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TO: Mayor Richard C. Irvin
FROM: Bryan Handell, Commander, Bureau of Support Services
Michael Pegues, CIO
DATE: 02/05/2024
SUBJECT:
Request approval to accept additional monies received from the Corridor Improvements Grant and award those monies to Scientel Solutions LLC., 2021 N Eola Rd, Aurora, IL 60502 for an amount not to exceed $251,592.15.
PURPOSE:
The City submitted an application for the Corridor Improvements Grant in 2021 and was awarded $1,200,000.00 in 2023. Since the time of the application, equipment and labor costs have increased significantly. Due to these increases, city staff asked for and was awarded an additional $251,592.15 by the Illinois Department of Commerce & Economic Opportunity (DCEO).
This resolution seeks to award these additional monies to Scientel Solutions LLC ("Scientel") to complete the projects agreed upon in R23-070. With the additional monies of $251,592.15, this will bring the total amount of the award to $1,451,592.15.
BACKGROUND:
The Corridor Improvements Grant was awarded to the City and accepted via resolution R23-010. Resolution R23-070 awarded the work to be completed to Scientel.
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 (DCEO) 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. This grant was awarded to the City and was accepted via resolution R23-010.
DISCUSSION:
During delivery and implementation of the items agreed upon in R23-070, cost increases were experienced due to the gap in time from the applicat...
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