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TO: Mayor Thomas J. Weisner
FROM: Lt. William Hull 954
DATE: 08/09/2016
SUBJECT:
A resolution to make additional payments to Hertz Local Addition, Des Plains, Illinois for rental vehicles for the Aurora Police Department to be recommended to the Finance Committee on August 23, 2016.
PURPOSE:
To increase purchase order 282573 from $25,000 to make additional payments to the Hertz Local Addition, Des Plains, Illinois for vehicles that will be leased or have been leased from Hertz in the amount up to $20,000.00. These vehicles are currently used for undercover investigations and operations by the Special Operations Group (SOG), Investigations and the Community Oriented Policing (COP) units.
BACKGROUND:
Since March, 2012 The Aurora Police Department has been leasing vehicles from Hertz Local Addition, Des Plains, Illinois following an RFP solicitation and City Council approval (Resolution R12-078). The contract with Hertz Local Addition expired at the end of 2015, therefore in the spring of 2016 another RFP was announced; the end result was Enterprise Leasing of Chicago had the lowest, most responsible bid. Enterprise Leasing was awarded the contract with but delays with Enterprise caused the Aurora Police Department to continue to lease vehicles from Hertz Local Addition. It is projected that the Aurora Police Department will still be leasing vehicles from Hertz for up to sixty additional days, which has exceeded our $25,000.00 threshold set for 2016. It is estimated that payment to Hertz should not exceed $20,000.00.
DISCUSSION:
It is imperative that the Aurora Police Department continue to use unmarked / undercover (leased) vehicles for undercover operations and covert investigations. Therefore it would not have been practical to discontinue the used of unmarked / undercover leased vehicles from Hertz Local Addition, Des Plains, Illinois:
The funds needed to continue payment to Hertz Local Addition for leased unmarked / undercover vehicles are availa...
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