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Oxnard staff recommend five‑year $2.6 million contract with City Guard for downtown security
Summary
City staff recommended the City Council approve a five‑year agreement with City Guard Incorporated to provide patrols and stationed guards for the downtown district, library, service center and parking structure, with a projected five‑year cost not to exceed $2,575,000 and annual costs estimated near $515,000.
Oxnard City staff on record recommended that the Community Services, Public Safety, Housing and Development Committee and the City Council authorize a five‑year agreement with City Guard Incorporated to provide uniform security services for the Oxnard Downtown Management District, the downtown parking structure, the Oxnard City Library and the Oxnard Service Center.
Commander Miguel Serrado of the Oxnard Police Department presented the recommendation, saying the contract would begin March 1, 2026, and the total five‑year cost projection is “not to exceed $2,575,000.” The city’s staff packet states the annual estimate is not to exceed $515,000; Serrado told the committee that City Guard Incorporated’s quote of $515,000 annually “was among the lowest in the proposals.”
Why it matters: the service would restore and standardize private security coverage across…
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