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TO: Mayor Richard C. Irvin
FROM: Lt. Bill Rowley, Aurora Police Department
DATE: 12/04/2024
SUBJECT:
A Resolution authorizing the City to accept a grant award of $18,503.76 from the FY25 Illinois Department of Transportation State & Community Highway Safety / National Priority Safety Programs Grant.
PURPOSE:
To obtain City Council approval of a grant to be used to allow the Aurora Police Department to participate in the Illinois Department of Transportation - State & Community Highway Safety / National Priority Safety Program.
The focus of this grant is to increase the safety of pedestrians and bicyclists in the Aurora Community through education and targeted enforcement.
BACKGROUND:
The Aurora Police Department has previously participated in various Illinois Department of Transportation grants related to the safety of the motoring public.
This program focuses on pedestrian and bicycle safety, including education and targeted enforcement in areas where pedestrian and bicycle-related injuries are more likely to occur.
This program supports the City of Aurora Comprehensive Bicycle & Pedestrian Plan.
This highway safety program operates on a cost reimbursement basis. The Aurora Police Department is required to pay for project expenses initially, and are then reimbursed by IDOT for approved, documented expenditures.
DISCUSSION:
This grant award allows for reimbursement up to $18,503.76 and may be used to reimburse personnel and indirect costs incurred between October 1, 2024, and September 30, 2025, as allowed by the grant.
The State of Illinois assigned this grant award based upon their own formula and has informed the Aurora Police Department that there will be no penalty for failure to draw down the entire award balance.
Grant revenue will be placed in account 101-3536-334.30-02 and will be moved to the appropriate personnel account where they will be used to reimburse the personnel costs associated with this grant.
IMPACT STATEMENT:
This resolution must be approved and signed to properly execute the agreement and to begin implementing the project.
RECOMMENDATIONS:
Request approval of a Resolution authorizing the City to accept a grant award of $18,503.76 from the FY25 Illinois Department of Transportation State & Community Highway Safety / National Priority Safety Programs Grant.
cc: Finance Committee
CITY OF AURORA, ILLINOIS
RESOLUTION NO. _________
DATE OF PASSAGE ________________
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A Resolution authorizing City to accept a grant award of $18,503.76 from the FY25 Illinois Department of Transportation State & Community Highway Safety / National Priority Safety Programs Grant.
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WHEREAS, the City of Aurora has a population of more than 25,000 persons and is, therefore, a home rule unit under subsection (a) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution of 1970; and
WHEREAS, subject to said Section, a home rule unit may exercise any power and perform any function pertaining to its government and affairs for the protection of the public health, safety, morals, and welfare; and
WHEREAS, The Aurora Police Department has previously participated in various Illinois Department of Transportation grants related to the safety of the motoring public; and
WHEREAS, the Aurora Police Department received a grant from FY25 Illinois Department of Transportation State & Community Highway Safety / National Priority Safety Programs Grant; and
WHEREAS, this grant will provide $18,503.76 over a 12-month period beginning October 1, 2024, through September 30, 2025, and is intended to reimburse the police department for law enforcement costs as outlined in this grant agreement; and
WHEREAS, grant revenue will be placed in account 101-3536-334.30-02, and will be will be moved to the appropriate personnel account to reimburse the personnel costs associated with this grant.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Aurora, Illinois, as follows: the City is authorized to accept a grant award of $18,503.76 from the FY25 Illinois Department of Transportation State & Community Highway Safety / National Priority Safety Programs Grant.