for the Security Services Supervisor classification as a recurring budget allocation, approved 5-0 with no discussion. Emergency standby council member appointments passed 5-0 for Districts 1 (Patrick Ferguson), 3 (Melanie Franklin Franks), and 4 (Mona Jones); District 2 declined to make an appointment and the mayor deferred hers to the following week. Approximately fourteen members of the public spoke during the comment period on issues including a delayed sheriff welfare check that preceded a resident's death, deteriorating road conditions, and election integrity concerns; the Sister City Seychelles presentation was tabled to the following week.

Feb 27, 2024

city council

The council's largest spending approval was $27,145 to the League of California Cities for recurring annual membership dues from the General Fund, passed 4-0 with Spicer absent; ten members of the public addressed the meeting, with one speaker questioning whether council members utilize the membership before the vote proceeded with no further discussion. The council also approved travel to the African American Mayors Association conference in Atlanta, with costs split across four separate line items — $1,100 to the association plus $335.97, $289.00, and $75.00 from the General Fund, totaling $1,799.97 — though no explicit roll-call vote for this item appears in the transcript, and only Mayor Sharif indicated she would attend. The council passed the second reading of a vehicle forfeiture ordinance targeting street racing 4-0 (Spicer absent), with Bowers abstaining on the separate prior vote to waive the full reading (3-0-1); the ordinance references fine amounts of $2,000 and $1,000, which are incoming revenue to the city, not spending approvals. A presentation by the Afro Unicorn Foundation (Item 2) was pulled by Councilwoman Darden and deferred to a future meeting date.