Author: Kara Mason
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No consensus on ethics ordinance among Aurora City Council members
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AURORA – Members of the Aurora City Council are working toward an ethics ordinance for the governing body, but city lawmakers so far don’t agree on what that code should look like. The 11-member council defeated an ordinance Monday with a tie-breaking vote from Mayor Bob LeGare. Council members Marsha Berzins, also mayor pro tem,…
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Election Preview 2018 | Aurora voters decide on medical pot, local broadband
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Aurora voters are deciding on a handful of municipal ballot issues, ranging from medical marijuana to broadband. There are five questions before city voters, but one was cut just before the deadline to finalize the ballot. City council members were set to put a question about police pensions on the ballot, as the Aurora Police…
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Aurora may fund affordable housing with oil and gas taxes
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Aurora may help pay for affordable housing projects through $1 million in oil and gas property taxes – it’s an item potentially being built into the 2019 budget. City council members were presented with the city manager’s budget this week. Alongside a new fire station and more than 30 public safety positions, the budget called…
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Aurora drops police pension ballot question
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It seems the Aurora police union isn’t quite ready to let voters decide the fate of the police pension plan just yet. A special city council meeting was called Tuesday to pull the question from the ballot. The question has caused contention among members on city council, in addition to the impasse between the union…
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Aurora voters to have final say on police pension
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This November, Aurora voters will decide on a pension plan for the city’s police officers. Aurora City Council members voted to decide to put the question on the ballot Monday night. The question comes after months of negotiations between the city and the Aurora Police Association, representing officers. But because no compromise was met in…
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Aurora leaders ponder medical-marijuana ballot question
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Aurora leaders are considering putting a question to voters again this November to repeal the city’s medical marijuana ban, but some are concerned the city might actually lose money if medical-grade cannabis is an option for consumers. The Aurora City Council has until Sept. 7 to iron out the ballot question’s wording, but voters will…
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Aurora to ask voters about municipal broadband
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Aurora will be the latest city to ask voters whether it should opt out of a 2005 state law prohibiting municipalities from providing its own broadband services. City council members put the question on the November ballot last week. Council members passed the question unanimously. The opt-out from SB152 would allow the city to “leverage…
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Pueblo calls off baseball stadium after failed negotiations
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Some Pueblo government leaders had vivid visions of a downtown baseball stadium, just off the historic Riverwalk, being built by 2020. But those plans were abandoned last week after negotiations failed to get off the ground. Some local leaders, such as city council president Chris Nicoll and county commissioner Garrison Ortiz, challenged the project’s financing.…
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Aurora appoints at-large councilman, city manager
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Aurora City Council is back at full capacity. An at-large city council member was appointed along with a new city manager Monday night. Johnny Watson, a 16-year resident of Aurora, was chosen to fill the at-large seat vacated by now-Mayor Bob LeGare. LeGare was appointed to his new seat last month after the death of…
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Aurora OKs first step for condo high-rise
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Aurora city lawmakers backed the beginnings of a proposed high-rise condominium project this week after the developer delivered on a plan to assist low-income renters who will likely be forced to move in the process. Any major development of for-sale condos has been a rarity in metro Denver in recent years, with builders instead throwing…
