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Emergency Sewer Pump Replacement at City Hall

These emergency sewer pump repairs keep City Hall functioning properly so you can access city services without disruption.

Feb 11, 2025

Construction Contract with Vincor Construction for Facility Renovations

This contract repairs water damage to community facilities where you access job training, neighborhood services, and social programs, ensuring these buildings remain safe and usable.

May 28, 2024

General Services Budget Amendment for Construction Services

May 28, 2024

Budget Amendment for Facilities Maintenance Supplies

May 7, 2024

Budget Amendment and Purchase Order for HD Supply Facilities Maintenance Tools

This purchase replaces essential tools stolen from City maintenance crews, ensuring they can respond to safety hazards and continue routine maintenance at parks, buildings, and other facilities in your neighborhood.

May 7, 2024

General Services Department Budget Amendment for Roofing

This repairs city building roofs using insurance money — proper maintenance protects the facilities where you receive city services.

Apr 9, 2024

Amend General Services Budget for Roofing Repair

Roof repairs on city buildings protect municipal facilities that provide essential services to your community.

Apr 9, 2024

Emergency Sewer Pump Replacement at City Hall

These emergency pump repairs will restore restroom operations at City Hall where you conduct city business and attend council meetings.

Mar 12, 2024

Emergency Replacement of Two Sewer Pumps at City Hall

Mar 12, 2024

HVAC Units Replacement at City Facility

Jan 23, 2024

Settlement for Fire Damage at Gonzales Park

Your city will receive insurance recovery funds to help repair fire damage at Gonzales Park, allowing restoration of this community recreation facility.

Mar 4, 2014

Insurance recovery funds previously received from claim

Transfer from Insurance Recovery Fund to General Services maintenance account

Roofing services from Insurance Recovery Fund

Insurance recovery funds for storm damage to city facilities

Feb 11, 2025

city council

The council's largest spending approval was $499,462 to L.N. Curtis & Sons for fire department equipment — engines and a ladder truck — passed 5-0; the amount falls just under $500,000, which is a common competitive bid threshold in California municipal procurement. The council also approved $350,000 to One Yard Inc. for installation of a soccer field and mural at Burrell McDonald Park, passed 5-0; the same company is identified in the structured agenda as the donor of the field, making One Yard Inc. both the contributing party and the construction contractor receiving payment for that same installation. A third expenditure of $28,950 was approved 5-0 for an emergency sewer pump replacement at City Hall by CEVAC Facilities Services, drawn from the Insurance Recovery Fund. Agenda items 7 and 8 — covering removal of officers, council members, boards, and commissions — were pulled by the city manager before any vote, with the city manager citing an error between the staff report and the resolution on item 8. Approximately thirteen residents addressed the council during public comment, raising concerns about water bill assistance programs, immigration enforcement fears, audit contract overruns, property tax burdens, and the scope of the city manager's authority over elected officials.

May 28, 2024

city council

The largest new spending approval was $373,857 to Vincor Construction, Inc. for facility renovations funded from the Insurance Recovery Fund, with Duhart, Spicer, Darden, and Mayor Sharif voting yes — Bowers's vote was not captured in the transcript; the structured agenda lists Vincor across four line items on the same agenda item, including additional contract figures of $169,239 and $155,854, with total flagged Vincor amounts reaching approximately $1.07 million. The council also approved a $58,000 purchase order to Republic Services for compost and mulch (5-0) — a vendor appearing in two identical $58,000 line items on the same agenda item, totaling $116,000 and flagged as a possible split payment — and a $34,989 purchase order to Quinn Company for an outstanding invoice and maintenance services (5-0), structured across four sub-items summing to $104,967, also flagged as a possible split payment. A $20,026 contract with Mars Environmental for environmental disposal, drawn from the Public Works Street Maintenance Equipment Rental Fund Balance, was pulled from consent by Councilperson Duhart, who noted that fund balance information was absent from the staff report, and then approved 5-0; the city attorney's oral report separately disclosed two previously authorized litigation settlements — $3,975,000 in Leggett v. City of Compton and $1,500 in Rogers v. City of Compton — neither of which was a new spending decision at this meeting. A proposed five-year lease with Angels for Sight was pulled before any vote by the mayor, who cited legal issues that surfaced after the agenda was posted. Six residents addressed the council during public comment, raising concerns about business licensing processes, meeting minutes accuracy, street and tree maintenance, prostitution on Long Beach Boulevard, pothole repair material quality, and vendor oil disposal into storm drains.