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Trade-in credit for existing Taser-7 devices and cartridges

Taser-10 energy devices with VR certification and training

Total cost for 50 Taser-10 devices with training and equipment over 60 months

Not to exceed amount for equipment and supplies procurement

Three-year Small Government Term Enterprise Agreement with ESRI

Project management services for enterprise resource planning software implementation

Project management services for Enterprise Resource Planning software implementation

Professional services agreement for project management of ERP software implementation

Project management services for Enterprise Resource Planning and payroll software implementation

Purchase of concealable vests and tasers for code enforcement personnel uniforms

Total cost for concealable vests and tasers

Cost for 10 Taser-7 devices and accessories from Axon Enterprise

Equipment and supplies for General Services Department

Five-year Enterprise Resource Planning software services agreement

First year purchase order for Enterprise Resource Planning software services

Spanish language interpretation and translation services for city legislative bodies

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.

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.

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.

Jul 23, 2024

city council

The council's two largest spending approvals were a subsequent-need vehicle lease of $1,002,434 with Enterprise Fleet Management (5-0) and a multi-year enterprise software contract with CentralSquare Technologies totaling approximately $1.01 million ($613,859 contract plus $398,951 first-year purchase order from the General Fund), approved 4-1 with Spicer dissenting; the Water Department also authorized a sole-source, ARPA-funded control valve repair contract of $322,839 with CLA-VAL Company (5-0). Additional spending approvals included a $224,500 bond disclosure services agreement with BLX Group LLC (consent, 5-0), $169,165 for agenda management software with Hyland Software (5-0), and a $135,000 debt collection agreement with Evergreen Professional Recoveries (5-0) — where Evergreen's first-year purchase order was set at $22,500, just below the $25,000 approval threshold, and projected first-year revenue of $90,000 sits just below the $100,000 approval threshold; across all five service vendors on this agenda (CentralSquare, BLX Group, Hyland Software, Evergreen, and transcription vendor Melvinna Sharp), each item paired a multi-year contract with a separate same-vendor expenditure line, a structure repeated consistently across the entire agenda. On a 3-2 vote (Darden and Sharif opposed), the council approved placing a November ballot measure to make the city attorney position appointed rather than elected, with a 10-year municipal law experience requirement; the council also voted 3-2 (Spicer and Bowers opposed) to place delinquent solid waste accounts on the county tax roll, following a public hearing in which more than a dozen residents addressed the council demanding cancellation of the Republic Services contract over weeks of missed pickups across all four council districts. The council voted 5-0 to raise the city manager's per-transaction spending authority from $25,000 to $75,000 — with a $200,000 emergency limit — for the month of August while the council is in recess.

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.

Apr 16, 2024

city council

The council's largest spending commitment was a $1.53 million package for National Plant Services, Inc. — a recurring vendor appearing across three line items — consisting of a three-year, $1.07 million sewer cleaning and video inspection contract, a $356,730 purchase order for the first year of service, and a $100,000 purchase order to cover outstanding invoices already owed to the same vendor, approved 5-0. A $228,000 graffiti abatement contract with Urban Graffiti Enterprises, Inc. — a one-year agreement with two extension options — passed 3-1-1, with Council member Spicer voting no and Council member Duhart abstaining after Spicer identified the company as the highest bidder and noted it is based outside Compton; the city manager stated that competing bidders were disqualified for lacking required state contractor licenses. The council additionally approved, each on a 5-0 vote, $116,212 to Quinn Power Systems–Caterpillar, Inc. for generators at Fire Stations 1 and 3 (ARPA-funded), $112,000 to JMDIAZ Inc. for pool repairs at Gonzales and Lueders parks (Measure A-funded), and a $57,600 three-year landscape contract with Zorro Landscape Inc. for two water storage tank sites (ARPA-funded) — a vendor whose contract is structured across four separate line items, all below $100,000, summing to $136,000. A $93,688 Justice Assistance Grant budget amendment — an amount that sits just below the city's $100,000 council approval threshold — was approved 5-0 to fund mobile surveillance trailers. Nine members of the public addressed the council during general comment on topics including street conditions, graffiti, pool access, and the continued absence of AEDs in City Hall, but no public comment was recorded on any individual spending item.

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.