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TO: Mayor Richard C. Irvin and City Council
FROM: Deborah Lang, Assistant Corporation Counsel on behalf of the Aurora Police Department
DATE: August 30, 2019
SUBJECT:
The Aurora Police Department is requesting an approval of this resolution to allow them to accept a donation from First Student of a school bus.
PURPOSE:
This resolution would allow the Aurora Police Department, through the Police Chief or her designee, to accept a donation of a school bus by First Student and complete the appropriate paperwork to accept the donation.
BACKGROUND:
Occasionally, the Aurora Police Department rents school buses to send officers to tactical training. In doing so recently, First Student offered to donate a working used school bus to the Aurora Police Department.
DISCUSSION:
First Student is requesting a letter from the Aurora Police Department stating that they would accept their donation of the used school bus. First Student may need additional paperwork completed by the Aurora Police Department to complete the donation. By having the resolution, it will allow the Police Chief or her designee, to complete any additional paperwork that would facilitate the transfer of the school bus from Frist Student to the Aurora Police Department. The school bus would be used to take officers to trainings and used for other law enforcement needs.
IMPACT STATEMENT:
The school bus will be donated by First Student and the Aurora Police Department will not have to pay for the bus. There will be minimal cost to transfer the title and plates to the City of Aurora.
RECOMMENDATIONS:
The Aurora Police Department is requesting that the Committee of the Whole approve the resolution and allow the Chief of Police or her designee to complete the appropriate paperwork to accept the school bus from First Student.
CITY OF AURORA, ILLINOIS
RESOLUTION NO. _________
DATE OF PASSAGE ________________
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A Resolution authorizing the police department to accept the donation of a ...
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