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TO: Mayor Richard C. Irvin
FROM: Keith Cross, Chief of Police
Michael Pegues, CIO
Julie Frankino, Grant Writer
DATE: 01/12/23
SUBJECT:
Request approval to accept agreement number 54368-0001 between the Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) & the City of Aurora for the Corridor Improvements Grant for the IT Department.
PURPOSE:
The Corridor Improvements Grant will be used to install security cameras and license plate readers on city-owned posts and along city-owned sidewalks.
BACKGROUND:
Following civil unrest on May 31, 2020, the Aurora Police Department and the IT Department identified areas of the city to place additional cameras and upgrade the existing camera inventory. A grant proposal was developed and submitted to the State of Illinois' Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity under the Rebuild Distressed Communities Grant Program requesting funding to install cameras and license plate readers in the strategically identified locations. The State of Illinois subsequently contracted with LISC to administer the Rebuild Distressed Communities Grant Program.
DISCUSSION:
The new cameras will increase the city's safety and security by providing surveillance coverage to support investigations and prosecutions. In areas with outdated cameras, the new equipment will provide higher-resolution images. The project will be managed by Scientel Solutions with oversight by the IT Department. Scientel Solutions was awarded the contract to maintain and manage the City's security camera network as approved in Resolution 21-135 in June of 2021.
Expenditures under this grant will follow the city's procurement requirements as well as the bondable requirements set by the Rebuild Illinois Program and all applicable state or federal regulations.
The grant provides 100% of the funding for the project and there is no local cost match involved with the project. The following expense accounts will be used for this grant:
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