Aurora Budget

The Aurora City Council will hold a public hearing on the 2026 budget Monday night and discuss the city’s Human Relations Commission, which has been tentatively on a chopping block for several months. At a council meeting in late August, councilmembers delayed until Monday night a debate on whether or not to keep the commission,…

Aurora is facing a $20 million budget shortfall in 2026, and officials plan to balance the budget with cuts, furloughs and money pulled from the city’s recession reserve fund. The city will not lay off any employees, officials said at the special budget study session with city councilmembers Tuesday night. City department leaders and other…