At Monday night’s Aurora City Council meeting, councilmembers will officially vote on a resolution stating that the council “stands in mourning” with people who have lost loved ones to officer-involved shootings.

The resolution, which passed through study session in late April, was proposed by Councilmember Rob Andrews in response to two years of protesters attending every City Council meeting to criticize the Aurora Police Department and talk about lives lost to officer-involved shootings.

Notably, family members and supporters of Kilyn Lewis have advocated for charges to be filed against, and for the firing of, the APD officer who shot Lewis.

Lewis, 37, was shot by SWAT Ofc. Michael Dieck on May 23, 2024, while officers were attempting to arrest him on an attempted murder warrant. He was not armed.

Dieck’s use of deadly force was deemed justified by a Critical Incident Response Team, the 18th Judicial District Attorney, and an internal APD investigation.

The resolution states that the APD has “been involved in several officer-involved shootings in recent years” and “some incidents have resulted in lost lives, leaving families with profound loss and grief.”

It then states that the “City Council stands in mourning with those who are grieving the loss of a child, parent, family member or friend.”

Conservative members of the council expressed their opposition to the resolution in study session, calling it unbalanced. In response, Andrews agreed to add a statement about the officers impacted to the resolution, which now reads as follows.

“City Council empathizes with all community members and families, including those of officers who were found legally justified in their actions by the District Attorney, in mourning the community impact of officer-involved shootings.”

In Monday night’s study session, Councilmembers Gianina Horton and Alli Jackson will propose a resolution directing the city manager to require City Council approval for contracts and agreements between the city and immigration enforcement agencies.

It states that “any potential contracts, agreements, intergovernmental agreements, and/or memoranda of understanding” with Immigrations and Customs Enforcement and other immigration agencies “should only be approved by City Council.”

Horton and Jackson are also proposing an ordinance that would add a section to the city code enforcing periodic code enforcement inspections, and occupancy and habitability standards for detention facilities.

Councilmembers will also vote Monday night on an intergovernmental agreement establishing a commitment between the City of Aurora and Arapahoe County to provide affordable housing under Proposition 123 within the boundaries of the city and county.

The full council agenda can be found on the city’s website.

Monday’s study session starts at 4 p.m. and the regular meeting will follow at 6 p.m. The regular meeting will take place in the Paul Tauer Aurora City Council Chamber, 15151 E. Alameda Parkway, and the study session will be livestreamed in the chamber.

Both meetings are available to watch online at AuroraTV.org and YouTube.com/TheAuroraChannel and on cable channels eight and 880 in Aurora.