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Aurora City Council to discuss accountability for homeless navigation campus
The Aurora City Council will discuss performance metrics and accountability for the homeless navigation campus, vote on election timing and hear updates on chamber accessibility in Monday night’s meetings. In Monday night’s study session, Councilmember Gianina Horton will propose a resolution to establish performance metrics and accountability standards for the Aurora Regional Navigation Campus. If…
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Democrats and the siren call of socialism | SONDERMANN
The political pendulum continues to swing, though its arc these days seems far more volatile and exaggerated. While there have always been outliers and more extreme actors on the political spectrum, the pendulum for many years was more of a steady, often predictable metronome. The country would experience periods of ascendancy on the left, followed…
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Aurora eyes raising taxes to pay for infrastructure projects
Aurora voters could decide this November whether to raise sales taxes for the first time since 1993 to help pay for infrastructure, transportation and public safety improvements. The city’s Infrastructure Task Force recommended that the City Council approve a bond program supported by sales and use tax increases to fund Build Up Aurora projects. On…
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Aurora City Council votes to create police social media policy to bar ‘editorializing’
The Aurora City Council voted to alter social media policies for the Aurora Police Department on Monday night to bar department officials from posting mug shots and suspect names until a suspect is convicted or pleads guilty. The resolution, which passed with four “no” votes, directs the city manager to develop a social media policy…
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Aurora council moves forward with statement of ‘mourning’ for police shooting victims
In Monday night’s Aurora City Council study session, councilmembers moved forward with a resolution stating that the City Council “stands in mourning” with people who have lost loved ones to officer-involved shootings. The resolution, which initially passed through the Public Safety, Courts and Civil Service Committee without much discussion, will go to an official vote…
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Aurora City Council to discuss statement of ‘mourning’ for police shooting victims
In Monday night’s Aurora City Council study session, councilmembers will discuss a resolution that, if passed at a future regular meeting, would state that the City Council “stands in mourning” with people who have lost loved ones to officer-involved shootings. The resolution comes to a study session just over a week after an officer shot…
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Aurora seeks public input on City Council decorum rules
Aurora residents can help shape how City Council meetings are conducted by giving input on council rules through the end of April. The Council Rules Ad Hoc Committee is reviewing the Aurora City Council’s Rules of Order and Procedure and inviting residents to share their input through April 30 at EngageAurora.org/Decorum. The committee will also…
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Aurora City Council delays vote on operating agreement for ICE, police
Aurora City Council members delayed a vote Monday on a memorandum of understanding that outlines guidelines for Aurora police officers responding to the GEO Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility. Since the facility is in Aurora, the Aurora Police Department is the responding party for detainees who escape the facility, Chief Todd Chamberlain told council members.…
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Aurora lawmakers unanimously pass water shortage declaration, watering restrictions
Aurora City Council members unanimously passed a Stage I Water Shortage declaration in Monday night’s meeting, putting restrictions on outdoor water use starting immediately. The shortage declaration imposes restrictions on outdoor watering for residents and businesses and reduces commercial user allocations, such as that for golf courses, by 20%, according to Aurora Water General Manager…
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Aurora City Council to vote on water restrictions as metro area faces water supply woes
At Monday night’s regular Aurora City Council meeting, councilmembers will cast an official vote on a Stage I Water Shortage declaration, as recommended by Aurora Water. If it passes, restrictions on water use will go into effect the next day, Tuesday, water engineer John Murphy told councilmembers at a recent study session, adding that the…