Oxnard committee hears proposal for five‑year downtown security contract with City Guard Incorporated

Commander Miguel Serrado of the Oxnard Police Department presented a recommendation that the Community Services, Public Safety, Housing and Development Committee and the City Council approve and authorize the mayor to sign a five‑year agreement with City Guard Incorporated to provide security services for downtown Oxnard facilities.

Serrado told the committee the contract would cover the Oxnard Downtown Management District (Central Business District), the downtown parking structure, the Oxnard City Library and the Oxnard Service Center, and carries a projected five‑year total not to exceed $2,575,000. "For the community services, public safety, housing and development committee, and the city council to approve and authorize the mayor to sign a 5 year agreement with City Guard Incorporated for security guard services," Serrado said in the presentation.

Why it matters: the contract would provide continuous security coverage in heavily used public facilities and a downtown district that Serrado described as an approximately 32‑block area. The services include high‑visibility patrols, incident reporting, coordination with law enforcement, and written incident summaries for habitual offenders, which city staff say are intended to deter crime and document recurring public‑safety concerns.

Terms, scope and staffing: Serrado said the city issued a request for proposals on July 1, 2025 and received 21 bids. The rating panel included a library manager, a downtown executive director, an administrative specialist and a public works manager; police staff served as subject‑matter experts. Serrado said City Guard Incorporated was selected based on qualifications, past performance, management practices and cost, noting the vendor's quote of $515,000 annually was among the lower proposals.

Services described in the presentation include: approximately 136 guard hours per week and 40 supervisor hours for downtown patrols; 40 hours per week of security at the Oxnard City Library (251 South 8th Street); 95 hours biweekly for the Oxnard Service Center (214 South C Street) because the center is closed every other Friday; and 24/7 coverage of the downtown parking structure (328 South Beach Street) with patrols of all four levels, elevator lobbies and stairwells. Serrado also said the firm would provide officers on demand for planned and unplanned city events.

Budget and billing: The presentation reviewed historical billing rates (FY2021–2025: $23.81 per hour for officers, $28.19 for supervisors) and listed amended and proposed rates shown in Serrado's materials (FY2025–2026: $27.37 officer; FY2026–2027 with City Guard Incorporated: $24.00 officer and $29.00 supervisor as presented). Site allocations in the slide deck included $49,920 annually from the Oxnard City Library and $212,832 annually from Public Works Facilities for the downtown parking structure. The itemized presentation listed the Oxnard Service Center payment as "64,896 thousand dollars annually"; that phrasing was not clarified in the presentation and appears inconsistent with other figures. Serrado said the Oxnard Police Department would pay $105,128 annually and the Downtown Oxnard Improvement Association $75,000 annually (a combined $180,128 contribution).

The total annual projected agreement cost in the presentation was $507,776, with the slide noting the total annual estimate "is not to exceed $515,000," and a five‑year total not to exceed $2,575,000. Serrado stated that City Guard Incorporated's proposal met the evaluation criteria and that the firm would provide biweekly tour logs and daily post logs to the city's facilities manager and police department, and written incident summaries on habitual offenders or situations posing safety concerns.

Next steps and oversight: Serrado concluded the presentation and said he was available to answer questions. The presentation included proposed reporting and coordination procedures between City Guard Incorporated and the Oxnard Police Department but did not record a committee vote or formal action in the transcript provided.

Sources: Presentation to the Community Services, Public Safety, Housing and Development Committee by Commander Miguel Serrado, Oxnard Police Department.