Compton council approves playground, fitness, camera and engineering contracts and expands investigations retainer

The Compton City Council on Dec. 23 approved multiple contracts and budget amendments aimed at parks, public safety and infrastructure and authorized additional investigative services to expand the city’s vendor capacity.

In separate roll‑call votes, the council:

- Approved a construction contract with Innovative Playgrounds Company Inc. for Fig and Oleander Park playground improvements for $243,663.36.

- Approved a contract with Greenfields Outdoor Fitness Inc. for replacement outdoor fitness equipment along Greenleaf Parkway for $884,333.25; staff noted a typographical error in the contract's first paragraph that will be corrected before signing.

- Authorized a professional services agreement with Endpoint Wireless to install security cameras at Gonzales, Tucker, Wilson, Lueders and Kelly parks for $214,976.91. City staff said initial monitoring will be handled by the Community Improvements Department and that the city will pilot a larger 200‑camera "flock" system and seek coordination with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department for broader coverage.

- Approved an amendment and purchase order for JMC2 Engineering plus Surveying for additional engineering design and construction support for the Alameda/State Route 91 urban greening and water reclamation project for $173,431.

- Approved a reappropriation of $58,342 in the water department’s FY 2025–26 budget for CalRecycle grant round W‑R‑3.

Council also discussed and approved placing additional investigative firms, including Oppenheimer Investigations Group, on multiyear retainer to handle the increased volume of employee and board investigations; staff said the intent is to supplement existing vendors who are overcapacity.

Councilmembers asked staff to provide reports on the number of active investigations and to clarify whether the new investigative retainer and other retentions would be additive to current contracts. On park projects, members asked for confirmation of geographic scope (east‑west Wilmington, from Compton College to Walden Middle School) and requested the stated contract typo be fixed prior to execution.

All listed items were approved by roll‑call vote at the Dec. 23 meeting.