Agenda Item Wording:
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Authorize Contract for Security Services - Authorize the City Manager to enter into a contract for security services for Transit, Parks and Facilities, Convention Center, Water Reclamation Facility, and other miscellaneous City needs or special events.
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Deadline for Action: 11/17/2025
Submitting Department: Administration - Transit Division
Contact Name and Phone Number:
Angelina Baker, Transit Manager, angelina.baker@visalia.gov, (559) 713-4591
John Lollis, Assistant City Manager, john.lollis@visalia.gov, (559)713-4323
Department Recommendation:
Authorize the City Manager to award a one-year contract for security services to Falcon Security to provide regularly scheduled security services for Transit, Parks and Facilities (Downtown parking structures), Convention Center, Water Reclamation Facility, and other miscellaneous City needs or special events at the rate of $24.00 per security hour not to exceed $600,000 for one year.
Summary:
At its meeting on March 3, 2025, staff presented an item (25-0010) to the City Council to award a security contract to Val Security for $470,000 annually. The selection of this vendor was made after staff conducted a competitive Request for Bids (RFB No. 23-24-41) and Val Security was the successful bidder. This contract went live in April 2025 with many City Divisions transitioning over to the new contract. On Friday, October 24, 2025, City staff was notified that Val Security had filed for bankruptcy, and that effective immediately Val Security would no longer be providing services at any City facility.
Background Discussion:
With the sudden departure of the current security contractor Val Security, there was a critical void for service that needed to be filled immediately. City staff reached out to the previous contractor Falcon Security, whose contract had just terminated in April 2025, to gauge their ability to provide emergency security services to the City. Not only does Transit a...
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