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City Council debates $2.7 million civic‑center security package; both motions fail
Summary
Council considered a package to add 40 security positions and an integrated electronic system for City Hall and adjacent civic‑center buildings. Two competing motions failed and the item was continued to a future meeting.
Councilmember Mark Ridley Thomas asked the City Council to approve a special‑meeting recommendation to fund immediate security upgrades for the downtown civic center, including 40 new security positions and an integrated electronic security system for City Hall, City Hall East, City Hall South and the LA Mall.
The proposal, presented by Ed Rose of the Office of the City Administrative Officer, called for adding 40 security and staff‑support positions at an estimated $1.1 million in direct salary costs, and for design, acquisition and installation of an integrated security system priced at about $1.5 million. The report identified a total package of roughly $2.7 million and said about $2.3 million could be paid from uncommitted MICLA balances; roughly…
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