Committee of the Whole
Regular MeetingAurora, IL · October 15, 2019
Minutes
City Hall - 2nd Floor
City of Aurora Council Chambers
44 East Downer Place
Aurora, IL
Committee of the Whole
Meeting Minutes - Final
Tuesday
October 15, 2019
5:00 PM
Please note that the Committee of the Whole Meeting location changed for this meeting
only to Council Chambers, 2nd floor of City Hall.
ROLL CALL
Mayor Irvin called the meeting to order at 5:04 p.m. and the roll was called.
Present 12 - Alderman Emmanuel Llamas, Alderman Juany Garza, Alderman Ted
Mesiacos, Alderman Bill Donnell, Alderman Carl Franco, Alderman Mike
Saville, Alderman Scheketa Hart-Burns , Alderman Patty Smith, Alderman
Edward Bugg, Alderman Sherman Jenkins, Alderman Bob O'Connor, and
Mayor Richard Irvin
Absent 1 - Alderman Judd Lofchie
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF TUESDAY OCTOBER 1, 2019
19-0896 Approval of the Tuesday, October 1, 2019 Committee of the Whole
Minutes.
A motion was made by Alderman Hart Burns, seconded by Alderman Jenkins
to approve and file the minutes as presented.
PUBLIC COMMENT
Clerk Voigt read a statement regarding public comment and the following
individuals addressed the Committee of the Whole:
Anthony Marisco - Support of Cannabis Text Amendment
Tzuyi Wang - Opposition of Cannabis Text Amendment
Ricky Wang - Opposition of Cannabis Text Amendment
Bruce Goldsmith - Cannabis Text Amendment, Representing Social Equity
Applicant
Lihua Zhao - Opposition of Cannabis Text Amendment
Yan Birkett - Opposition of Cannabis Text Amendment
PRESENTATIONS
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REPORT OF THE
BUILDING, ZONING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE
The Building, Zoning and Economic Development Committee Met On October 9, 2019
and Reviewed the Following Items:
19-0766 A Resolution authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to execute an Agency
Agreement with the State of Illinois Department of Transportation,
Division of Aeronautics and a not-to-exceed agreement for Construction
Phase Engineering Services in the amount of $ 87,100 between
Crawford, Murphy & Tilly, Inc. and the City of Aurora for the Phase 2
Airfield Pavement Rehabilitation Project ARR 4648. This resolution also
authorizes the Mayor and City Clerk to execute a not-to-exceed contract
in the amount of $85,000 with the awarded contractor (pending the
signing of the Agency Agreement attached) for Project ARR 4648 for the
purposes of making repairs on runway 18-36 at the Aurora Municipal
Airport.
(PLACED ON CONSENT AGENDA)
19-0872 An Ordinance Approving a Text Amendment to Ordinance Number 3100,
being the Aurora Zoning Ordinance to modify certain portions being
Section 3.3 Definitions, Section 4.3 Special Uses & Structures and Table
One: Use Categories
Ed Sieben, Director of Zoning, Tracey Vacek, Senior Planner and Deb Lang, Assistant
Corporation Counsel presented briefly on this item and answered questions from the
City Council.
(PLACED ON UNFINISHED BUSINESS)
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REPORT OF THE
FINANCE COMMITTEE
TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE
The Finance Committee Met On October 10, 2019 and Reviewed the Following
Items:
19-0874 An Ordinance Deleting Certain Property from the Redevelopment Project
Area for
City of Aurora Downtown Tax Increment Financing District No. 1 .
(PLACED ON CONSENT AGENDA)
19-0910 A Resolution with Respect to the Potential Reimbursement of Eligible
Costs in a Possible Tax Increment Finance District (TIF) and to Induce
Development Interest within the Fox Valley Mall area .
(PLACED ON CONSENT AGENDA)
19-0875 A Resolution Ratification to Approve payment to Tavarez and Son's Lawn
Care for removal of junk and trash services through code violation for the
remainder of 2019.
(PLACED ON CONSENT AGENDA)
19-0900 A Resolution to purchase eighteen (18) Narcbox locking narcotic storage
safes and software subscriptions from ESO Solutions of Austin, TX for
$30,150.00.
(PLACED ON CONSENT AGENDA)
19-0906 A Resolution to enter into an intergovernmental agreement (IGA) between
the City of Aurora and the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family
Services.
(PLACED ON CONSENT AGENDA)
19-0885 A Resolution authorizing the execution of an agreement with Progressive
Energy Group, for the provision of Energy Agent Consulting Services.
Chuck Nelson, Deputy Mayor, presented briefly on this item.
(PLACED ON CONSENT AGENDA)
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19-0921 A Resolution authorizing the execution of an agreement with Progressive
Energy Group, for the provision of Electricity Aggregation Consulting
Services.
Chuck Nelson, Deputy Mayor, presented briefly on this item, answered questions from
the City Council and introduced company representatives.
(PLACED ON CONSENT AGENDA)
19-0888 A Resolution to Approve Change Order #1 to Martam Construction, Inc.,
1200 Gasket Drive, Elgin, IL 60120 in the amount of $99 ,390.00 for the
Construction Contract at Benton and Stolp .
(PLACED ON CONSENT AGENDA)
19-0890 A Resolution authorizing the use of $3.0 million in Line of Credit Funding
for the Hobbs Redevelopment Project.
(PLACED ON CONSENT AGENDA)
19-0898 A Resolution Ratification for payment for the remainder of 2019 to R.
Riley Lawn & Snow Service for lawn maintenance of the Central Business
District, not to exceed $35 ,000.
(PLACED ON CONSENT AGENDA)
REPORT OF THE
PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY AND TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE
TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE
The Public Health, Safety and Transportation Committee Met On October 8, 2019 and
Reviewed the Following Items:
19-0893 A Resolution establishing the maximum number of Class E City of Aurora
liquor licenses (unofficially related to application from: Chili’s Grill & Bar,
1290 N. Orchard Rd., Aurora, IL 60506).
(PLACED ON CONSENT AGENDA)
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REPORT OF THE
INFRASTRUCTURE & TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE
TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE
The Infrastructure & Technology Committee Met On October 7, 2019 and Reviewed the
Following Items:
19-0848 A Resolution authorizing the Director of Purchasing to purchase a new
22' full frame dump trailer from Iloca Services Inc., 9S104 Frontenac
Street, Aurora, IL for the Water and Sewer Maintenance Division.
(PLACED ON CONSENT AGENDA)
19-0862 A Resolution approving the purchase of Automatic License Plate
Recognition (ALPR) components, maintenance, installation and training
services from CDW-G, LLC, for an amount not to exceed $92,931.39 as
well as a software interface to CentralSquare's Case Management
software from Quatred, LLC, for an amount not to exceed $20,400, for a
total award not to exceed $113,331.39 ..
(PLACED ON CONSENT AGENDA)
19-0864 A Resolution approving the renewal of the contract agreements with
AT&T for contracts that expire on 10-04-2019 in the amount of
$36,584.24.
(PLACED ON CONSENT AGENDA)
19-0882 A Resolution approving the 2019 Sanitary Sewer Root Control project
with Duke's Root Control, Inc., 1020 Hiawatha Blvd. West, Syracuse, NY
13204, in the amount of one hundred four thousand, six hundred thirty-six
dollars and thirteen cents ($104,930.00).
(PLACED ON CONSENT AGENDA)
19-0887 A Resolution awarding Meade , Inc. the low joint bid for the two year
citywide Traffic Signal and Street Light Maintenance contract .
(PLACED ON CONSENT AGENDA)
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REPORT OF THE RULES, ADMINISTRATION AND PROCEDURES COMMITTEE
The Rules, Administration and Procedure Committee Met On October 1, 2019 and
Reviewed the Following Items:
19-0867 A Resolution authorizing the City Clerk to maintain all original copies of
leases involving City property .
(PLACED ON CONSENT AGENDA)
19-0876 A Resolution Appointing Nelson Santos and Reappointing Guy Lieser,
Scott Fank and Jim Armbruster to the Aurora Municipal Airport Advisory
Board.
(PLACED ON CONSENT AGENDA)
19-0884 An Ordinance amending Section 29, Article IV, Division 2 of the City
Code relating to gambling offenses .
(PLACED ON CONSENT AGENDA)
NEW BUSINESS FOR CONSIDERATION AT THE SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING
19-0933 A motion authorizing the Corporation Counsel to resolve the matter of
Rozsavolgyi v. the City of Aurora, Case No. 14 L 49 , pending in the
Circuit Court of the Sixteenth Judicial Circuit through the negotiation and
execution of a settlement agreement on behalf of the City .
(PLACED ON CONSENT AGENDA)
19-0937 A Resolution authorizing the acquisition of the real property located at
104 S. Lincoln Ave., Aurora, Illinois .
Rick Veenstra, Corporation Counsel spoke briefly on this item and answered questions
from the City Council.
(PLACED ON CONSENT AGENDA)
19-0938 An Ordinance to ratify an emergency demolition contract with Alpine
Demolition Services LLC. for Demolition of the Masonic Temple at 104
S. Lincoln Av 60505.
John Curley, Chief Development Officer, presented briefly on this item and answered
questions from the City Council.
(PLACED ON CONSENT AGENDA)
MAYOR’S REPORT
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STAFF REPORT
REQUESTS AND REFERRALS
CLOSED SESSION
ADJOURN
A motion was made by Alderman Hart-Burns, seconded by Alderman Saville to
adjourn the meeting. The motion carried by a voice vote and the meeting
adjourned at 6:17 p.m.
____________________________________
Alex Voigt, City Clerk
THIS MEETING AGENDA SHALL ALSO SERVE AS NOTICE THAT A MAJORITY OF A
QUORUM OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AURORA, ILLINOIS MAY ATTEND OR
PARTICIPATE IN THIS COMMITTEE MEETING. NO OFFICIAL ACTION OF THE CITY
COUNCIL SHALL OCCUR AT THIS COMMITTEE MEETING. MINUTES OF THE
COMMITTEE MEETING SHALL CONSTITUTE THE OFFICIAL RECORD OF THE
COMMITTEE MEETING AND ANY MEETING OF THE MAJORITY OF THE QUORUM OF
THE CITY COUNCIL OCCURRING AT THE SAME TIME AND LOCATION.
Any individual with a disability requesting a reasonable accommodation in order to
participate in a public meeting should contact the City Clerk’s Office at least 48 hours in
advance of the scheduled meeting. The City Clerk’s Office can be reached in person at
44 E. Downer Place, Aurora Illinois, via telephone at 630-256-3070 ), or via e-mail at
cityclerk@aurora-il.org. Every effort will be made to allow for meeting participation.
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Agenda
City Hall - 2nd Floor Council
City of Aurora Chambers
44 East Downer Place
Aurora, IL
Committee of the Whole
Agenda - Final
Tuesday
October 15, 2019
5:00 PM
Please note that the Committee of the Whole Meeting location has changed and will be
held at City Hall - 2nd Floor Council Chambers
ROLL CALL
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF TUESDAY OCTOBER 1, 2019
19-0896 Approval of the Tuesday, October 1, 2019 Committee of the Whole Minutes.
PUBLIC COMMENT
PRESENTATIONS
REPORT OF THE
BUILDING, ZONING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE
The Building, Zoning and Economic Development Committee Met On October 9, 2019
and Reviewed the Following Items:
19-0766 A Resolution authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to execute an Agency
Agreement with the State of Illinois Department of Transportation, Division of
Aeronautics and a not-to-exceed agreement for Construction Phase Engineering
Services in the amount of $ 87,100 between Crawford, Murphy & Tilly, Inc. and the
City of Aurora for the Phase 2 Airfield Pavement Rehabilitation Project ARR 4648.
This resolution also authorizes the Mayor and City Clerk to execute a
not-to-exceed contract in the amount of $85,000 with the awarded contractor
(pending the signing of the Agency Agreement attached) for Project ARR 4648 for
the purposes of making repairs on runway 18-36 at the Aurora Municipal Airport.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED: APPROVAL 5-0
19-0872 An Ordinance Approving a Text Amendment to Ordinance Number 3100, being
the Aurora Zoning Ordinance to modify certain portions being Section 3.3
Definitions, Section 4.3 Special Uses & Structures and Table One: Use
Categories
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED: APPROVAL 4-1
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REPORT OF THE
FINANCE COMMITTEE
TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE
The Finance Committee Met On October 10, 2019 and Reviewed the Following Items:
19-0874 An Ordinance Deleting Certain Property from the Redevelopment Project Area for
City of Aurora Downtown Tax Increment Financing District No. 1 .
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED: APPROVAL 4-0
19-0910 A Resolution with Respect to the Potential Reimbursement of Eligible Costs in a
Possible Tax Increment Finance District (TIF) and to Induce Development Interest
within the Fox Valley Mall area .
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED: APPROVAL 4-0
19-0875 A Resolution Ratification to Approve payment to Tavarez and Son's Lawn Care for
removal of junk and trash services through code violation for the remainder of
2019.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED: APPROVAL 4-0
19-0900 A Resolution to purchase eighteen (18) Narcbox locking narcotic storage safes
and software subscriptions from ESO Solutions of Austin, TX for $30,150.00.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED: APPROVAL 4-0
19-0906 A Resolution to enter into an intergovernmental agreement (IGA) between the City
of Aurora and the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services .
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED: APPROVAL 4-0
19-0885 A Resolution authorizing the execution of an agreement with Progressive Energy
Group, for the provision of Energy Agent Consulting Services.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED: APPROVAL 4-0
19-0921 A Resolution authorizing the execution of an agreement with Progressive Energy
Group, for the provision of Electricity Aggregation Consulting Services .
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED: APPROVAL 4-0
19-0888 A Resolution to Approve Change Order #1 to Martam Construction, Inc., 1200
Gasket Drive, Elgin, IL 60120 in the amount of $99 ,390.00 for the Construction
Contract at Benton and Stolp .
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED: APPROVAL 4-0
19-0890 A Resolution authorizing the use of $3.0 million in Line of Credit Funding for the
Hobbs Redevelopment Project.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED: APPROVAL 4-0
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19-0898 A Resolution Ratification for payment for the remainder of 2019 to R. Riley Lawn &
Snow Service for lawn maintenance of the Central Business District, not to exceed
$35,000.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED: APPROVAL 4-0
REPORT OF THE
PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY AND TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE
TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE
The Public Health, Safety and Transportation Committee Met On October 8, 2019 and
Reviewed the Following Items:
19-0893 A Resolution establishing the maximum number of Class E City of Aurora liquor
licenses (unofficially related to application from: Chili’s Grill & Bar, 1290 N.
Orchard Rd., Aurora, IL 60506).
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED: APPROVAL 5-0
REPORT OF THE
INFRASTRUCTURE & TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE
TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE
The Infrastructure & Technology Committee Met On October 7, 2019 and Reviewed the
Following Items:
19-0848 A Resolution authorizing the Director of Purchasing to purchase a new 22' full
frame dump trailer from Iloca Services Inc., 9S104 Frontenac Street, Aurora, IL for
the Water and Sewer Maintenance Division.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED: APPROVAL 5-0
19-0862 A Resolution approving the purchase of Automatic License Plate Recognition
(ALPR) components, maintenance, installation and training services from CDW-G,
LLC, for an amount not to exceed $92,931.39 as well as a software interface to
CentralSquare's Case Management software from Quatred, LLC, for an amount
not to exceed $20,400, for a total award not to exceed $113,331.39 ..
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED: APPROVAL 5-0
19-0864 A Resolution approving the renewal of the contract agreements with AT&T for
contracts that expire on 10-04-2019 in the amount of $36,584.24 .
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED: APPROVAL 5-0
19-0882 A Resolution approving the 2019 Sanitary Sewer Root Control project with Duke's
Root Control, Inc., 1020 Hiawatha Blvd. West, Syracuse, NY 13204, in the amount
of one hundred four thousand, six hundred thirty-six dollars and thirteen cents
($104,930.00).
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED: APPROVAL 5-0
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19-0887 A Resolution awarding Meade , Inc. the low joint bid for the two year citywide Traffic
Signal and Street Light Maintenance contract .
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED: APPROVAL 5-0
REPORT OF THE RULES, ADMINISTRATION AND PROCEDURES COMMITTEE
The Rules, Administration and Procedure Committee Met On October 1, 2019 and
Reviewed the Following Items:
19-0867 A Resolution authorizing the City Clerk to maintain all original copies of leases
involving City property .
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED: APPROVAL 4-0
19-0876 A Resolution Appointing Nelson Santos and Reappointing Guy Lieser, Scott Fank
and Jim Armbruster to the Aurora Municipal Airport Advisory Board .
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED: APPROVAL 4-0
19-0884 An Ordinance amending Section 29, Article IV, Division 2 of the City Code relating
to gambling offenses .
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED: APPROVAL 4-0
NEW BUSINESS FOR CONSIDERATION AT THE SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING
19-0933 A motion authorizing the Corporation Counsel to resolve the matter of Rozsavolgyi
v. the City of Aurora, Case No. 14 L 49 , pending in the Circuit Court of the
Sixteenth Judicial Circuit through the negotiation and execution of a settlement
agreement on behalf of the City .
19-0937 A Resolution authorizing the acquisition of the real property located at 104 S.
Lincoln Ave., Aurora, Illinois .
19-0938 An Ordinance to ratify an emergency demolition contract with Alpine Demolition
Services LLC. for Demolition of the Masonic Temple at 104 S. Lincoln Av 60505.
MAYOR’S REPORT
STAFF REPORT
REQUESTS AND REFERRALS
CLOSED SESSION
ADJOURN
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THIS MEETING AGENDA SHALL ALSO SERVE AS NOTICE THAT A MAJORITY OF A
QUORUM OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AURORA, ILLINOIS MAY ATTEND
OR PARTICIPATE IN THIS COMMITTEE MEETING. NO OFFICIAL ACTION OF THE CITY
COUNCIL SHALL OCCUR AT THIS COMMITTEE MEETING. MINUTES OF THE
COMMITTEE MEETING SHALL CONSTITUTE THE OFFICIAL RECORD OF THE
COMMITTEE MEETING AND ANY MEETING OF THE MAJORITY OF THE QUORUM OF
THE CITY COUNCIL OCCURRING AT THE SAME TIME AND LOCATION.
Any individual with a disability requesting a reasonable accommodation in order to
participate in a public meeting should contact the City Clerk’s Office at least 48 hours in
advance of the scheduled meeting. The City Clerk’s Office can be reached in person at
44 E. Downer Place, Aurora Illinois, via telephone at 630-256-3070 ), or via e-mail at
cityclerk@aurora-il.org. Every effort will be made to allow for meeting participation.
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