Honored at the Aurora City Council meeting Tuesday: Appointees to the recently-established Advisory Commission on Disabilities. From left, Lori Price, Teresa Crafton, Elana Newkirk, Herman Shelton, (Richard Irvin, mayor), Todd Nardone, Lisa Jacino, Debbie Nardone. Not in the photo are Dr. Cynthia Penne and Eric Moch.
• Twenty-three community members, appointed and reappointed, made up the largest number to serve on a city commission at one meeting in recent history.
• Aurora Planning Commission: Appointed Greg Elsbree and Pedro Gonzales, reappointed Patrick Divine, Shanita Anderson, Donald Pilmer, Mike Reynolds, Ivan Chambers and Yvonne Owusu-Safo.
• Aurora Preservation Commission: Appointed Amber Foster and Kristin Ludwig.
• Aurora’s Grand Army Of The Republic Commission: Appointed Darlene Varney, Harry Reineke IV and Jared Ploger, reappointed Michael Sawdey.
• After approximately an hour of discussion, the Council approved 8-3, an ordinance to create a chapter 41.5 titled Special Events, designed for all event applications to be managed by Special Events Department staff members, which would approve all applications for events.
For many years, the Government Operations Committee (G.O.) gave final approval of all events. Voting against were members of the G. O. Committee, alderman Scheketa Hart-Burns, Ward 7; alderman Rick Mervine, Ward 8; and alderman Judd Lofchie, Ward 10.
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Toshia Moss, human resources generalist, Wendy McCambridge, City clerk, Aurora Police Chief Kristen Ziman, receive honors at the Aurora City Council meeting Tuesday. Moss received The Society for Human Resources Management-Certified Personnel (SHRM-CP) accreditation, which reflects what HR practitioners need to know to be leaders in their profession. McCambridge earned certified municipal clerk (CMC) accreditation. The CMC accreditation is designed to enhance the job performance of the clerk in small and large municipalities. The CMC program prepares the applicants to meet the challenges of the complex role of the municipal clerk by providing them with quality education and national connections. Ziman earned a second master’s degree earlier this month. She was graduated from the Naval Postgraduate School with a Master of Arts in security studies, homeland security and defense. During her graduation ceremony, she received the Curtis H. Straub Achievement Award which is presented to a student in each graduating class whose leadership, integrity, vision, and intellectual courage are a cut above the rest.
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