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TO: Mayor Richard C. Irvin
FROM: Katrina Boatright, Senior and Disability Services Manager
DATE: April 23, 2024
SUBJECT:
A Resolution awarding West Hauling and Landscaping, Beary Landscape Management and Tavarez and Sons Lawn Care, IL as the 2024 contractors, with a possible 2-year extension, for Lawn Mowing Services (as a part of the Special Lawn Mowing Support program) within the City of Aurora Illinois.
PURPOSE:
To obtain City Council approval for West Hauling and Landscaping, Beary Landscape Management and Tavarez and Sons Lawn Care serve as the contractors for the Special Lawn Mowing Support Program which provides these services for eligible seniors (62 and over) and individuals living with disabilities.
BACKGROUND:
Senior and Disability Services is responsible for identifying gaps in services/resources for our seniors and individuals living with disabilities, then producing innovative ways to provide supplementary solutions to enhance their life and legacy as residents in the City of Aurora. During the 12 stop Senior Listening tour, lawn mowing support was identified as a significant need amongst this population, and this is our response to this identified need. In 2022 we piloted this program serving 50 residents. Each year we grow the program by 25 additional residents. In 2023, the program was scaled to serve 75 residents and this year we are serving 100 residents. Program details are attached (Attachment 5).
DISCUSSION:
A formal bid request was sent out to identify contractors to provide lawn mowing services for the 100 eligible private residential properties within the City of Aurora, Illinois. We received responses from the following 4 responsible bidders: Beary Landscape Management, Guardian Asphalt Protection and Maintenance, Tavarez and Sons Lawn Care, and West Hauling and Landscaping. West Hauling and Landscaping, Beary Landscape Management and Tavarez and Sons Lawn Care were the lowest bidders based on the lowest cost over 3 years f...
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