Agent selected for Aurora License Office

The Mount Vernon Area Community Foundation has been selected by the Missouri Office of Administration to manage the Aurora License Office.

The Office of Administration issued a request for proposal Aug. 26 and accepted bids until Sept. 27, the standard competitive bidding process used for all of Missouri's 183 local license offices, according to a news release.

The Mount Vernon Area Community Foundation succeeds Denise Blauvelt as agent. In fiscal 2011, under management by Blauvelt, the office generated $84,767 in agent processing fees through 25,002 transactions.

Two bids were submitted for the office, but it was not disclosed whether the other bid was from Blauvelt.

The Mount Vernon Area Community Foundation, which was established in 2005 as a regional affiliate of the Community Foundation of the Ozarks, has been the agent of the Mount Vernon License Office since 2005.

Bidders have the options of returning a portion of revenues to the state, and the foundation's winning bid includes a 1 percent annual return, the release said.

The Aurora License Office will remain at its current location, 316 E. Church St.

Local license offices manage several transactions, including renewing or applying for drivers' licenses, and renewing or applying for registration on vehicles.