The Aurora Civic Center Authority has provided programming, management and maintenance of RiverEdge Park in Aurora since it opened in 2012.
City officials said they have done such a good job, they want them to continue.
Aldermen on the City Council Finance Committee have recommended a third intergovernmental agreement between the city and the Aurora Civic Center Authority to have the authority run RiverEdge Park through January 2027.
The second agreement between the two entities, entered into in 2016, actually expired this past February.
“The city has been very pleased with how they’ve managed it since 2012,” said Trevor Dick, assistant director of Aurora’s Economic Development office. “There are only minor changes.”
The city funds RiverEdge Park each year with about $1.2 million.
Dick said the city works closely with the Civic Center Authority in regard to budgeting, management and maintenance at RiverEdge.
One change this year is that the city will extend its own contract with Groot Industries to have the company handle refuse at the park. In the past, the city and the Civic Center Authority have done a separate contract with refuse companies.
But the city signed a new citywide refuse deal with Groot during the past year, and officials said it is cheaper to have them do it at RiverEdge.
Ald. Edward Bugg, 9th Ward, asked that the city and the Civic Center Authority talk to Groot about making sure they separate recyclables from regular waste.
RiverEdge Park has traditionally held outdoor festivals and concerts in the spring, summer and fall, but this year will add the popular Christmas-time attraction Christkindlmarket.
