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May 12, 2026

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At the May 12, 2026 meeting, the Compton City Council approved several key items including a $200,000 CalTrans grant to continue the city's Clean Team cleanup program, a $309,495 contract for asphalt pavement rehabilitation at various locations, a $67,500 contract for dirt removal and dumping cleanup on city-owned parcels near the 710 freeway, and an $874,908 cost-sharing agreement with the City of Carson for street improvements on Central Avenue. The council also adopted a schedule for upcoming community budget workshops across all four districts, with an additional Saturday session being explored, and scheduled a public hearing for the HUD 2026-27 Annual Action Plan on June 9. During public comment, residents raised concerns about street conditions, Republic Services trash pickup delays, transparency and financial accountability, the Compton Unified School District bond measure, and a credit card misuse investigation — with the city manager announcing that a full report and the investigator will be presented at next week's meeting.

Mar 17, 2026

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The council's largest spending action was approving Road Repair Project Phase IX, which encompasses a $5.58 million contract with Hardy & Harper, Inc. for construction and six separate line items to Bowman Infrastructure Engineers Ltd. totaling approximately $1.22 million for construction management and inspection services; the council voted specifically on a Bowman contract amendment stated in the resolution as $204,116.70, passing 4-0-1 with one abstention unnamed in the record — Bowman also held a $257,977 construction management contract approved in October 2024 for the same project type, and that identical figure reappears among the current Bowman line items. The council also approved a $98,375 contract with [Selbert Perkins Design](https://selbertperkins.com/) for municipal branding and marketing consulting services, 5-0 after council discussion; the amount falls $1,625 below the $100,000 approval threshold. The full consent agenda — including a $250,000 recurring purchase order with Springbrook Holding Company LLC for utility billing software (a vendor the city has paid continuously since at least 2009, when comparable orders were under $52,000), $182,182 to the LA Gateway Region Integrated Regional Water Management JPA for water quality monitoring, and $63,112 to Advanced Compliance Engineering for fuel pump maintenance — passed 5-0 without discussion. More than fifteen residents addressed the council during public comment on non-spending matters including pothole damage claims, parking enforcement disputes, and code enforcement concerns; no members of the public spoke to any of the spending items on the agenda.

Mar 10, 2026

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The council's two largest spending approvals at the March 17, 2026 meeting were a $204,116.70 amendment to an existing professional services agreement with Bowman Infrastructure Engineers Ltd. for additional construction management and inspection on road repair project phase nine—passed with four affirmative votes and one abstention—and a contract not to exceed $98,375 with Silbert Perkins Design for municipal branding and marketing consulting, passed 5-0; the Silbert Perkins amount sits $1,625 below $100,000, which analysts typically flag as a potential threshold-adjacent figure, though Compton's specific contract approval threshold is not stated in the meeting materials. Bowman Infrastructure Engineers is a repeat vendor on a multi-phase road project, with this item adding funds to an existing agreement whose original contract value is not disclosed in the available materials. A Special Legal Counsel Authorization Resolution (Item 2 on the structured agenda) was also approved as part of the consent agenda, 5-0, with no dollar amount appearing in the available materials. More than fifteen residents addressed the council during public comment on non-spending matters—including pothole damage reimbursement denials, parking enforcement disputes, code enforcement complaints, and questions about commissioner eligibility to run for office—while no members of the public addressed either the Bowman or Silbert Perkins spending items before those votes were taken.

Oct 7, 2025

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The council's largest spending approvals came through the consent agenda, where Hardy & Harper, Inc. received payments and contract authorizations across four line items totaling approximately $4.89M for the completed Citywide Road Repair Project Phase VIII, and Fountainhead Consulting Corporation received a new $474,728 construction management contract for Street Rehabilitation Phase 2C — both passed 5-0 with no separate discussion. In action items, the council approved a $2.5M purchase order to the Water Replenishment District of Southern California for groundwater production assessment fees (5-0) and a $300,000 purchase order to the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California for imported water (5-0), with water department operations supervisor David Bennett describing both as recurring annual payments; the same two agencies together account for over $2.8M in approvals this meeting. The council also approved $600,000 in fleet gasoline purchase orders split among Jankovich Company, Dion and Sons Inc., and Wood Oil Company (5-0), though Council member Bowers requested a fuel usage breakdown on the record and the city manager stated that information had not yet been compiled due to a leadership transition. Item 11 — a $348,200 contract with BridgeBase Management LLC for the Compton Connect civic technology system — was tabled by staff before any vote was held. Approximately twelve members of the public addressed the council during general comment; one speaker, Fidel Marquez, specifically raised Item 9, noting a fuel accountability log previously requested by the council had not appeared in the agenda packet.

Sep 29, 2025

town hall

The Compton [NAACP](https://www.naacp.org) and City of Compton hosted a town hall with LA County District Attorney Nathan Hochman, who outlined major policy reversals from his predecessor, including removing blanket non-prosecution directives for homeless encampment crimes and juvenile misdemeanors. Hochman detailed his office's priorities on fentanyl enforcement, human trafficking prosecution, wrongful conviction reviews, and retail theft deterrence, while emphasizing a 'hard middle' approach that rejects both mass incarceration and decarceration. The DA disclosed that his office has reduced a backlog of over 10,000 unfiled cases to under 6,000 and revealed that a single apartment raid in Downey seized 50 pounds of fentanyl—enough for 11 million lethal doses. Hochman stated his office does not coordinate with ICE and expressed concern that federal immigration enforcement is deterring victims and witnesses from appearing in court. He committed to an open-door policy with the Compton [NAACP](https://www.naacp.org)'s Court Watch program and pledged to return for future community engagement.

Apr 8, 2025

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The largest spending approvals came through the consent calendar, passed 5-0: $448,508 to Municipal Emergency Services for 112 sets of firefighting personal protective equipment (Item 6), and a Recreation Department budget amendment (Item 8) that appropriates a $35,640 LA Dodgers Foundation grant alongside a separate $27,000 expenditure to a named individual, Harold Johnson, both listed under the same agenda item. Item 13—suspension of fireworks permits—was pulled from the agenda before any vote; Councilmember Spicer stated on the record that Compton voters approved fireworks 57% to 43% through Measure F in 2009 and that a legal opinion is needed before permits can be restricted. Item 10 (board and commission appointments) generated extended council debate but no vote; members agreed to table it and hold a workshop to develop a standardized interview process before making further appointments, with at least one applicant already identified as ineligible for residing outside city limits. All remaining action items passed 5-0 without dissent: removal of a Parks and Recreation board member (Item 9), scheduling a public hearing on an underground utility district (Item 11), scheduling public hearings on lighting/landscape and sewer assessments (Item 12), initiating the assessment levy for Lighting and Landscape District No. 1 (Item 14), initiating sewer service charge assessment proceedings (Item 15), and—in a separate UCDC session convened immediately after adjournment—approving the five-year PHA administrative and 2025 annual plans as the Housing Authority board (5-0).

Mar 4, 2025

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No new city spending was approved at the March 4, 2025 Compton City Council meeting; the two substantive action items were lease authorizations under which the city collects rent for space at the Neighborhood Center (600 North Alameda Street). The council approved a lease with Shields for Families at $3.02 per square foot (~$18,295 per month), 4-0 with Bowers not voting, and a lease with Volunteers of America at the same per-square-foot rate (~$10,301 per month), also 4-0 with Bowers not voting — the Volunteers of America motion was first withdrawn and recast after Council member Darden identified multiple resolution errors, including a wrong termination date (April 30, 2027, corrected to April 30, 2028), a misidentified tenant name in one section, and an improperly placed whereas clause. Volunteers of America is flagged as a repeat vendor, appearing in five line items across two agenda entries with a combined contract value of approximately $1.03M; both organizations had been operating under expired leases — Shields for Families for approximately two years and seven months at a prior rate of $1.40 per square foot, and Volunteers of America for approximately four years and eight months at $1.00 per square foot. Four members of the public specifically addressed items 3 and 4: Craig Henry identified himself as a Volunteers of America employee and stated he did not oppose the $3.02 rate but objected to the full 50.7% increase being applied at once rather than phased in; two other speakers called for the Mayor and Council member Spicer to recuse themselves, citing their appointment of Henry to city advisory and personnel committees as a conflict of interest.

Jun 25, 2024

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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.

May 7, 2024

city council

The council's largest new contract approval was $996,368 to ACCO Engineered Systems for HVAC systems and security cages at eight city facilities (Item 16, 5-0); ACCO appears across five line items in two agenda items (Items 16 and 17), totaling approximately $3.44M including ARPA-funded budget allocations, making it the meeting's most prominent repeat vendor. Additional spending approved included a $210,707 payment to The Arroyo Group for an MTA-funded transit-oriented development plan (Item 17, 5-0), a $226,000 contract with the Alameda Corridor Transportation Authority for the Artesia Bridge project (Item 19, 5-0), release of $317,918 in contractor retention to All American Asphalt upon acceptance of Street Rehabilitation Phase 2B completion — a project with $6.36M in prior expenditures to that vendor (Item 18, 5-0) — and a $100,000 grant to Cressey Park Legends for a baseball memorial at Gonzalez Park (Item 15, 5-0). A $46,000 purchase order to El Gran Torino Corporation for street sweeping signs appeared on the action agenda sitting $4,000 below the $50,000 threshold that triggers additional council scrutiny; a $75,000 budget amendment for temporary staffing at the City Controller's office (Tandym Group LLC and Robert Half International Inc.) was pulled from the consent agenda by staff and received no separate vote, with at least one speaker questioning why the city repeatedly funds temp agency contracts rather than making permanent hires. The lease agreement with CHIRLA for city-owned space at 700 North Bullis Road — generating approximately $39,139 annually in revenue to the city — passed 4-1 with Councilman Bowers dissenting, after the city manager recommended striking 'civic engagement' language from the staff report. More than twenty residents addressed the council during public comment, raising concerns about gun violence response, prostitution near Long Beach Boulevard, street conditions, controller's office staffing, and difficulty contacting city officials.

Mar 19, 2024

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The council approved $200,846 in water system annual fees to the State Water Resources Control Board in a single 5-0 vote covering three line items — $100,423, $52,090, and $48,333 — with the $48,333 amount falling just below the $50,000 individual approval threshold and the city manager stating the payments were slightly late. The council also approved a $131,550 contract with W. Frank Newton, Inc. DBA WFN Consulting for grant administration services (5-0), following Councilmember Darden's questions about past grant compliance failures, and a $25,000 purchase order with Blue Diamond Company for asphalt stock material (5-0), with the city manager stating the funds are for on-hand supply for daily pothole repair crews, not street repaving. Two grant budget amendments were approved 5-0: $550,455 from the DOJ for tobacco enforcement (with only $5,400 of that allocated to youth outreach), where the council noted grant acceptance originally dated to 2021 and the city manager described the multi-year delay as 'a significant management oversight'; and $129,212 from CalRecycle for SB 1383 organics compliance. The council approved on first reading a development agreement with City Ventures Homebuilding, LLC for a 60-unit market-rate housing project at 930 W. Compton Boulevard (4-0-1, Spicer abstaining); the $400,000 due from the developer at close of escrow is revenue to the city, not a spending decision.