By Jason Crane The Montgomery Village Board discussed continuing the rebate of residential property taxes at the Village Board meeting Monday. The ordinance extends the property tax rebate that was put into place in 2014, following the passage of the non-home rule sales tax referendum. The original program was established
By Jason Crane At the Aurora city government City Council meeting Tuesday, through the Zoom video conferencing platform, the City Council listened to an update on research implementation of the Civilian Review Board. More than 60 recommendations from the Community Review and Recommendations are available at www.aurora-il.org/2175/CHANGE-Reform-Initiative. A listening tour
By Jason Crane At the Aurora city government Committee of the Whole meeting Tuesday, through the Zoom video conferencing platform, the City Council listened to four speakers, including Michael Childress, president of the DuPage Chapter of the NAACP. He said they are looking to begin a dialogue with like-minded elected
By Jason Crane The Montgomery Village Board received an update about the Village’s lead service line replacement program at the Village Board meeting Monday. Director of Public Works, Mark Wolf, said the Village recently completed the replacement of 106 known lead service lines to residential properties. Wolf said the project
By Jason Crane At the Aurora city government City Council meeting Tuesday, through the Zoom video conferencing platform, the City Council approved, after much debate, resolution 20-0431 to purchase 150 complete sets of personal protective equipment (riot gear) at $88,583.00 for the Aurora Police Department. The vote was 8-3 with
By Jason Crane At the Aurora city government Committee of the Whole (COW) meeting Tuesday, through the Zoom video conferencing platform, the City Council listened to two opposing opinions from Aurora residents. The discussion was for resolution 20-0431 to purchase 150 complete sets of personal protective equipment (riot gear) at
By Jason Crane The Aurora city government City Council meeting Tuesday, through the Zoom video conferencing platform, included more than 10 individuals concerned with the City’s plan to purchase 150 complete sets of riot gear for the Aurora police. Aurora resident Jordan Jeffries said he would like aldermen to vote
By Jason Crane At the Montgomery Village Board meeting Monday, the Board discussed and approved a third stationary food vendor license with Board president Matt Brolley’s breaking the tie 3-3 vote. Georgie’s Chicago Hot Dogs has set up a van and tent in the parking lot owned by U-Haul at
By Jason Crane Mayor of Aurora, Richard C. Irvin, shared a 60-day update on his C.H.A.N.G.E. Reform Initiative at the Aurora city government City Council meeting Tuesday, through the Zoom video conferencing platform. CHANGE is an acronym for: Community Helping Aurora’s Necessary Growth and Empowerment. Launched June 9, the initiative
By Jason Crane Several comments were made at the Aurora city government Committee of the Whole meeting Tuesday, through the Zoom video conferencing platform. Penelope Torres, Aurora resident and operations director for Aurora Pride, expressed concern about two points of inequality in Aurora. First, the mural project of Aurora Public
By Jason Crane At the city government of Aurora City Council meeting Tuesday, through the Zoom video conferencing platform, the City Council approved an ordinance to grant additional time for compliance of the Special Use for a Cannabis Dispensing Facility at 1415 Corporate Boulevard near the entrance of the outlet
By Jason Crane – At the Aurora city government Committee of the Whole meeting Tuesday, through the Zoom video conferencing platform, the City Council discussed an ordinance granting additional time for compliance of the Special Use for a cannabis dispensing facility at 1415 Corporate Boulevard that was granted in January.
By Jason Crane Discussions at the Aurora City Council meeting Tuesday, through the Zoom video conference platform, included requiring a certified statement of expenses detailing line items to a contractor’s statement and an owner’s statement to be included as part of an amendment to a redevelopment agreement before the City
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 approximately 15 agenda items to be voted on at the full City Council meeting next Tuesday. Consent was given to a resolution authorizing the
By Jason Crane The Aurora City Council and Montgomery Village Board focused on measures to help businesses struggling with the pandemic, Tuesday. Through their online meetings, they both focused on allowing restaurants to temporarily create or expand outdoor dining areas as the State goes to Phase 3 in the governor’s
By Jason Crane The North Aurora Village Board Monday officially canceled the Village’s July 3 Independence Day Fireworks and the North Aurora Days in August due to COVID-19 concerns. The Board approved a contract with R.C. Wegman for construction management and bids for the items of demolition, painting, electrical, structural
By Jason Crane At the fourth remote Aurora City Council meeting Tuesday, unanimously approved was an ordinance confirming the ongoing state of emergency in Aurora due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Chief management officer Alex Alexandrou, said, “The data and evidence supports allowing us to be on a different track than
By Jason Crane The third remote Montgomery Village Board meeting Monday included doubling the Montgomery Development Fund program cap of $100,000 to $200,000. The program designed to help businesses in Montgomery affected by COVID-19 has a deadline date for applications of May 31. The Montgomery Development Fund Program – Small
Jennifer Stallings, Aurora city clerk swears in Keith Cross, left, and David McCabe.
By Jason Crane The second remote Montgomery Village Board meeting Monday included approval of several agenda items, including a Montgomery Development Fund Program Amendment / Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) Grant Program. To help small businesses in these unprecedented times, staff members proposed that the Village Board
