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Committee of the Whole Meeting Minutes — December 15, 2015

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Aurora Committee of the Whole (Dec. 15, 2015) reviewed reports from Planning & Development, Finance, Government Operations, Buildings/Grounds & Infrastructure committees; placed numerous items on the consent agenda; addressed tax levy ordinances; approved major purchases and contracts including an Intergraph CAD/RMS system, City Hall elevator modernization, and the Eola Road federal participation agreement; and approved historic preservation grants and various contract awards.

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Approved minutes of the Committee of the Whole meeting held December 1, 2015.
Placed on consent and enacted O15-103: Special Use Revision to extend use of six modular classroom units at 85 S. Constitution Drive until July 31, 2016.
Placed on consent and enacted O15-104: Rezoning of property at 232 Plum Street from R-4 Two Family Dwelling to R-3 One Family Dwelling.
Approved historic preservation grant agreements for properties at 113 S. 4th Street (R15-344), 169 S. Lincoln Avenue (R15-345), 238 Lawndale Avenue (R15-347), and 418 Grand Avenue (R15-352).
Approved City Hall elevator modernization from F.H. Paschen/S.N. Nielsen in the amount of $158,265.84 (R15-333).
Authorized continued services of civilian fingerprint analysts Julie Smith and Gina Minetti as contractual consultants for the Aurora Police Department (R15-334).
Placed tax levy ordinances on unfinished business: general City tax levy (O15-106) and Library Fund tax levy (O15-107); enacted ordinance authorizing abatement of general obligation bond tax levies (O15-105) on consent.
Authorized purchase of nine Masimo RAD-57 carbon monoxide monitors for the Fire Department ($48,122.95) (R15-336).
Approved purchase of a used 2012 Ford F550 with Altec aerial bucket for Electrical Maintenance ($48,000) (R15-337).
Approved agreement with Accela, Inc. for PublicStuff CRM (annual $27,000; one-time $6,000 data conversion) (R15-338).
Approved award for City Clerk office remodel and HVAC upgrades to R.C. Wegman Construction Company ($129,000 plus 10% contingency) (R15-341).
Adopted unit price bids for purchase of various water and sewer repair materials (R15-342).
Approved janitorial contract awards effective January 1, 2016 (R15-343).
Authorized purchase of excess liability and cyber liability insurance for Dec 31, 2015–Dec 31, 2016 (R15-348) and renewal purchases for other insurance lines (R15-350).
Authorized Local Agency Agreement for Federal Participation, construction engineering agreement with HR Green, and appropriation of Motor Fuel Tax funds for Eola Road Reconstruction — Montgomery to 87th Street (R15-349).
Authorized Intergraph CAD and RMS and Xerox Firehouse RMS systems purchase not to exceed $5,288,000, including signatory authority for related contracts (R15-353).
Authorized Presence Saint Joseph Hospital to provide an Employee Assistance Program for Jan 1, 2015–Dec 31, 2016 (R15-357).
Authorized execution of a land purchase contract for vacant property at the southeast corner of New York and River Street (PIN 15-22-302-020) (R15-358).
Authorized agreement in support of the Aurora Area Convention and Visitors Bureau through the Hotel Operators' Occupation Tax (R15-359).
Approved resolutions superseding previous salary and benefit plans for Non-Exempt and Executive Pay Plans (R15-360, R15-361).
Established maximum numbers for Class E and Class F liquor licenses (R15-339, R15-340) and enacted an ordinance amending Criminal Nuisance Abatement (O15-108).
Accepted improvements and maintenance/security waivers for Kingdom Impact Center (R15-354), Gillerson's Grubbery (R15-355), and accepted improvements/maintenance security for the Enbridge Pipeline Project (R15-356).
Placed on consent and approved a Memorandum of Understanding for future creation of a Joint Emergency Telephone System Board between the City of Aurora and the City of Naperville (R15-335).
Adjourned the meeting at 6:39 p.m.

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