By Jason Crane At the Aurora city government Committee of the Whole (COW) meeting Tuesday, Nov. 16 mayor of Aurora, Richard Irvin proclaimed November 18 as John Russell Day in Aurora. He worked nearly 40 years at the Beacon News and eight years with the Aurora city government. In the...
By Jason Crane At the Aurora city government Committee of the Whole (COW) meeting Tuesday, mayor of Aurora, Richard Irvin asked for a moment of silence for a friend of his, David Williams, who was a well known preacher, volunteer, and basketball coach at East Aurora High School. Mayor Irvin...
By Jason Crane At the Aurora city government Committee of the Whole (COW) meeting Tuesday, mayor of Aurora, Richard Irvin presented the City’s next steps in challenging the results of the 2020 U.S. Census. Recently publicized and certified counts show Aurora decreasing in population by more than 17,000 individuals, or...
By Jason Crane At the Aurora city government Committee of the Whole (COW) meeting Tuesday, mayor of Aurora Richard Irvin paid respect to three Aurora trailblazers who passed away recently. Judy Morrison was alderwoman of the Fifth Ward from 1991 to 2003. In addition, she was on the Civil Service...
By Jason Crane At the Aurora city government Committee of the Whole (COW) meeting Tuesday, Council members placed several agenda items on unfinished business to be discussed at the September 14 full City Council meeting. Mayor Richard Irvin wasn’t at the meeting and Fifth Ward alderman Carl Franco was mayor-pro...
By Jason Crane At the Aurora city government Committee of the Whole meeting Tuesday, mayor of Aurora Richard Irvin presented the Mayor’s Award of Excellence to Aurora city government chief financial officer, Marty Lyons. See photo. Lyons who has been with the City for more than three years is retiring...
By Jason Crane At the Aurora city government Committee of the Whole meeting Tuesday, the Council members gave consent to a number of development and improvement projects from traffic signals and parking garage surveillance system upgrades to sidewalks, affordable housing, and planning for higher-end housing. The meeting was less than...
By Jason Crane At the Aurora city government Committee of the Whole meeting Tuesday, the City Council focused on the good and the bad of the Fourth of July weekend. Mayor Richard Irvin said, “The Fourth of July experience was undoubtedly a memorable one.” Mayor Irvin made a reference to...
By Jason Crane At the Aurora city government Committee of the Whole meeting Tuesday, the City Council met in person for the first time since March 2020. Mayor Richard Irvin expressed appreciation for two City employees who are retiring soon. Chief Community Services officer Dan Barreiro will retire June 18...
By Jason Crane At the Aurora city government Committee of the Whole meeting Tuesday, through the Zoom video conference platform, the City Council discussed how to handle an ordinance amending Chapters 2 and 9 of the City of Aurora Code of Ordinances pertaining to the sale of pets within the...
By Jason Crane At the Aurora city government Committee of the Whole (COW) meeting Tuesday through the Zoom video conference platform, the City Council members gave unanimous consent to a resolution to authorize the mayor and City treasurer to complete loan documents and agreements required to complete the grant of...
By Jason Crane At the Aurora city government Committee of the Whole meeting Tuesday, through the Zoom video conference platform, the City Council listened to several speakers for and against the proposed ordinance amending Chapters 2 and 9 of the city of Aurora Code of Ordinances pertaining to the sale...
By Jason Crane At the Aurora city government Committee of the Whole meeting Tuesday through the Zoom video conference platform, the City Council members viewed a presentation about the city government of Aurora Financial Empowerment Center. The Center is the only one in the State. The city government of Aurora...
By Jason Crane At the Aurora city government Committee of the Whole meeting Tuesday, through the Zoom video conference platform, the names of the nine members of Aurora’s Civilian Review Board (CRB) were revealed. Mayor of Aurora, Richard Irvin established the CRB to review, evaluate, and make recommendations concerning the...
By Jason Crane At the Aurora city government Committee of the Whole meeting Tuesday, through the Zoom video conference platform, the City Council gave consent to nearly three-quarters of a million dollars for a critical incident intelligence center at the Aurora Police Department (APD). City of Aurora government documents show...
By Jason Crane At the Aurora city government Committee of the Whole meeting Tuesday, through the Zoom video conference platform, the City Council listened to plans to continue to revive the winterized historic Hobbs Building. • Consent was given to a resolution authorizing the execution of a first amendment to...
By Jason Crane Twenty Civilian Review Board semifinalists were announced at the Aurora city government Committee of the Whole meeting Tuesday, through the Zoom video conference platform. Mayor of Aurora, Richard Irvin presented the update about the Civilian Review Board (CRB). The establishment of the City of Aurora’s Civilian Review...
By Jason Crane At the Aurora city government Committee of the Whole meeting Tuesday, through the Zoom video conference platform, City attorney Rick Veenstra gave an update to the City’s Ethics Ordinance including the creation of an ethics hotline. In January 2019, the City Council began to review the City’s...
By Jason Crane At the Aurora city government Committee of the Whole meeting Tuesday, through the Zoom video conference platform, the City Council thanked deputy mayor Chuck Nelson for his service to Aurora. Everybody loves Chuck! That was the theme for the man who was born and raised in Aurora....
By Jason Crane At the Aurora city government Committee of the Whole meeting Tuesday, through the Zoom video conference platform, City Council members viewed a proposal of phase 1 of the Fox Valley Mall redevelopment plan. Centennial Real Estate Company in Dallas, Texas, owners of the Fox Valley Mall propose...
