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Purchase Orders for Fire Apparatus Maintenance and Repairs ($160,000)

Keeping fire trucks and emergency vehicles in working order means your local Fire Department can respond quickly when you call 911 — this funding helps ensure that equipment doesn't fail during an emergency in your neighborhood.

Jul 28, 2026

Purchase Orders for Fire Apparatus Maintenance and Repairs ($160,000)

Keeping fire trucks and emergency vehicles in working order ensures your local fire department can respond quickly when you call 911 for a fire or medical emergency.

Jul 28, 2026

Fire Apparatus Maintenance and Repair Services

This maintains your fire trucks and emergency equipment — equipment failures could delay firefighters from responding to fires and medical emergencies in your neighborhood.

Jul 22, 2025

Purchase Order: Fire Department Apparatus Maintenance

This ensures your fire trucks and emergency equipment stay in good working condition, so firefighters can respond quickly when you need help.

Jul 22, 2025

Fire Department Emergency Apparatus Maintenance and Repairs

You depend on well-maintained fire equipment to respond quickly and effectively to emergencies in your neighborhood.

Sep 3, 2024

Maintenance and Repairs for Fire Apparatus

Your fire department's equipment will be properly maintained and repaired, ensuring faster emergency response times when you need help.

Sep 5, 2023

Purchase Orders for Fire Apparatus Maintenance and Repair Services

Sep 5, 2023

Authorize purchase orders for fire apparatus maintenance and repairs

Sep 5, 2023

Fire Department Maintenance and Repairs Purchase Orders ($100,000)

These repairs keep Compton's fire engines and trucks in working condition—your response time to emergencies depends on properly maintained apparatus that meet safety standards.

Feb 14, 2023

Fire Department Budget Amendment for Equipment Maintenance

Your fire department's emergency vehicles will be properly maintained and repaired, ensuring they are ready when you need emergency fire services.

Feb 14, 2023

Fire Apparatus Maintenance and Repairs Purchase Orders

This contract keeps your fire department's engines and trucks in working order, ensuring fast emergency response when you call 911 for a medical emergency or fire.

Sep 6, 2022

Authorize Purchase Orders for Fire Apparatus Maintenance

Your fire department's emergency vehicles will receive proper maintenance to ensure they respond quickly when your home or neighborhood is in danger.

Sep 6, 2022

Resolution Amending Fire Department Budget for Equipment Maintenance

Your fire department will have properly maintained emergency vehicles to respond quickly to fires and emergencies in your neighborhood.

Jun 28, 2022

Fire Department Budget Amendment for Emergency Vehicle Maintenance

This funding keeps your fire engines running and firefighters equipped to respond to emergencies in your neighborhood—delays in maintenance could slow emergency response times that currently average 4.5 minutes.

Jun 28, 2022

Wildfire: No Significant Wildfire Impacts on Urbanized Site

Mar 8, 2022

Purchase Orders for Fire Apparatus Maintenance and Repairs

Your fire department's emergency vehicles will be properly maintained and repaired to ensure they respond quickly when you need help.

Dec 7, 2021

Emergency Fire Apparatus Maintenance and Repair Services

This contract keeps your city's fire trucks and rescue equipment in working condition, ensuring firefighters can respond quickly when you call for help during emergencies.

Dec 7, 2021

Fire Department Budget Transfer and Purchase Orders

Your emergency fire response capability depends on well-maintained equipment, and this funding ensures fire trucks and apparatus stay in reliable working condition to respond to fires and medical emergencies in your neighborhood.

May 11, 2021

Fire Department Budget Amendment for Apparatus Maintenance

Your fire department needs reliable emergency vehicles to respond quickly to fires and emergencies in your neighborhood, protecting your home and family.

May 11, 2021

Resolution Authorizing Purchase Orders for Fire Apparatus Maintenance

This keeps fire trucks and emergency equipment in working condition so firefighters can respond quickly when you or your neighbors need help.

Jul 28, 2020

Maintenance and repair of Fire Department emergency apparatus for FY2026-27

Purchase orders for maintenance and repairs of emergency fire apparatus to one or more vendors (William Kalvikov DBA Fire Apparatus Solutions and Renewell Fleet Service).

Purchase orders for maintenance and repairs of emergency fire apparatus to one or more vendors.

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.

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.