City Council - Regular Meeting

This meeting of the Aurora City Council for April 28th, 2026 is hereby called to order at 6:02 p.m. I'll ask the clerk to please call the role. Alderman Barero here. Alderwoman Garza here. Alderman Masakos present. Alderman Nunes here. Alderman Franco here. Alderman Seville here. Alderman Benuelos here. Alderwoman Smith here. Alderman Bug here. Alderwoman Bade here. Alderman Larson here. Alderman White here. Mayor Lash is present. Thank you, Madam Clerk. Is there a motion to approve the appointment of the sergeant-at-arms for this meeting? Second. Motion was made by Alderwoman Smith, second by Alderwoman Garza. All those in favor? I. Any opposed?

Motion carries by voice vote. Uh next uh in honor of seek awareness and appreciation month tonight's pledge of allegiance will be led by fe vir Singh and Ajuni Singh. If you guys want to just come on up here To the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

Thank you both.

Next, we'll move to the mayor's report. Good evening everyone. Tony Martinez, chief communication and marketing officer. Tonight we have two special recognitions. Um and starting with tonight we're going to recognize the National Seek Awareness and Appreciation Month. So at this time we'd like to invite the members of the Aurora Seek community um to join Mayor John Lash as he reads out the official proclamation. We have members of our community. Please make your way up to stage there in the center. Mayor John Lash will read the proclamation here this evening. After the proclamation, we are going to be inviting fifth grader for Washington Junior High School, Zoya Core, to speak more about what this month means to her and the seek community. Get everybody. So I wanted to just begin by saying thanks to all the members of the community for coming out. Uh I did this at the temple in but uh I know that many of you have also been volunteering and our homeless shelter feeding people which is a big part of your further ado change out the microphone start over. Whereas seikhs have been living in the

United States for more than 120 years. And during the early 20th century, thousands of seek Americans worked on farms, in lumber mills and mines, and on the Oregon Pacific and Eastern Railroad. And whereas seekism is the fifth largest religion in the world. And today there are more than 25 million seeks worldwide, an estimated half million seek Americans and 25,000 seeks living in the state of Illinois. And whereas seek Americans pursue diverse professions and make rich contributions to the social social, cultural and economic vibrancy of the United States and Aurora is committed to the community service and civic partnerships efforts of our growing SE community as its members greatly contribute to the city's strength, diversity, and inclusivity. And whereas the city of Aurora encourages all our residents to take the opportunity to better understand, recognize, and appreciate the rich history and shared experiences of seek Americans. Now, therefore, I, Mayor John Lash, do hereby proclaim April as National Seek awareness and appreciation month in the city of Aurora, Illinois, and encourage all residents to get to know the seek neighbors throughout the year. All right, everyone squeeze in for me. Ready? One, two, and three. Big smile.

Oh yes. Now we have Zoya, a fifth grader from Washington Junior High School to speak a little bit more about this month and what it means for her and the SE community. Good evening, mayor and members of the city city council. Thank you so much for inviting me to speak here today. Um, seeks are people who believe in one god, equality, and helping others. Our guid meals are served to all. I am a seek girl who was born here. When I was younger, sometimes I felt different from others. I wasn't sure where I fit in. At school, some kids didn't understand my traditions. One time I brought pashad, a special suite we share to show kindness and gratitude. Some people thought it looked strange. I also wear a ka a steel bracelet on my right hand that always reminds me to do good and be kind. Some people ask questions and I felt uncomfortable. For years I tried to blend in. But I come to realize that our community is like a blanket of snow. From a distance, it looks the same. But if you take a magnifying glass and really look closer, we are all unique and different. This is why I'm so grateful to be standing here in Aurora. When the city invests in spreading awareness about sikism, you are building a home where no

child feels the need to hide who they are. By choosing to learn about our traditions, you have turned weird into wonderful and different into distinguished. Recognizing sick awareness month helps people learn, ask questions, and feel connected to one another. It helps kids like me feel seen, welcome, and proud of who they are. Thank you, Aurora, for showing us that we don't have to choose between our worlds. We can bring them together and create a stronger, more colorful community for everyone. Thank you, Father Lord, great job. It's definitely not easy to stand in front of an audience and deliver that speech. Great job, Zoya. So, as we finish this portion, I'd like to we have a report uh by hearing from DRI core to share more information about the KSA aid in Illinois and all the great work they've done in our community. So to prove to your left,

thank you so much.

Okay. Thank you so much to the community here, um, the city of Aurora, Mayor John Lash for recognizing the people of the sick faith and allowing us to share a little bit more about Kalsa Aid. Growing up in and around this community, I'm honored today to be given the space not only for our people to be recognized, but also for being granted the privilege to speak on behalf of our organization, Kalsa Aid. Kalsa Aid is an international humanitarian aid and disaster relief organization. Our organization began in the UK and has made its way around the world. Kasa Aid functions on the sick principle of recognizing the whole human race as one. We aim to serve everyone regardless of who they are. All are welcome and we serve anyone who is in need. Uh if we could go to the next slide please. Thank you. Um the volunteer work that we do is called SVA. This is a main pillar essential pillar of Sikhism. SAVA is selfless service. The act of serving humanity without the expectation of award or recognition. SA can be performed through physical acts like serving food, mental enrichment such as education or something material like a financial donation. Since 2019, can we go to next? Thank you. Since 2019 in the US and since 2020, specifically in Illinois, our SA has been done to support underserved communities such as the homeless, survivors of domestic violence, children, and other other communities that are again just underserved or marginalized. A lot of the projects that we do are essentially for, you know, food pantry support, restocking shelves, making sure that kids for back to school have uh backpacks, school supplies, everything that you would need to go back, you know, start a new fresh school year. Hygiene care packs, Mother's Day care packs, winter items, jackets, clothes, uh gloves, hats, everything that you can think of that you would need in these harsh winters.

Here are some of the Saber projects that we have done with our Aurora neighbors. Um shout out to uh Grow with Jamaita who is here today to support us as well. Um but there's a lot of organizations within the Aurora neighborhood that or community um that helps our neighbors and we've been fortunate enough to be able to work with them and to support wherever that they may be unable to or wherever that they need a little bit more of a push to do so. So these are things that we've done in the past year, year and a half I would say uh since we've been able to plug into this community. Um but yeah, so please feel free to reach out uh if you would like to join as a volunteer, collaborate, or if you know of anyone who we should reach out to who may benefit from our SA. Thank you all so much for your time, support, and all of the amazing work that you all do for this community as well.

Thank you. Thank you. This is wonderful, sick community here we have here in the community of Aurora. So our final recognition tonight goes to multiple uh employees in our communications, marketing and special events department as well as our IT department. Um we were recognized by a granus for our really our transformation project of our website and our digital experience in our 311 customer service department here in the city of Aurora. So, at this time, I'd like to turn over to Kent Hartzfield that's here tonight on behalf of Granicus to give a little bit of a little bit more information about our Granicus recognition here this evening.

Hi, uh my name is Kent Hartsfield. I'm with Granicus. Uh we're proud to recognize John Zagloo and the city of Aurora as winners of the 15th annual Granicus Digital Government Awards. From over 6,000 customers worldwide, John was selected as one of three recipients of the Changemaker Award, which honors leaders who tackle challenges in new ways and deliver real results for their communities. John was instrumental in a city-wide transformation that has brought Aurora's website, engagement hub, and communications together into one seamless resident experience. John helped make it easier for residents to find information, ask qu questions, and stay connected with the city. He always kept accessibility, accountability, and community needs at the center of it all. The city also received the total government experience award recognizing a comprehensive approach to improving service delivery, mainly around 311. Like Tony mentioned, Aurora stood out for its focus on simplicity and usability, giving residents an easy, consistent way to access services, engage with the city. Internally, standardized tools and clear processes enable staff to work with more efficiency and deliver better services to residents. Congratulations, John, and the entire Aurora team on this well-deserved recognition and the positive impact you've made for the city of Aurora. Thank you, Kent. So, John Zagloo, our director of of communications, makes it his way down for the changemaker award from Granicus.

Now, I know why Tony's here reading things instead of you. I appreciate you coming all the way to recognize our staff and and uh certainly our website is that the front end that everybody sees and it looks much better. Um, but also want to recognize the people in the clerk's office, uh, mainly Sakoro and our city clerk, uh, uh, Jennifer Stallings for all the back-end training because everybody that uses Granicus has to go through training and these are the people that manage the system on the back end to keep all of our uh, everchanging board documents that the alderman read up and uh, refreshed and sometimes even getting updated on a Saturday or Sunday afternoon. Uh but for the award today, we're recognizing John uh for helping the city of Aurora win two Granica's digital government awards while modernizing the city's communications and engagement strategy, creating a modern digital ecosystem built for clarity, accessibility, and community connection. Thank you, John. You make Aurora proud. speech.

I could say I keep it quick. We'll keep it quick.

I just I just want to say thank you to uh the entire communications, marketing, and special events department. Um, you know, this was certainly a team effort and although this is an individual award, we obviously did win one for the organization at large and there's a reason why we did. It's because everybody in our department really played an integral role in getting this job done. We got 311 in the building over there. We got Christine and Ricky, they're going to be coming up here in just a moment. William Brown from the IT PMO, project management side. He'll be up here in a second as well. And uh, Franco Ooa, who could not be here, was an intern at the time. And really if it wasn't for his efforts, we would not have launched our new website, our new unified communication strategy in the short time period that we did. So it's truly a team effort and I'm honored and and humbled to be here and I'm appreciative of Granicus and certainly the entire city uh for for honoring me here tonight. Truly, this award is dedicated to you because at the end of the day, this uh this new project increased accessibility and engagement for everybody who lives here in the city of Aurora. So, you all deserve a round of applause because now you have better uh opportunities and ways to engage with our city. So, give yourself a round of applause. Great job, John. As John mentioned, this is a a team effort, right? So as we embarked on this journey a few years ago, two to three years ago of really selecting a website vendor, you know, going down the road and really trying to improve that resident experience and how residents interact with the city from the time of our front gateway from our website to 311 um and also our our email and texting platform. How do we make that as efficient as possible? And it really took a an entire team effort as John mentioned. So we would like to recognize the rest of the team really that made it possible and some of the metrics right as we as we look at streamlining things. You know before before we had a before we had the centralized system to being able to reach out to our community and and and you know our email database when we first started this project was around

8,500 residents that we send out an email to every um every week and or every month. Right now, our email database is over 155,000 residents. 155 e active emails with an average open rate of about 47%. So almost 50% of the emails that we send out every week are open by over almost 50% of the residents that we send out to. And that and that's just just one little data point and really it's a testament to this team effort. Um in addition to our increasing our our email database, we created your voice pages. So every alderman um on this das here has their individual ward pages that residents can go on see see up-to-date news on what's happening in their ward and they can communicate directly with their aldermen and alder women right and and really that just really creates a streamlined and more engaged process as we transform what we do here in the city of Aurora so without further ado I'd like to introduce of the rest of the team that really contributed to this effort at first I would like to introduce Christina Fatten our supervisor for our customer service 31 department. So, Christina Fatty,

and our manager of our 301 department, really integral piece of really getting our our software up and running, making sure that we have all the information, all the workflows and process. We have Ricky Benjamin.

Our last member that's here present is not from our department but is from our city of Aurora team. Um without this individual, without this project manager in our in the IT department, this project definitely would not have been completed the way it was. So, I'd like to introduce William Brown, the project manager from IT for this project, for his dedication and relentless time and effort in this project. It was a long project, but he saw it through. So, thank you, William.

All right, let's give him all a round of applause. Our communications, marketing, special events department. Let me get in on this picture, too. So, Yeah.

Also like to introduce our chief information officer, Sir Ram Thiagi. Guys, ready? One, two, three. Big smile.

And how about a round of applause for our chief communications and marketing officer as well, Tony Martinez.

He's our chief who makes it happen. Mayor, that concludes the report for this evening. Thanks, Tony. Uh we're going to go ahead with the regularly scheduled business. If uh those came just for the awards would like to uh leave, we'll give you just a minute. You're certainly welcome to stay if you would like. Uh but uh for those people that might have a a bedtime school tomorrow, uh you're welcome to leave. I'll do the mayor 13.

Okay. Next, we'll move to mayoral appointments. I'll ask clerk to please read the first agenda item under mayoral appointments. 2600045, a resolution authorizing the appointment of Ella Falstrom to the Civilian Review Board. Is there a motion to approve this resolution? Motion made by Alderman Seville. Second. Second by Alderman Franco. Are there any questions or discussions regarding this resolution? There being none, I'll ask clerk to please call the role. Ferrero, yes. Garza, yes. Messiakos, yes. Nunes, yes. Franco, yes. Seville, yes. Benuelos, yes. Smith, yes. Bog, yes. Bade, yes. Larson, yes. White, yes. 12, yes. Zero, no.

Motion carries. This resolution is adopted. Is Ella Falstrom here today? Okay, she's not here. We'll uh give her her certificate later. Uh I'll ask clerk, please read the name of the or the next agenda item. 260207 a resolution authorizing the appointment of Chelsea Ferguson, Erica Packer and Philip Vanlier and reappointment of Shawn Williams to the advisory commission on disabilities. Is there a motion to approve this resolution? So move second. Motion made by Alderwoman Garza, second by Alderman Seville. Are there any questions or discussions regarding this resolution? There being no further questions, will the clerk please call the role? Ferrero, yes. Garza, yes. Messiakos, yes. Nunes, yes. Franco, yes. Seville, yes. Benuelos,

yes. Smith, yes. Bug, yes. Bade, yes. Larson, yes. White, yes. 12, yes. Zero, no. Motion carries. This resolution is adopted. Uh, are Chelsea, Erica, Phillip, or Shawn here this evening? Let's please rise and let's give them a round of applause. We'll shoot a We got one more appointment, then we'll shoot a photo in just a minute. Okay. And I'll ask clerk to please read the last agenda item under mayoral appointments. 260209 a resolution authorizing the appointment of Jasm Singh and Rowendo Singh to the Indian American Community Outreach Advisory Board. Is there a motion to approve this resolution?

Uh motion made by Alderman Seville, second by Alderman Franco. Um any questions or discussions regarding these appointments? Hearing none, will the clerk please call the role? Barrero, yes. Garza, yes. Messiacos, yes. Nunes, yes. Franco, yes. Seville, yes. Benvos, yes. Smith, yes. Bug, yes. Bade, yes. Larson, yes. White, yes. 12, yes. Zero, no.

Motion carries. This resolution is adopted. I'll ask Jasmme and Ragu to please stand and be recognized. This concludes the mayoral appointments. I'll ask everybody to join me up front for a quick photograph. Squeeze it. Round of applause for our board of commission appointments. Congratulations.

Next item of business is public comment. I'll ask the clerk to uh if we have any members of the public wish to offer public comment. We do.

Thank you, madam clerk. Will you please read the rules of public comment? Pursuant to the Open Meetings Act, all persons shall be permitted an opportunity to address public officials under the rules established and recorded by the council. Under our rules, any person may address the city council for up to three minutes with a maximum of 30 minutes allotted for all public comment. No person other than the timekeeper or the chair for the purpose of maintaining order may interrupt a person recognized for public comment during his or her comments. Members of the city council shall not engage with nor respond to a speaker during the time set aside for public comment. Staff is directed to follow up with members of the public with respect to any concerns raised during public comment within the scope of the city's authority following the adjournment of this meeting.

Thank you, Madam Clerk. Will you please read the name of the first person to wishing to offer public comment? Mercy Galysia.

Welcome Mercy. You have three minutes beginning now. Thank you. Um first of all, thanks um everybody for coming in and listening to all of us and nice presentation. Um I'm sorry I missed the ukulele uh event. I tried but I didn't make it back in time in time. Um we are having the Illinois Tahano organization is having our a mother's day event. Uh, and we are keeping it here in Aurora at the Vault 106 West Indian Trail. It's right behind uh White Castle. Uh, we will be serving food and um have a couple of baskets for the mothers. So, I did uh raffles. So, hope and uh you guys can go. I did give John or I'm sorry, Richard a copy of the flyer. So hopefully you guys will receive it. Okay, thank you again and have a wonderful evening.

Thank you Mercy. Uh will the clerk please read the name of the next person wishing to offer public comment? Arinda Paris.

Welcome Arinda. You have three minutes beginning now.

Good evening Mayor. Um good evening members of the council. Um I am here with the Illinois workers in action. I um I am also um as part of a community that continues to show up, work hard and hold this city together every day. In Aurora, more than a quarter of our residents and are immigrants and over 40% of our community is Latino. across this country, one in five workers in um is an immigrant. So when we talk about immigrants, we are talking about the backbone of our workforce, our local economy and our families. And yet many of your our community are still living in fear, misinformation and barriers to access justice. That is why our work matters. At Illinois Workers in Action, we have make we make sure that our community knows they have options. Provide food support. We provide uh you know your I'm sorry I'm so nervous. Don't need that. We provide um know your rights education on immigration and labor. connect families with trusted attorneys and support both workers and small business so they can protect themselves, their families and what they have built here. We are also responding to our community and caring right now uh by uh through healing circles, food support and shared spaces as we are creating room for people to process, to stay informed and to stay connected not in isolation but together. And we are

not in this alone. We are building a coalition across Aurora and sub and suburb suburbs bringing uh organizations together to share resources and strengthen uh how we respond to the growth growing anti-immigration climate and we are all witnesses that we are all witnessing including in our schools. This work is about dignity and is about keeping families together and it's about making sure that the community is not pushed into the shadows. It is also about civic engagement because when our community is informed and organized, we show up, we advocate, and we vote and we push for the resources our families need and deserve. So today, I want our community to hear this clearly. You are not alone and there are people you can trust. I was happy to see and very inspired by the state of the city to see the that change is coming for us

and um and also to invite everyone here for the May 1st May day. Your three minutes is up. Thank you very much. Madam clerk, do we have any other members of the public wishing to offer public comment?

We do not, Mr. Mayor. Okay, this concludes the comment public comment portion of our meeting. Uh, next we will hear the consent agenda and the direct to council consent agenda in full. Will the clerk please read both agenda items now? 260145, a resolution authorizing the director of purchasing to execute a change order to the existing contract between the city and HR Green for the Broadway Streetscape New York Galina two-way conversion project in the amount of 121,76047. 260172, a resolution establishing the maximum number of class B on-site consumption liquor licenses unofficially related to the application from Aurora, Illinois Wing Company located at 1460 North Orchard Road in Ward 5. 260193, a resolution authorizing the purchase of computer equipment from Insight Public Sector in an amount not to exceed $400,000. 260196, a resolution to award a contract to Schroeder Asphalt Services in the amount of $4,448,912.80 for the 2026 Citywide Street Resurfacing East project. 260198, an ordinance granting a conditional use for specialurpose recreational institution use at the property located at 55 South Lake Street. 260201, a resolution establishing the maximum number of class Dtown core on-site consumption liquor licenses unofficially related to the application from Kai Aurora at two North River Street in W 2. 260203, a resolution authorizing a memorandum of understanding with Guardian Angels Community Services as a network agreement for fiscal year 2026. 260204, a resolution approving the acceptance of the low bid from Best Technology Systems for firing range cleaning and maintenance at the Aurora Police

Department headquarters for $63,010. 260206, an ordinance amending chapter 6, alcoholic liquor, section 6-13, allowed areas of the code of ordinances. 260208 an ordinance amending chapter 25 of the code of ordinances by creating article 25-15 temporary outdoor seating in park parkletit permits 260216 a resolution authorizing a memorandum of understanding with the aging and disability services division of catholic charity charities dascese of Joliet as a linkage service agreement for fiscal year 2026 260221 an ordinance annexing the property located at 6 South 361 Old Eola Road, which consists of six parcels to the city of Aurora, pursuant to a water service agreement. 260229, an ordinance annexing the properties located at 6 South 346 and 6 South 356 Old Eola Road to the city of Aurora pursuant to a water service agreement. 260237, a resolution approving an easement release agreement between the city of Aurora, PY Home Company and Asiggo Community Unit School District number 308 for the right to a easement to a city easement on property located at the southeast corner of Eola Road and US Route 30 26040. Approval of the minutes of the Tuesday, April 14th, 2026 city council meeting.

Second. Okay. Are there any questions or motions to remove any items from either the direct council consent agenda or consent agenda? Okay, seeing none, a motion was made by Alderman Seville, seconded by Alderwoman Garza. Uh, are there any other questions or discussion? Hearing none, I'll ask the clerk to please call the role. Barrero, yes. Garza, yes. Masakos, yes. Nunes, yes. Franco, yes. Seville, yes. Benuelos, yes. Smith, yes. Bug, yes. Bade, yes. Larson, yes. White, yes. 12, yes. Zero, no.

Motion carries. The consent agenda and direct to council consent agenda are both approved. Uh, next, we'll move to unfinished business. And I'll ask the clerk to please read the first agenda item under unfinished business. 260180, an ordinance amending chapter 2, article 6, sections 2-412 and 2-413 of the code of ordinances regarding participation limits, leadership capacity, liaison designations and geographic requirements for board and commission events. Is there a motion to adopt this ordinance? Tamud. Motion made by Alderwoman Gard Garza, seconded by alderman Barrero. Are there any questions or discussions regarding this ordinance? Mr. Mayor, I have a question. Alderman Franco.

So, I put this on unfinished. I I wanted to ask who is in charge of this a philosophical question if they would come up. So, my question I'm sorry you can. Good evening, Nicholas Topin, deputy chief of staff. How are we doing? Good. So, my question is philosophical. What happens when we get in a situation where a consensus of any particular board is not in favor of somebody we're trying to put on or conversely is in favor of somebody that we're not putting on. What do what do we do when we get in that situation? Because I I really haven't seen much of that in the past, but I think we're getting a little bit more into this. So, how what is our thought process going forward when we encounter something like that?

For sure. So if I understand the question, going forward when there are perhaps tensions or different recommendations by the the many boards and commissions, the idea is to to take all of that into account and part of the calculus to ensure that there is working chemistry uh and make sure that a board member um is following and a part of the process. Right? So we want to try to ensure that folks are meeting for quorum that people are putting in the same amount of effort and energy uh to the boards and commissions. That was some of the critique when we came in uh during the survey. A lot of folks shared that uh they felt they had more burden of the work. So some of the work that they were doing collectively uh was diminished because you have several people only working. So what we're trying to do now is find people who are are committed to the board and then active dialogue with the boards and commissions, right? Um there might be instances where people might not have the best working relationships. Our our idea is to if it's not disrupting uh the work then uh people are adults and to ensure that every member is respecting one another and following you know what's based upon the code. So that's how we would approach it. I'm always open to to dialogue with our our council um if there's thoughts and comments and concerns with that. But that's how we we are handling and have been handling it. trying to have an open feedback and dialogue with the board commission chairs, leaison, and the other respective members.

I I'll add a few more things to that too. Um, just so the council's aware, when we took over, uh, Alex Alexandrew during transition had let us know uh, along with Alex Voy that they would have been trying to hire one or two new people just to manage the boards and commissions because we have 36 boards and commissions. And so there's not a lot of oversight uh there. And this is one of the things that's been missing to help in inject early to handle some of those disagreements. We've found that there is um you know lots of allegations and and drama and even some legal concerns that will be brought to the council at a different time uh that have been created. But one of the things that uh Mr. Thompson's done is to set up new guidelines and I think we'll be working with legal to uh further refine those guidelines and and then bringing a new um set of guidelines before the council as well. But the the second thought is these you know these are the mayor's appointments for our advisory board and there might be different philosophies but we've tried uh early on to maintain some level of continuity but in some cases have have chosen to go a different direction.

All right. Thank you. Any other questions or discussion? Yeah, Alman Bug,

thank you. Um, I I appreciate the question from Alderman Franco because it's important. Um, you know, these people are volunteers. They're they're not getting paid a penny. So, uh, they're giving up their time and energy to try and help the city. Um, at the same time, uh, these are boards and commissions. They're not clubs. They're not, uh, you know, going out to the pub and hanging out. their boards and commissions. So they are not um where you might be in favor with every single person on your board or commission. Um so we have to go by standards and I think you've done an actual job in trying laying out uh you know very basic things you know that you attend the meetings that's basic but that's why you're on the border commission so you would attend be involved u give suggestions um they're not going to agree on everything but uh as you said we don't want people to be disruptive so Um, like I said, I appreciate uh the comment from the alderman and uh you know, we're trying to the RAP committee. We try to take everything into account um the feelings of the board and commission, the chair, uh your recommendations from the mayor's office. Um so we try and look at the whole picture and and create a board commission that can work together to move forward their their purpose. Any other questions or discussions on this agenda item?

Hearing none, I'll ask clerk to please call the role. Ferrero, yes. Garza, yes. Messiakos, yes. Nunes, yes. Franco, yes. Seville, yes. Benuelos, yes. Smith, yes. Bug, yes. Bade, yes. Larson, yes. White, yes. 12, yes. Zero, no. Motion carries. This ordinance is adopted. This clerk, please read the next agenda item under unfinished business. 260205, a resolution authorizing the director of purchasing to renew Genitech software subscription agreement for one year. Is there a motion to approve this resolution? Resol uh motion made by Alderman Franco, second by Alderwoman Garza. Are there any questions or discussions regarding this resolution? Alderwoman Bait.

Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Uh I did have some questions and they were qu clarified by Jeff and Ram. Um one of the question was uh the contract was for fire station 13 was uh 3 months. I wanted to understand why that particular location had just 3 months. So I got the answer for that. And uh also uh the start date for the contract was March 1st. So I just wanted to make sure we are going back and starting the contract. So I wanted to know the reason and um got the explanation. So I'm good with it and Okay. And the other for explain. Thank you for explaining. Any other questions or discussion? Hearing none, I'll ask clerk to please call the role. Barrero, yes. Garza,

yes. Nakos, yes. Nunes, yes. Franco, yes. Seville, yes. Benuelos, yes. Smith, yes. Bug, yes. Bade, yes. Larson, yes. White, yes. 12, yes. Zero, no. Motion carries. This resolution is adopted. Uh, next, new business. Uh, we have a couple property sales. Uh, but first I'll ask if there's a motion to suspend the rules to consider items under new business. Motion made by Alderwoman Smith, second by Alderman Seville. Will the clerk please call the role? Barrero, yes. Garza, yes. Masakos, yes. Nunes, yes. Franco, yes. Seville, yes. Benuelos, yes. Smith, yes. Bug, yes. Bade, yes. Larson, yes. White, yes. 12, yes. Zero, no.

Motion carries. We will now entertain the first agenda item under new business. 260279, a resolution authorizing the devestment and sale of city-owned property located at 801 Claim Street. Is there a motion to approve this resolution? Second. Motion by Alderwoman Smith, second by Alderwoman Garza. Are there any questions or discussions on this agenda item? Hearing question. Uh Alderwoman Garza. Um yes, Mr. Patrick. So this property is um selling to the owner of the flea market.

Correct. Uh Patrick House, assistant corporation council uh to the apostolic assembly of faith in Jesus Christ. Oscar. Yes. Okay. And the intentions is to make parking lot. Parking lot. That's correct. Perfect. Yeah. Thank you. Okay. And I think we also we had a lower offer and then we got a higher offer come in. So we we delayed this from the previous Go ahead. Correct. We had the the property sale on 9:30 and 9:32 fell through. The old owner then of 801 then wanted to buy those properties. So that will be coming to you next and the church was able then as actually had a higher allcash offer for full asking price.

Okay. So there's been a motion and a second. Uh with no further questions, I'll ask the clerk to please call the role. Barrero, yes. Garza, yes. Messakos, yes. Nunes, yes. Franco, yes. Seville, yes. Benuelos, yes. Smith, yes. Bug, yes. Bade, yes. Larson, yes. White, yes. 12, yes, zero, no. Motion carries. This resolution is adopted. Let's clerk to please read the next item under new business. 260280. A resolution authorizing the devestment and sale of city-owned properties located at 9:30 and 932 West New York in Aurora.

Is there a motion to approve this resolution? Motion made by Alderwoman Smith, second by Alderwoman Garza. Are there any questions or discussions regarding this resolution? Alderman Nunes, um, is this the same deal that came before us previously? Uh, Assistant Corporation Council Patrick Collins. Um, no. This is a different one. The gentleman who wanted to build at the home wasn't able to build the two parcels that he wanted. He didn't want to have additional off- streetet parking. So, the deal was canled. These properties then put back on the market and got into a little bit of a bidding war that went out to the last minute of getting this agenda item on. happy to report that they were both being sold for $36,000, which I think is $6,000 more than what was originally offered on each parcel.

Were there plans shared regarding what the intent with the properties are? Does um the gentleman who was purchasing 801 is now the person who's building these two parcels, you're building two single family homes. Two single Yep. Thank you. Any other questions or discussion? Hearing none, I'll ask the clerk to please call the role. Barrero, yes. Garza, yes. Messiacos, yes. Nunes, yes. Franco, yes. Seville, yes. Benuelos, yes. Smith, yes. Bug, yes. Bade, yes. Larson, yes. White, yes. 12, yes. Zero, no.

Motion carries. This resolution is adopted. I'll ask clerk to please read the next item under unfinished business. 260281, a resolution authorizing the devestment and sale of city-owned properties located at 16 North Lake Street, also known as 14 to 18 North Lake Street in Aurora. Is there a motion to approve this resolution? A motion is made by Alderwoman Smith, second by Alderwoman Garza. Are there any questions or discussions regarding this resolution? Alderwoman Paid. Mayor, uh the map is uh the map document is blank. If they can email the blank map to us, that'll be great. or attach the other document with the map. We can do that.

16 and street document. It's blank. Yeah, it's also on the city Patrick Collins assistant corporation council. It's also on the city website under uh properties for sale. Uh that was the same map that we used on that one. Can you email it? I'll mail it to you. Yep. Thank you. I will get it to Rich Jacobs and have him circulate. Do you want to do you for clarity? Do you want just the map or do you want a link to all the property sales? uh map for this property. Okay. Yeah, we can we can do that. Okay. Uh any other questions or discussion? Hearing none, I'll ask clerk to please call the role. Guerrero, yes. Garza, yes. Nakos, yes. Nunes, yes. Franco, yes. Seville, yes. Benuelos, yes. Smith, yes. Bug,

yes. Bade, yes. Larson, yes. White, yes. 12, yes. Zero. Motion carries. This resolution is adopted. I'll ask clerk to read the next and last agenda item under new business. 260282, a resolution authorizing the devestment and sale of city-owned property located at 1531 East New York Street. Is there a motion to approve this resolution? Resol motion was made by Alderwoman Smith. Second by Alderwoman Garza. Are there any questions or discussions regarding this resolution? Hearing none, I'll ask the clerk to please call the role. Barrero, yes. Garza, yes. Messakos, yes. Nunes, yes. Franco, yes. Seville, yes. Benuelos, yes. Smith, yes. Bug, yes. Babe, yes. Larson, yes. White, yes.

12, yes. Zero, no. Motion carries. This resolution is adopted. Uh, there are no reports. Next is the bills. Uh, agenda item 260278. The bill summary of large large bill list. Is there a motion to approve and pay the bills? Motion was made by Alderwoman Smith, second by Alderwoman Garza. Are there any questions or discussion on the bills? Okay. Hearing none, I'll ask the clerk to please call the role. Barrero, yes. Garza, yes. Messiakos, yes. Nunes, yes. Franco, yes. Seville, yes. Vanuelos, yes. Smith, yes. Bug, yes. Bade, yes. Larson, yes. White, yes. 12, yes. Zero, no.

Motion carries. The bills are approved for payment. Uh, there's no need for a closed session. There being no further business for the council, is there a motion to adjourn this meeting? A motion was made by Alderman Franco, second by Alderwoman Smith. All in favor? Any opposed? Motion carries. This meeting is adjourned at 6:51