Public Safety Committee approves consent items including donations, helitanker amendment and temporary staffing amendment; separate vote on LAPD vehicle gift

The Los Angeles City Public Safety Committee voted to approve a set of consent items covering grant acceptance, budget approvals and contract amendments; the committee also took a separate roll‑call vote on a donated police vehicle.

Chair John Lee recommended items 2 through 6 and 9 through 14 for the consent calendar; when no objections were raised the items were approved by roll call with Council member Park absent. The items on the consent calendar included: granting authority to the City Attorney to accept a dispute resolution program grant from Los Angeles County (items 2 and 3); approving the Board of Police Commissioners’ proposed revolving training fund budget for fiscal year 2024–25 (item 4); noting and filing an LAFD report (item 5); and approving the Board of Police Commissioners’ request to accept a nonmonetary donation valued at $47,000 from the Los Angeles Police Foundation (item 6). The chair also recommended adoption of motions listed as items 9 through 12 and related approvals described for items 13 and 14.

Item 13 approved authority for LAPD to execute a proposed fourth amendment with Ericsson Incorporated for helitanker services and included an instruction that the Los Angeles Fire Department ensure the contractor provides proof of insurance before agreement execution. Item 14 approved authority for LAFD to execute a proposed sixth amendment to agreement C‑135817 with "Apple 1" to provide temporary, as‑needed staffing services for the department, as summarized in the CAO report.

Separately, item 7 — a nonmonetary donation of a 2025 Ford Explorer police vehicle valued at $60,795 from the Los Angeles Police Foundation for the LAPD Information Technology Bureau — was read into the record and taken for a separate roll call at the request of Council member Sotomayor Martinez. That item passed on roll call with Council member Sotomayor Martinez recorded as voting no and the other members recorded as voting yes; Council member Park was absent.

Clerk roll calls recorded Council member Lee, Council member Price and Council member McOsker voting in favor of the consent slate; Council member Sotomayor Martinez was recorded as opposing item 7. The clerk clarified votes when needed after the roll calls to ensure an accurate record.

The committee’s approvals on the consent calendar advance implementation of the specified contracts and donations; staff were directed where noted (for example, to verify contractor insurance before contract execution). Several consent items were summarized by CAO or board reports and detailed contract terms, donor identities and other specifics were included in the administrative reports filed with the committee record.

Votes at a glance - Item 2: CAO report — grant acceptance authority for dispute resolution program (approved; roll call: Lee Aye, Price Aye, McOsker Aye; Park absent) - Item 3: City Attorney report — grant acceptance authority for dispute resolution program (approved; roll call as above) - Item 4: Board of Police Commissioners — revolving training fund budget FY24‑25 (approved) - Item 5: LAFD report — note and file (approved) - Item 6: Accept nonmonetary donation valued at $47,000 from Los Angeles Police Foundation (approved) - Item 7: Accept 2025 Ford Explorer (valued $60,795) donation to LAPD Information Technology Bureau from Los Angeles Police Foundation (approved; roll call: Lee Aye, Price Aye, McOsker Aye, Sotomayor Martinez No; Park absent) - Items 9–12: Adopt motions as listed on the agenda (approved) - Item 13: Approve CAO report granting LAPD authority to execute fourth amendment with Ericsson Incorporated for helitanker services; require proof of insurance prior to execution (approved) - Item 14: Approve CAO report granting LAFD authority to execute sixth amendment to agreement C‑135817 with "Apple 1" for temporary staffing services (approved)

The clerk confirmed vote totals and attendance for the record. Where the agenda or staff reports did not include additional details (for example, exact donor sub‑source disclosures), the administrative reports on file were noted as the controlling record.