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TO: Mayor Thomas J. Weisner
FROM: Joseph E. Jones, Emergency Management Coordinator
DATE: August 28, 2014
SUBJECT:
Requesting the approval for a contract with the Illinois Emergency Management Association to be the host site for five emergency generators.
PURPOSE:
The City of Aurora has been in a contract with the Illinois Law Enforcement Alarm System since 2010. This new contract will change responsibility from the Illinois Law Enforcement Alarm System to the Illinois Emergency Management Association / Logan County.
BACKGROUND:
The City of Aurora has been a host site for the five generators since 2010. The City of Aurora is one of twelve host sites throughout the State of Illinois. Responsibility for the generators was transferred to the Illinois Emergency Management Association / Logan County early this summer which requires a new contract to be signed. There are currently four 60 K generators and one 30 K generator assigned to the City of Aurora and located at the Emergency Management building located at 1100 Mitchell Road, Aurora. A copy of the contract, procedure and generator deployment and return sheet has been attached. This deployment sheet identifies the agency who signed out the equipment is responsible to return the equipment in operational condition with a full fuel tank. .
DISCUSSION:
The City of Aurora benefits from being a host site for these generators by having access for use when the need arises in the city. Since 2010 Aurora has utilized these generators three times. Fire Station 8 has been powered twice, both times for a scheduled power outage. The third was used to sustain power at Central Fire Station while the main generator was installed. The only outside use was by Will County for eight days in June of 2013. Currently the state has a budget line for maintenance on these generators for an annual check and maintenance. The generators in Aurora were last serviced in July 2014. The only cost associated wi...
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