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TO: Mayor Richard C. Irvin
FROM: Joseph Jones, Emergency Management Coordinator
DATE: July 31, 2018
SUBJECT:
Resolution ratifying payments to Embassy Suites for joint Active Shooter Training conference room rentals as part of the Complex Coordinated Terrorist Attack (CCTA) Grant for $29,302.72.
PURPOSE:
Obtaining Committee approval in order to continue joint training to better respond to Active Shooter events in the City.
BACKGROUND:
Another training portion of the CCTA Grant focusing on Active Shooter events and creating a coordinated response among Police and Fire Department personnel. In June of 2018 Embassy Suites hosted the Joint Counter Terrorism Awareness Workshop, as part of the CCTA Grant, for a cost of $23,752.72, and the additional training event in the amount of $5,500 will put the total cost for the year over $25,000. There are no more trainings scheduled at the Embassy Suites at this time.
DISCUSSION:
This training, as part of the CCTA Grant, will be paid for with the money awarded to the City of Aurora, and accepted through Resolution R17-317/File ID 17-00862. Both Police and Fire Department personnel being present at the training will aid in a more coordinated response.
Embassy Suites has hosted trainings previously for the CCTA grant. The payment will come from the Grant funds received by the City of Aurora in account 101-3038-429.50-50.
IMPACT STATEMENT:
This ratification needs to be approved so that our first responders receive this additional training in the response to Active Shooter events.
RECOMMENDATIONS:
I recommend the cost for training be ratified by the Committee.
cc: Finance Committee
CITY OF AURORA, ILLINOIS
RESOLUTION NO. _________
DATE OF PASSAGE ________________
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A Resolution ratifying payments to Embassy Suites for $29,302.72 for joint Active Shooter Training conference room rentals as part of the Complex Coordinated Terrorist Attack (CCTA) 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, training is being conducted as part of the already approved CCTA Grant purchases; and
WHEREAS, 2018 expenditures for Embassy Suites have exceeded the threshold requiring City Council approval; and
WHEREAS, funding for this grant has been provided by Resolution R17-317 in account 101-3038-429.50-50; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Aurora, Illinois, as follows: The Director of Purchasing is hereby authorized to issue the orders to ratify payment to Embassy Suites, Naperville, IL for conference room rentals used for training as part of the ongoing CCTA Grant projects in the amount of $29,302.72.