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Budget Amendment and Purchase Order for CalRecycle Grant and Mulching Machine ($250,756 / $127,237.68)

This grant-funded mulching machine will help maintain green spaces and vegetation in your community more efficiently, using recycling grant dollars so it does not come directly out of your water rates.

Jul 28, 2026

Purchase Order for Medical Supplies from Life Assist Medical Supplies ($135,000)

This purchase keeps Compton's paramedic rescue squads stocked with the medical supplies they need to treat you or your family in a medical emergency.

Jul 28, 2026

Purchase Order for Medical Supplies from Life Assist Medical Supplies ($135,000)

When paramedics respond to a medical emergency in your home or on your street, they need stocked supplies — this purchase order ensures Compton's Fire Department has the medical equipment on hand to treat you or your family.

Jul 28, 2026

Purchase Orders for Diesel Fuel and Motor Lubricants for Fire Department ($160,000)

This contract keeps fire trucks fueled and running so they can reach your home or business during a fire or medical emergency without delay.

Jul 28, 2026

Sheriff's Report by Captain Puebla

This report gives you a direct update on crime trends, patrol activity, and public safety efforts in your neighborhood from the law enforcement agency serving Compton.

Jul 28, 2026

Purchase Order with City of Downey for Fire and EMS Dispatching Services ($800,000)

Dispatching services are how 911 calls get routed to your local fire station — this contract ensures that when you call for help, responders are directed to you quickly and accurately.

Jul 28, 2026

Budget Amendment and Purchase Order for CalRecycle Grant and Mulching Machine ($250,756 / $127,237.68)

This grant-funded mulching machine will help maintain green spaces and vegetation in Compton — bringing in state grant money means less cost to you as a local taxpayer while keeping city grounds cleaner.

Jul 28, 2026

Purchase Orders for Diesel Fuel and Motor Lubricants for Fire Department ($160,000)

Fire trucks and emergency vehicles need fuel to respond to fires and medical calls in your neighborhood — this purchase order keeps Compton's Fire Department stocked with the diesel and lubricants that keep those vehicles on the road.

Jul 28, 2026

Authorization to Apply for State Water Board Financing for PFAS Water Treatment Plant

PFAS chemicals — sometimes called 'forever chemicals' — have been found in some water supplies, and this financing application would fund a treatment plant to remove them from your drinking water in Compton.

Jul 28, 2026

Sheriff's Report by Captain Puebla

This report gives you a direct look at crime trends and law enforcement activity in your neighborhood from the officers who patrol Compton.

Jul 28, 2026

Authorization to Apply for State Water Board Financing for PFAS Water Treatment Plant

PFAS are toxic 'forever chemicals' that can contaminate drinking water — this application seeks state funding to build a treatment plant that would make the water coming out of your tap safer.

Jul 28, 2026

Agreement with Johnson Control Inc. for City Hall Cooling Tower Replacement — $524,177.50

Replacing the cooling tower at City Hall ensures the building can maintain comfortable and functional working conditions, keeping city services — from permit processing to council meetings — running reliably for you.

Jul 21, 2026

Agreement with Johnson Control Inc. for City Hall Cooling Tower Replacement — $524,177.50

Replacing the aging cooling tower at City Hall keeps the building functional and comfortable for city staff and residents who visit for permits, licenses, and other public services — a broken system could disrupt city operations that serve you.

Jul 21, 2026

Resolution Adding Permit Services Supervisor Classification to Position Plan

Adding a Permit Services Supervisor to the Building & Safety Department means someone will be overseeing the permit counter to improve service and resolve complaints faster — making it easier for you to get permits for home improvements and construction projects.

Jul 14, 2026

Three-Year Medical Director Agreement for Fire Department EMS ($127,500)

This agreement ensures your Fire Department has a qualified medical doctor overseeing the paramedic and emergency medical services that respond to over 10,000 calls per year in Compton.

Jul 14, 2026

Resolution Adopting FY 2026-2027 Consolidated Annual Action Plan for CDBG and HOME Grants

This plan decides how millions of federal dollars will be spent on community improvements, housing assistance, and public services in Compton — directly affecting your neighborhood's access to housing, infrastructure, and social programs.

Jul 14, 2026

Resolution Adopting FY 2026-2027 Consolidated Annual Action Plan for CDBG and HOME Grants

This plan determines how federal housing and community development dollars are spent in Compton — funding programs that can improve your neighborhood's streets, housing, and public services for low- and moderate-income residents.

Jul 14, 2026

Three-Year Medical Director Agreement for Fire Department EMS ($127,500)

This contract keeps a qualified doctor overseeing your local paramedics' medications and emergency care standards — ensuring the Fire Department's EMS team can legally and safely respond to medical emergencies in your neighborhood.

Jul 14, 2026

Resolution Ratifying and Amending MIG, Inc. Agreement for General Plan 2045 Update and HCD-Mandated Rezoning

The General Plan 2045 shapes how land is used across Compton for the next two decades — including where housing, businesses, and parks can be built in your neighborhood — and state-required rezoning could open more areas to new housing development.

Jul 7, 2026

Adoption of City Budget for Fiscal Year 2026-2027

This vote determines how your tax dollars are spent for the next year — including funding for streets, water, parks, fire services, and housing programs that directly affect your daily life in Compton.

Jun 23, 2026

Remove and replace asphalt at 7 well sites to prevent contaminant intrusion and rain runoff into wells

Clean-up at 509 Tamarind Avenue

Clean-up at 509 Tamarind Avenue

Environmental remediation services for groundwater contamination at Fire Station No. 1

Apr 14, 2026

city council

The council voted 2-3 to reject a travel authorization (Item 5) totaling $1,623 structured across three separate General Fund line items — $1,000, $548, and $75 — for elected officials to attend the 67th Annual Municipal Seminar in Indian Wells in May 2026, with Mayor Sharif, Spicer, and Bowers voting no and Duhart and Darden voting yes; the three-way split of expenditures for a single event is a pattern flagged in the structured agenda. A right-of-entry and access agreement with nonprofit Connecting Compton for a former landfill site at 2815–2901 West Alondra Boulevard (Item 6) was tabled 4-1 (Bowers dissenting) after council members raised concerns about soil contamination, the city's disclosure of two unresolved competing access challenges filed against the city, and the revelation that vendor NV5 holds an active city stormwater-sampling contract at the site yet has produced no reports to the council. Staff was directed to bring NV5 before the council for a full presentation, explore a request for proposals for soil site analysis, and contact the EPA directly, with all three components targeted to return by mid-May 2026. The closed session on public employee discipline — concerning the city manager currently on administrative leave — was referred to outside retained counsel Enzo Law with no additional reportable action; two members of the public addressed the closed-session item before it convened, both speaking in support of the city manager.

Jan 21, 2025

city council

The largest spending approval was a $419,883 contract to Innovative Playgrounds Co., Inc. for demolition and full replacement of playground equipment at Cesar Chavez Park, funded through Measure A, passed 5-0; the structured agenda data flags this vendor appearing in two separate line items at $419,883 each within the same agenda item, producing a combined total of $839,766 against a stated contract value of $419,883. Three consent-agenda spending items also passed: $73,160 in Justice Assistance Grant funds (divided into expenditures of $65,844 and $7,316) for approximately two additional surveillance units known as 'lot cops,' pulled for discussion by Councilmember Spicer before passing 5-0 after the city manager described their intended use; $67,500 to Epic Surfaces for basketball court resurfacing, approved 5-0; and $21,150 to the State Water Resources Control Board for the annual sewer system permit fee, approved 5-0. An ordinance creating an Olympics/Tourism Committee passed 5-0 on second reading; a council member noted that any member stipend would require a separate future resolution. No new spending was approved from the city treasurer's second-quarter investment report, an informational item showing a portfolio valued at $244,248,854 and $5,697,112 in interest earnings posted for Q2. Twelve members of the public addressed the council, primarily on non-agenda concerns including neighborhood safety, pothole damage, a long-unresolved water service cutoff, and regional fire ash contamination; one speaker questioned why basketball court resurfacing was proceeding when other parks remain in worse condition.