Mayor of Aurora presents Awards, Proclamations, at Aurora City Council meeting; Aurora Business Registration amendment approved

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The Aurora city government's Neighborhood Redevelopment Division is honored at the Aurora City Council meeting Tuesday. Members received the 2019 Illinois Community Opportunity and Empowerment Award at the 2019 Illinois Governors Conference on Affordable Housing. The award was received for approved plans, programs, or projects that improve quality of life for low and moderate income households. The city government’s down payment assistance and rehabilitation programs, and investments in affordable housing were cited as benchmark programs. From left, Dan Barreiro, Tara Neff, Liz Carrizales, mayor Richard Irvin, and Chris Ragona.
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The Aurora city government’s Neighborhood Redevelopment Division is honored at the Aurora City Council meeting Tuesday. Members received the 2019 Illinois Community Opportunity and Empowerment Award at the 2019 Illinois Governors Conference on Affordable Housing. The award was received for approved plans, programs, or projects that improve quality of life for low and moderate income households. The city government’s down payment assistance and rehabilitation programs, and investments in affordable housing were cited as benchmark programs. From left, Dan Barreiro, Tara Neff, Liz Carrizales, mayor Richard Irvin, and Chris Ragona.

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Arbor Day and Earth Day are in focus at Aurora City Council Tuesday at City Hall. From left are alderman Bill Donnell, Ward 4; Alex Minnella; mayor Richard Irvin; and Karen Wan. The Aurora city government, in collaboration with the Aurora Tree Board and the Sustainable Aurora Advisory Board, is set to celebrate Arbor Day, Friday, Apil 26. Personnel will be partners with three Aurora schools to plant trees and learn more about the importance of trees in our daily lives. Time schedule: 8:30 a.m. at Pope St. John Paul II Catholic Academy South Campus; 9:15 a.m. at Pope St. John Paul II Catholic Academy North Campus; and 10 a.m. at Hope Wall School. Jason Crane/The Voice
Arbor Day and Earth Day are in focus at Aurora City Council Tuesday at City Hall. From left are alderman Bill Donnell, Ward 4; Alex Minnella; mayor Richard Irvin; and Karen Wan. The Aurora city government, in collaboration with the Aurora Tree Board and the Sustainable Aurora Advisory Board, is set to celebrate Arbor Day, Friday, Apil 26. Personnel will be partners with three Aurora schools to plant trees and learn more about the importance of trees in our daily lives. Time schedule: 8:30 a.m. at Pope St. John Paul II Catholic Academy South Campus; 9:15 a.m. at Pope St. John Paul II Catholic Academy North Campus; and 10 a.m. at Hope Wall School.
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Mayor of Aurora, Richard Irvin, right, presents a Mayoral Commendation to IT intern Nathan Hastings at the Aurora City Council meeting Tuesday. Hastings, a senior at West Aurora High School, created computer code for a program to pull April 2 election vote totals from the four county websites providing information on one screen for the six open positions on the City Council. Jason Crane/The Voice
Mayor of Aurora, Richard Irvin, right, presents a Mayoral Commendation to IT intern Nathan Hastings at the Aurora City Council meeting Tuesday. Hastings, a senior at West Aurora High School, created computer code for a program to pull April 2 election vote totals from the four county websites providing information on one screen for the six open positions on the City Council.
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Mayor of Aurora, Richard Irvin, right, presents a Mayoral Commendation to IT intern Nathan Hastings at the Aurora City Council meeting Tuesday. Hastings, a senior at West Aurora High School, created computer code for a program to pull April 2 election vote totals from the four county websites providing information on one screen for the six open positions on the City Council. Jason Crane/The Voice
Mayor of Aurora, Richard Irvin, right, presents a Mayoral Commendation to Quentin Johnson at the Aurora City Council meeting Tuesday. Johnson, an officer of the City’s Animal Control Department creates poetry in his spare time.
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• An amendment was unanimously approved to Chapter 25 entitled Licenses, Permits and Miscellaneous Business Regulations of the Aurora Code of Ordinances to establish an Aurora Business Registration Program.

The amendment requires all Aurora-based businesses to register with the City. Not requiring all Aurora-based businesses to register results in limited data on the business community available to city government staff members. Such data can be extremely beneficial in the delivery of services from public safety personnel.

The Aurora Business Registration Program will be a centralized data-gathering system that will capture public safety data elements, identified by staff members that will be accessible when needed for the provision of city services.

Registration is free with a penalty for non-compliance.

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