Asking voters to raise the pay for Aurora’s mayor and city council members is just a short answer to much larger questions about governing the city.

Aurora lawmakers this week approved a measure that will ask voters in November to hike salaries for future city council members about 33 percent. If that sounds like a lot, it’s really not. It will be the first time in 25 years that the city has raised the pay for local lawmakers. Pay for Aurora’s mayor has changed more recently because the job has changed during the past several years.

Currently, the city’s part-time council members make $13,950 a year. The raise would increase annual pay to $18,550. Aurora’s full-time mayor makes $60,226 each year. That annual salary would rise to $80,000 a year, if voters give the green light.

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