Council approves contracts for public health services, street design, GIS hosting and passenger‑counting software; consent calendar passed

At its March 11 meeting the Gardena City Council approved a series of administrative contracts and routine agenda items, including an updated contract with the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, an engineering design services contract for eight street segments, a three-year renewal for the city’s GIS hosting, and a subscription purchase for automated passenger‑counting and certification services for GTrans.

Key votes and actions (summary):

- Public health services contract with Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (agenda item 14a): Council authorized the city manager to execute the updated public health services contract that assigns the county’s public health officer authority to enforce public-health statutes and continues county delivery of services under terms modernized from agreements dating back decades. The motion passed on a roll call vote: Council member Henderson — yes; Council member Francis — yes; Council member Love — yes; Mayor Pro Tem Tanaka — yes.

- Award of engineering design services contract to Cruiser Consulting Group for eight street-improvement segments (agenda item 16a): Council awarded the design contract in the amount of $214,005.035 to Cruiser Consulting Group for consolidated design of eight pavement management segments that will be funded in FY 2024–25 by Prop C ($1,400,000) and Measure M local funds ($1,500,000). The motion passed on a roll call vote: Henderson — yes; Francis — yes; Love — yes; Tanaka — yes.

- GIS hosting renewal with Noble Systems Inc. (agenda item 16b): Council authorized a three-year contract renewal for GIS hosting and related modules with a total cost of $95,700 (annual cost $31,900). Funding source: roughly split between gas tax and sewer fund. Roll call: Henderson — yes; Francis — yes; Love — yes; Tanaka — yes.

- Automated passenger counter software and certification services (agenda item 18a): Council authorized a contract using a NASPO cooperative purchasing agreement with Carahsoft Technology Corporation for Swiftly’s Hop Through software and National Transit Database certification services. The initial three‑year contract value is $200,009.31; council also authorized a 20% contingency of $40,001.87 for a program total of $241,001.18. Roll call: Henderson — yes; Francis — yes; Love — yes; Tanaka — yes.

- Planning commission action, Tire House Inc. appeal (agenda item 10a): Council received and filed the March 2025 Planning Commission resolution (PC‑3‑25) that approved the appeal by Tire House Inc.; the council action to receive and file passed 4–0.

- Consent calendar (agenda item 8): The consent calendar was approved. Roll call: Henderson — yes; Francis — yes; Love — abstain; Tanaka — yes.

Why it matters: the council’s approvals preserve continuity of public health services, move forward several capital and technology projects, and provide software to modernize transit ridership reporting and certification. Several items included multi-year terms or large program totals that will be reflected in future budget documents.

Next steps: staff will execute the authorized contracts, incorporate future years’ subscription costs into upcoming budgets where required, and return to council with project‑level implementation details as needed.