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Mar 24, 2026

city council

The largest spending approved at this meeting was a five-year SEIU Local 721 collective bargaining agreement (Maintenance and Trades and Public Safety Auxiliary, FY2025–2029) carrying five expenditure line items totaling approximately $2.45 million; the city manager stated the deal brings wages closer to comparable-city market rates, it passed on an electronic vote, and no individual tally was captured in the transcript (Councilmember Darton was absent throughout the meeting). The council also approved a contract with Agiloft, Inc. for a contract lifecycle management platform — described from the dais as not to exceed $257,418 with a $76,000 implementation cost and $55,821 annual subscription — but the structured agenda items show Agiloft across six line items totaling $716,433, with four sub-$100K entries summing to $201,597 flagged as a possible split-payment pattern; additionally, a $76,000 line item attributed to Spectrum Mobility, LLC appeared in the structured agenda data but was not mentioned in the city manager's presentation, and the item passed with no tally stated. The consent agenda passed 4-0 with Darton absent, approving $102,245 in planning consultant contracts split between Interwest Consulting Group, Inc. at $180/hr and 4Leaf, Inc. at $160/hr from the General Fund. The largest single dollar item on the agenda — a right-of-entry agreement for the former Alondra Boulevard landfill site with $3 million flowing to Connecting Compton in two line items ($2M and $1M) — was pulled from the consent agenda before any vote; two Connecting Compton co-founders spoke in support during public comment, while two other residents raised concerns about unresolved environmental hazards at the site, including what one speaker described as visible daily gas emissions.

Mar 3, 2026

city council

The council's largest spending approvals came through the consent agenda — passed without individual vote tallies verbally recorded — totaling $141,115: $57,000 to UCLA Center for Prehospital Care for paramedic training, $70,560 across two line items to New West Landscaping for weed abatement (a vendor with recurring contract appearances in Compton records dating to at least 2018), and $13,355 to TAJ Trading Corporation for office furniture and counter purchases; a travel authorization totaling $1,253.24 from the General Fund for elected officials to attend the 2026 City Leaders Summit in Sacramento passed separately, 5-0 (Duhart, Spicer, Bowers, Darden, Sharif all yes). A $350,000 California DOJ Tobacco Grant budget amendment — which would have directed $332,668 of those funds to overtime pay for code enforcement inspections, $16,664 to salaries, and $668 to equipment — was tabled after council members questioned why inspection work was structured as overtime rather than regular-duty assignments; the item is scheduled to return the following week. The council discussed but did not vote on special legal counsel, directing the city manager to bring back a formal action item for three finalist firms: Alvarez-Madruga, Sanders and Roberts, and Norseman. Approximately sixteen residents addressed the Richland Farms parking permit ordinance during public comment — the night's dominant topic — with the majority demanding termination of the program and a smaller number expressing support.

Feb 10, 2026

city council

No new spending was approved at this meeting; the sole action item was the appointment of Sandra Lightner to the one vacant Beautification Committee seat designated for Councilmember Bowers to fill, approved 4-0 with Councilmember Spicer absent and no dollar amount attached. The city treasurer's FY26 Second Quarterly Investment Report — an informational receive-and-file item, not a spending decision — reported a $312.18M investment portfolio generating $3.01M in total interest revenue for the quarter, drawn from the General Fund ($1.19M), PERS ($890,903), Measure P ($376,350), the Successor Agency ($347,864), and Low Cost Housing ($201,513). Approximately twenty-two residents addressed the council during public comment, the majority focused on the Richland Farms preferential permit parking program; the city manager stated the program was erroneously suspended by a former city attorney, that the current ordinance enforces parking restrictions 24/7 with no time-of-day limits unlike surrounding cities, and that staff would return the following week with amendment options — no vote was taken on the ordinance. No repeat vendors, split payments, or threshold-adjacent amounts appear in the approved items because no spending was authorized.

Feb 3, 2026

city council

The council's only spending approval was a contract with EUNA Solutions for a payment kiosk platform at three city locations: $50,220 for the first year from the General Fund, plus a renewal option of $47,970 per year — that recurring figure sits $2,030 below the $50,000 council approval threshold, and EUNA Solutions is named in both line items of the same agenda item; the vote passed via electronic ballot with no individual tally verbally stated in the record. Three law firms — Alvarez Glassman & Colvin (serving as special counsel since July 2024), Hawkins, and Le Altrejo — gave informational presentations for potential outside legal counsel and bond counsel roles, but no contract was awarded at this meeting. The council made five board and commission appointments: Gerald Griffin and Joshua Baker to the Charter Review Board (5-0 each), Delores Holbrook to the Charter Review Board (5-0), and Dr. Johnny Withers to the Olympics Tourism Committee (5-0); Brunell McDaniels was appointed to the Public Safety Committee 4-1, with Bowers dissenting. Approximately 24 members of the public addressed the council, with multiple speakers raising concerns about ICE enforcement activity in Compton, Richland Farms parking permit enforcement, and critically low fire department staffing; the city manager's performance evaluation was conducted in closed session with nothing publicly reported.

Dec 16, 2025

city council

The council's only spending approval was Item 5: $1,487.96 in General Fund expenditures for travel to the League of California Cities Mayor and Council Members Academy in Sacramento (January 21–23, 2026), structured as four separate line items — $675.00 payable to League of California Cities and three additional amounts of $508.96, $229.00, and $75.00 with no named vendors — approved 4-0, with Spicer absent. The city attorney publicly described a $200,000 settlement with former city official Eric Perrodin resolving two cross-litigation matters, but those agenda items were classified as informational and no open-session vote was recorded. Approximately 30 residents signed up for public comment; the dominant issue was opposition to the Richland Farms preferential parking ordinance, with multiple speakers citing the city's own code provision requiring 50% resident permit uptake before enforcement signs may be installed and stating that only roughly 40 of more than 400 homes had applied. Two speakers read California Penal Code 424 — covering misappropriation of public funds — into the record and formally noticed the city manager and all four council members regarding credit card charges attributed to Councilman Spicer; the mayor stated the investigation is ongoing and that the council has no control over its timeline.

Dec 2, 2025

city council

The council's largest spending approval was a $857,450 contract amendment with Dudek for groundwater remediation at Fire Station 1, passed 5-0 with no public comment on the item; the contract is broken into four sub-components ($505,000; $177,000; $97,500; $77,950), with one line at $97,500 sitting just below the $100,000 approval threshold, and all five Dudek line items across the agenda total approximately $1.71 million. The council also approved, 5-0, a professional services agreement with Agile Occupational Medicine establishing an open purchase order not to exceed $75,000 from the General Fund for occupational medicine services, also with no public comment on the item. The meeting's largest dollar figure — a $301.76 million investment portfolio balance and $3.11 million in first-quarter interest earnings — came from an informational City Treasurer presentation and represents no new spending. Ten members of the public addressed the council during general comment, most raising allegations of city credit card misuse by Councilmember Spicer and at least one other individual; the mayor announced she would call a special meeting that Thursday to address the credit card issue.

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.

Sep 9, 2025

city council

The council's largest spending approval was an open purchase order not to exceed $75,000 to Van Dermyden Makus Law Corporation for investigative and legal services, passed 5-0; the city manager stated the firm had already performed services without a contract due to 'logistical errors' and was unable to provide the outstanding prior-year invoice amount when asked — the firm appeared across three separate line items totaling $75,780, a split-payment pattern flagged in the structured agenda. A $70,670 agreement with UCLA Center for Prehospital Care for fire department nurse educator services, split across two line items ($70,560 and $110), was approved 5-0. A General Fund budget amendment passed 4-1 (Darden the sole no vote), allocating three amounts including $96,324 — flagged as sitting just below the $100,000 council approval threshold — along with $85,501 and $4,953; Darden objected to resolution sections placing city attorney-related positions within the mayor and council's budget department. The City Treasurer's fourth quarter investment report, showing $10.74M in interest earnings on a $315.56M portfolio, was received and filed 5-0 and was not a spending approval. Approximately thirteen residents addressed the council during public comment, with several raising fire department paramedic staffing shortages; the fire chief, brought forward by the city manager, disputed the severity of the staffing situation described by Battalion Chief Hernandez.

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 1, 2025

city council

The council's only spending action was approval of $4,878 in in-kind expenditures from the General Fund for the 22nd Annual Compton Stand Down for Veterans (September 19–21, 2025), with no recipient vendors named in the agenda; the item also carried three identical $813.04 budget allocations split across Council District 1, Council District 4, and the Mayor's overtime expense accounts — three separate account lines for the same amount, a split-payment structure worth noting. The consent item passed 3-0-1, with Councilwoman Bowers abstaining and Councilmember Darden absent; Bowers stated on the record that she objected to approving in-kind support for this event while the council had denied comparable support to the Compton Kids Club, calling out what she described as inconsistent treatment of nonprofits. The council also designated Councilman Andre Spicer as Mayor Pro Tem for fiscal year 2025–2026, a rotation required by CMC Section 2.1.16 that the city attorney confirmed did not require a vote; the elected city attorney disputed the legal opinion cited by the mayor, stating that any valid opinion must come through his office, not from outside counsel. At least eight members of the public addressed the council, with several speakers contesting Spicer's eligibility to hold a council seat, and others raising concerns about ICE enforcement procedures at city parks, nonprofit grant oversight, and fireworks enforcement.

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.

Jun 3, 2025

city council

The council's only new expenditure was a $5,255 budget amendment authorizing a purchase order with Zumar Industries for road signs and supplies from the Measure P Fund, approved 5-0; the initial motion was withdrawn and re-voted after a council member flagged that the resolution incorrectly cited a temporary $75,000 single-vendor spending authority from a July 2024 measure rather than the standing $25,000 threshold, with the $5,255 amount falling well below either figure. The council also passed 5-0 the second reading of the Construction Labor Disclosure Ordinance, which requires contractors on large city construction projects to disclose prior labor violations; one speaker during the public comment period, representing the Western States Regional Council of Carpenters, addressed this item in support before the vote. The city manager presented the proposed FY 2025-26 budget — $262.3 million across all funds, $75.1 million in the general fund — at a required public hearing, but no budget was adopted; approximately nine members of the public spoke, raising concerns about specific streets absent from the capital improvement plan, the destination of cannabis license revenue, sheriff contract overtime accountability, and the absence of visible youth program spending. A separate AB 2561-required public hearing on the city's 21.6% vacancy rate (87 of 402 budgeted positions unfilled) drew two union representatives from AFSCME and SEIU who described labor contracts expired since June 2024, a $100,000-plus classification study contracted in 2023 that the city manager stated the vendor failed to complete as specified, and an average time-to-hire of 116 days, alongside three members of the public.

May 6, 2025

city council

The only new spending approved at the May 6, 2025 Compton City Council meeting was $1,468 in travel costs for elected officials to attend the 2025 Annual Municipal Seminar in Indian Wells — structured as three separate General Fund line items of $950, $443, and $75, a split-payment structure the agenda does not explain — approved 5-0. The consent agenda passed 5-0 after brief council discussion about bike lane classifications; it included a resolution adopting SB 1-funded road projects for FY 2025-2026, but the $2.43 million attached to that item is recurring grant revenue from the Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Account, not a new city expenditure, and should not be read as money the city spent. Two public speakers, Wayne Bone and Mark Smith, addressed the travel item, each questioning whether council members have ever fulfilled a reported obligation to disclose to residents what they learned or how they spent public funds at past conference trips. Council member Duhart separately directed the city manager — without a new vote — to return the April 27 approval of the Ayleshire & Wyner law firm to the May 13 agenda for reconsideration following allegations of a Brown Act violation; no spending was authorized on that item at this meeting.

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.

Feb 4, 2025

city council

The council's largest approved expenditure was a $945,688 contract with NV5 Inc. for engineering design on the Center Avenue green street and storm drain project, funded by state grants and passed without discussion with Duhart, Spicer, Bowers, and Sharif voting yes and Darton's vote not captured in the transcript. A $225,000 three-year contract with JL Group LLC for fraud investigation services (General Fund) and $170,950 to Envisio Solutions Inc. for performance management software — structured as four sub-$100,000 payments, a flagged possible split-payment pattern — both passed with Duhart, Spicer, Bowers, and Sharif voting yes and Darton not recorded. The item generating the most debate was $149,863 to Eadie and Payne LLC for audit services billed outside the original contract scope, structured as three sub-$100,000 invoices including one ($24,246) just below the $25,000 approval threshold; three public speakers questioned who authorized the additional work, the city controller stated the auditor was conditioning progress on the FY2023 audit report on receipt of payment, and the item passed with Duhart and Sharif voting yes and Spicer abstaining, with Bowers and Darton's votes not recorded. The council also approved $200,000 to recurring vendors including Jankovich for fleet gasoline, with Duhart, Bowers, and Sharif voting yes and Spicer and Darton not recorded, and $30,960 to New West Landscaping for golf course maintenance, with Duhart, Spicer, Bowers, and Sharif voting yes and Darton not recorded.

Jan 14, 2025

city council

The council's largest spending approval was a recurring $800,000 contract with the City of Downey for fire and emergency medical dispatching services, passed on the consent agenda 4-0 (Darden absent); the same vote covered three recurring regulatory and consulting payments — $53,975 to the State Water Resources Control Board, $34,050 to Price Paige & Company LLP for a CPA contract amendment, and $33,012 to the California Department of Industrial Relations — with one resident, Fidel Marquez, publicly opposing the Price Paige item during public comment. A $416,428 amendment to a construction contract with MDJ Management LLC for security upgrades at 404 N. Alameda passed 4-0 (Darden absent) following a presentation by Director Ward citing scope additions — drainage retention basins, ADA sidewalks, and interior cameras — not anticipated when the project was authorized in June 2023; Ward stated the project is approximately 80% complete. A $28,799 General Fund purchase order to HDL for municipal tax and audit consulting passed 4-0 (Darden absent); both HDL and Price Paige & Company LLP are General Fund consulting vendors approved at the same meeting, and HDL's amount falls just under $30,000. No new spending was approved for the Olympics/Tourism Committee ordinance (first reading only, no vote taken) or the exclusive negotiation agreement with the Wind Project for 21 affordable units at 1716 E. Rosecrans (4-0, Darden absent), though the Wind Project ENA drew multiple public objections in the concurrent successor agency session.

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.