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TO: Mayor Richard C Irvin
FROM: Lt. W. Hull, Lt. E. Westrom and Sgt. M Worcester
DATE: 12/07/2020
SUBJECT:
A resolution to accept quotes from Ellis Systems (Woltergroup, LLC), 490 W. North Frontage Rd, Bolingbrook, IL 60440 to purchase handgun storage expansion shelving, long gun expansion and reconfiguration shelving, and bulk storage expansion and reconfiguration for the Aurora Police Department.
PURPOSE:
To purchase storage shelving and installation services to complete a storage expansion project for the Aurora Police Department's long term evidence storage facility. Ellis Systems was the original vendor who supplied and installed the shelving and storage units in evidence and is the sole source provider for this specific storage units. In addition, purchasing from Ellis Systems will ensure the new storage units will be compatible with the old.
BACKGROUND:
Currently, the Aurora Police Department houses nearly a quarter of a million items of evidence in the secured evidence storage facility. This facility is broken down into two separate areas where items of evidence are generally organized by the need for security. The main storage area houses long term evidence, felony and misdemeanor evidence, traffic investigation evidence, non-criminal related evidence, bulk item storage, and administrative storage. A separated evidence vault room is located within the main storage area where firearms, drugs, and currency are stored.
When the evidence storage facility was originally built, it was designed for expansion; as we knew the storage vaults and shelves would eventually fill up. This is due to more and more requests from county prosecutors as well as changes in the law to store more evidentiary items for longer periods of time. The current evidence vault storage is nearing capacity and the inventoried handguns are intermixed with the drug item storage. Also, the only current bulk storage racks are located in the evidence vault, which takes up valua...
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