Notices & Alerts

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS

Urbana HOME Consortium Home Investment Partnership - American Rescue Plan (HOME-ARP) Allocation Plan Consulting Services

Issue Date:  December 17, 2021

Date/Time Last Day for Questions:  January 21, 2022 at 5:00 pm CST

Date/Time of Closing:  January 28, 2022 at 5:00 pm CST

The City of Urbana as lead agency for the Urbana HOME Consortium is seeking proposals from qualified persons for Urbana HOME Consortium – American Rescue Plan (HOME-ARP) Allocation Plan Consulting Services. The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) awarded the consortium $2.9 million dollars in HOME ARP funding.  This grant is intended to provide funding to reduce homelessness and increase housing stability across Champaign County. The funding requires the consortium to engage in consultation and public participation processes and develop a HOME-ARP Allocation Plan. The plan must describe how the consortium intends to distribute HOME-ARP funds, including how it will use these funds to address the needs of HOME-ARP qualifying populations. 

The City of Urbana is requesting proposals from qualified firms of certified public accountants to audit its financial statement for the five (5) fiscal years ending June 30, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026. The purpose of these audit services will be to prepare the Consolidated Annual Financial Report and express an opinion separately on the fairness of the presentation of the City's and other entities' annual financial statements. These entities include the City of Urbana, the Urbana Free Library, the Police Pension Fund and the Fire Pension Fund. More details can be found in the RFP. 

MAIN STREET AND LINCOLN AVENUE WEST SIDE OF INTERSECTION CLOSURE (LINCOLN & SPRINGFIELD RESURFACING PROJECT)

Beginning Thursday November 18, 2021, the west side of the intersection of Main Street and Lincoln Avenue will be closed for sewer work.  This sewer work is expected to last through Friday November 19, 2021.

Lincoln Avenue will remain open in both directions, but turns onto Main Street will not be allowed for the westbound direction.  The east side of Main and Lincoln will not be affected. Properties on Main Street will be accessible from Main Street but vehicles will need to detour around and come from the west.  

All roadway users are encouraged to travel carefully through this and all construction areas.  Please do not drive through areas closed off to through traffic.  Thank you in advance for your patience and cooperation during this project.

Future closures will be announced as they arise during all construction phases.

Questions and concerns may be to Ms. Shannon Beranek at 217-384-2342 or slberanek@urbanaillinois.us

CLOSED

The Urbana Free Library is seeiking a vendor with previous public library website development experience to help us build our next website. The Successful Respondent shall be ready, willing, and able to work with a Library staff team to develop and deploy a new Library website using an open source content management platform and coordinate a contract for a provider to manage ongoing hosting and regular updates.

REQUESTING ENTITY: The Urbana Free Library
CONTACT PERSON: Amanda E. Standerfer, Director of Community Engagement
ADDRESS: 210 West Green Street, Urbana, IL 61801
TELEPHONE NO.: (217) 531-7051
EMAIL ADDRESS: astanderfer@urbanafree.org

Bids will received at The Urbana Free Library on or before 8:00 A.M. Central Time, Monday, November 22, 2021. Allowable means for Transmitting Proposals are via email with attachements.

Church Street will be closed to through traffic between North Orchard Street and North Coler Avenue starting at 7:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. Friday, October 29, 2021 for work at Carle Hospital MRI done by Amaro’s Rigging and Moving Corporation.  Church Street will be open up to the Digestive Health Entrance.      

No through traffic will be permitted on Church Street between North Orchard Street and North Coler Avenue during the project. There will be a marked detour route to North Orchard Street to Fairview Avenue to North Coler Avenue.

Motorists are encouraged to drive carefully through this and all construction areas.  Thank you in advance for your patience and cooperation during this project. Questions or concerns may be directed to Mr. Adam Shaw at (217) 384-2342 or ajshaw@urbanaillinois.us.