Infrastructure and Technology Committee
Regular MeetingAurora, IL · June 12, 2023
Minutes
City Hall - Fifth Floor
City of Aurora
44 E. Downer Place
Aurora, IL 60507
Infrastructure and Technology
Committee
Meeting Minutes - Final
Monday
June 12, 2023
4:00 PM
Chairperson Juany Garza
Vice Chair Ted Mesiacos
Alderman John Laesch
Alderman Mike Saville
Alderman Emmanuel Llamas
Members of the public wishing to provide public comment for this meeting must be
physically present at the meeting and registered to speak prior to the meeting being
called to order. Please contact the Aldermen’s office at (630) 256-3020 with
questions.
CALL TO ORDER
Chairperson Garza called the meeting to order at 4PM.
ROLL CALL
Present: 4 - Chairperson Juany Garza, Alderman John Laesch, Alderman Mike Saville
and Alderman Emmanuel Llamas
Absent: 1 - Vice Chair Ted Mesiacos
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
23-0423 Approval of the minutes from the Infrastructure and Technology
Committee meeting held on May 22, 2023 .
A motion was made by Alderman Saville, seconded by Alderman Llamas, that
this agenda item be accepted and filed. The motion carried.
Ayes: 4
PUBLIC COMMENT
AGENDA
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23-0402 A Resolution approving the purchase of 48 Tecton jury base armless
chairs and 40 Tecton chairs on casters from Group Management Office
Furniture of Aurora, Illinois , through the National Cooperative Purchasing
Alliance contract #07-116 in the amount of $58,967.40 .
Lt. Bill Rowley, Police Department
A motion was made by Alderman Laesch, seconded by Alderman Saville, that
this agenda item be recommended for approval. The motion carried.
Ayes: 4
23-0420 A Resolution authorizing the City to accept a grant award of $24,658 from
the Morton Arboretum for the 2023 Chicago Region Earmark Urban and
Community Forestry Support in the Chicago Region Grant Program with
the City to contribute matching funds of $8,261 to improve the forest
health of the downtown.
Abby Schuler, Downtown Services
A motion was made by Alderman Laesch, seconded by Alderman Llamas, that
this agenda item be recommended for approval. The motion carried.
Ayes: 4
23-0422 A Resolution authorizing the acceptance of the low bid from F.H.
Paschen, S.N. Nielsen & Associates LLC, for the renovation of the
Human Resources Department office for $683,500.00 plus a ten percent
(10%) project contingency amount of $68,350.00 .
Jim Birchell, Chief Public Facilities Officer; Guadalupe Gonzalez, Facilities
Maintenence
This Resolution was recommended for approval
23-0451 A Resolution to Award the contract for the 115-125 S. Fordham Avenue
and Lancaster Avenue Sanitary Sewer Improvements project to Stokes
Excavating, Inc. in the amount of one hundred sixty thousand, six hundred
eighty dollars and zero cents ($160,680.00).
Kurt Muth, Engineering
A motion was made by Alderman Laesch, seconded by Alderman Llamas, that
this agenda item be recommended for approval. The motion carried.
Ayes: 4
CLOSED SESSION
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ADJOURNMENT
A motion was made by Alderman Llamas, seconded by Alderman Saville, that
this meeting be adjourned. The motion carried. Chairperson Garza adjourned
the meeting at 4:14 PM.
Ayes: 4
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.
VISIT OUR WEB SITE FOR CURRENT AGENDAS -
https://www.aurora-il.org/985/City-Council-Agendas-Minutes
Any individual with a disability requesting a reasonable accommodation in order to
participate in a public meeting should contact the Aldermen's Office at least 48 hours
in advance of the scheduled meeting. The Aldermen's Office can be reached in
person at 60 E. Downer Place, Aurora Illinois, via telephone at 630-256-3020 or email
at aldermensoffice@aurora-il.org. Every effort will be made to allow for meeting
participation.
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Agenda
City Hall - Fifth Floor
City of Aurora
44 E. Downer Place
Aurora, IL 60507
Infrastructure and Technology
Committee
Agenda - Final Chairperson Juany Garza
Vice Chair Ted Mesiacos
Monday Alderman John Laesch
Alderman Mike Saville
June 12, 2023 Alderman Emmanuel Llamas
4:00 PM
Members of the public wishing to provide public comment for this meeting must be
physically present at the meeting and registered to speak prior to the meeting being
called to order. Please contact the Aldermen’s office at (630) 256-3020 with
questions.
CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
23-0423 Approval of the minutes from the Infrastructure and Technology Committee
meeting held on May 22, 2023 .
PUBLIC COMMENT
AGENDA
23-0402 A Resolution approving the purchase of 48 Tecton jury base armless chairs and 40
Tecton chairs on casters from Group Management Office Furniture of Aurora,
Illinois, through the National Cooperative Purchasing Alliance contract #07-116 in
the amount of $58,967.40 .
23-0420 A Resolution authorizing the City to accept a grant award of $24,658 from the
Morton Arboretum for the 2023 Chicago Region Earmark Urban and Community
Forestry Support in the Chicago Region Grant Program with the City to contribute
matching funds of $8,261 to improve the forest health of the downtown.
23-0422 A Resolution authorizing the acceptance of the low bid from F.H. Paschen, S.N.
Nielsen & Associates LLC, for the renovation of the Human Resources
Department office for $683,500.00 plus a ten percent (10%) project contingency
amount of $68,350.00 .
23-0451 A Resolution to Award the contract for the 115-125 S. Fordham Avenue and
Lancaster Avenue Sanitary Sewer Improvements project to Stokes Excavating,
Inc. in the amount of one hundred sixty thousand, six hundred eighty dollars and
zero cents ($160,680.00).
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CLOSED SESSION
ADJOURNMENT
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.
VISIT OUR WEB SITE FOR CURRENT AGENDAS -
https://www.aurora-il.org/985/City-Council-Agendas-Minutes
Any individual with a disability requesting a reasonable accommodation in order to
participate in a public meeting should contact the Aldermen's Office at least 48 hours
in advance of the scheduled meeting. The Aldermen's Office can be reached in
person at 60 E. Downer Place, Aurora Illinois, via telephone at 630-256-3020 or email
at aldermensoffice@aurora-il.org. Every effort will be made to allow for meeting
participation.
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