City Council — Aurora, IL
Date: 2014-05-27

City Hall - 2nd Floor Council
 City of Aurora Chambers
 44 East Downer Place
 Aurora, IL
 City Council

 Agenda - Final
 Tuesday
 May 27, 2014
 2:00 PM

 Special City Council Meeting


 ROLL CALL

 UNFINISHED BUSINESS

 14-00379 A Resolution Authorizing the Execution of an Agreement for the Provision of
 Electricity Pursuant to the City of Aurora Electricity Aggregation Program .
 CLOSED SESSION

 ADJOURN




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City Hall - 2nd Floor Council
 City of Aurora Chambers
 44 East Downer Place
 Aurora, IL


 City Council
 Meeting Minutes - Final
 Tuesday
 May 27, 2014
 2:00 PM


 Special City Council Meeting


 ROLL CALL

 The Special City Council meeting was called to order at 2:20 p.m. by Mayor
 Weisner, and the Roll was called.
 Present: 12 - Mayor Tom Weisner, Alderman Tina Bohman, Alderman Ted Mesiacos,
 Alderman Bill Donnell, Alderman John Peters, Alderman Mike Saville,
 Alderman Scheketa Hart-Burns, Alderman Rick Mervine, Alderman
 Edward Bugg, Alderman Lynne Johnson, Alderman Richard Irvin and
 Alderman Bob O'Connor
 Absent: 1 - Alderman Juany Garza


 SPEAKERS

 A motion was made by Alderman Hart-Burns, seconded by Alderman Bohman,
 to allow speakers to address City Council. The motion carried by voice vote.

 Rev. Dr. Terry Gallagher, of S. River St. in Aurora, addressed the City Council in
 regards to item number 14-00379. Mr. Gallagher spoke about environmental
 concerns, and encouraged all to go for the maximum green renewable energy.


 RECESS

 A motion was made by Alderman O'Connor , seconded by Alderman
 Hart-Burns, to recess at 2:26 p.m. for approximately 20 minutes. The motion
 carried by voice vote.
 After a short recess, the City Council reconvened, and Mayor Weisner called
 the meeting to order at 3:02 p.m.




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 UNFINISHED BUSINESS

 14-00379 A Resolution Authorizing the Execution of an Agreement for the
 Provision of Electricity Pursuant to the City of Aurora Electricity
 Aggregation Program.
 Chief Financial Officer Brian Caputo led a presentation on this item. Mr. Caputo
 explained that the city is trying to make a decision on what to do for the next phase of
 electricity aggregation. Caputo said that pricing has changed, but we are still going
 through the process to see if we can do better for the community than what ComEd
 has to offer. Caputo introduced Javier Barrios and Gary Fogelman with the consulting
 firm Good Energy, who helped us secure bids for energy. Caputo added that we
 secured free customer movement, which will allow customers to voluntarily opt out at
 no charge.
 Mr. Barrios addressed the new rates, and said that we obtained six(6) qualifying bids,
 and provided a comparison of the lowest bids for brown energy, 100% national green
 energy, and 100% Illinois and nearing states green energy. Barrios explained that if a
 decision was made to not move forward with the program, and customers went back
 to ComEd, after 60 days these customers are forced to stay with ComEd for the next
 twelve(12) months, taking away their choice to move to another supplier.
 Mr. Fogelman and Mr. Barrios addressed several questions from the Aldermen .
 Mr. Caputo said that the 24 month recommended agreement represents lower cost
 than ComEd by a small amount, no penalties for leaving the program, and 100%
 green power, and concluded by saying that the presented agreement is still subject to
 legal review.
 Alderman Irvin had to leave the meeting a few minutes before the vote was taken.
 A motion was made by Alderman O'Connor, seconded by Alderman Hart-Burns,
 to approve this resolution. The motion carried.

 Aye: 10 - Alderman Bohman, Alderman Mesiacos, Alderman Donnell, Alderman
 Peters, Alderman Saville, Alderman Hart-Burns, Alderman Mervine,
 Alderman Bugg, Alderman Johnson and Alderman O'Connor
 Enactment No: R14-117


 ADJOURN

 Alderman Bohman moved, seconded by Alderman Hart-Burns, to adjourn the
 meeting at 3:28 p.m. Motion carried by voice vote.




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 Isabel M. Garcia-Kodron
 City Clerk




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