Tag: City Council Meeting
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Democrats blame Aurora councilmember for speaker’s racist tirade
Danielle Jurinsky says blaming her for the racist tirade is part of a “political agenda to continue personal attacks against me”
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Looking ahead: Aurora council to confirm direction on homeless service provider funds
The Aurora City Council will confirm in a study session on Monday night its direction on agreements with homeless service providers that will receive American Rescue Plan Act funds, a decision the council made at its winter workshop in February. Due to a decrease in marijuana sales tax revenue, staff recommended reduced funding to homeless service…
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Tension boils over at Aurora Council meeting about public defenders, call for ceasefire
Tension boiled over at the Aurora City council meeting on Monday, when two items — a call for a “cease-fire” in Gaza and efforts to undo the request for proposals to examine the potential effects of privatizing the city’s public defender’s office — were removed from the agenda. Councilmember Alison Coombs, who had championed the “cease-fire”…
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Aurora council to discuss homeless navigation campus at Monday meetings
Aurora City Council will discuss funding and plans for its proposed homeless navigation campus, which will help direct people to shelters and resources, and several items regarding council policy and rules at its second meeting of 2024 Monday evening. At council’s last meeting of 2023, members voted to pass a resolution amending meeting times. Previously,…
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Looking ahead: What’s on the agenda for Aurora’s first 2024 council meeting
Aurora City Council is gearing up for its first meeting of 2024 on Monday, during which council will try out a new format for meetings and discuss an array of topics facing the city including upgrades to the council chambers. At council’s last meeting of 2023, members voted to pass a resolution amending meeting times.…
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Aurora council appoints new mayor pro tem in first meeting with new council
Aurora City Council on Monday elected at-large councilmember Dustin Zvonek as the city’s new mayor pro tem, which holds the responsibilities of the mayor in his absence. Zvonek takes over the position from former mayor pro tem and re-elected at-large councilmember Curtis Gardner. The mayor pro tem is chosen by members with a majority vote…
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New, and returning, Aurora City Council members sworn in
Aurora welcomed its new councilmembers with a reception Monday followed by the group’s first regular city council meeting. The 2023 election shifted the city’s council slightly farther right, with two ward council seats previously held by progressives going to conservatives and one at-large council seat going to a progressive candidate. Official election results came in…
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Aurora’s proposed 2024 budget allocates more funds to public safety
The city council plans to adopt the $1.3 billion spending plan later this month
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‘A big step in the right direction’: Denver extends STAR alternative policing program citywide
Denver is expanding its Support Team Assisted Response (STAR) program citywide, providing civilian-led emergency response to low-level, nonviolent situations as an alternative to police. The expansion comes after the City Council unanimously approved a nearly $1.4 million contract with Mental Health Center of Denver on Monday, funding the STAR program through the end of 2022.…
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Denver City Council changes public comment to prioritize new speakers
The Denver City Council voted to change the sign-up for its weekly public comment session Monday, opting to prioritize people who haven’t spoken at previous meetings. From now on, people who haven’t spoken at a public comment session in the last 90 days will be sent to the top of the speaker list, followed by…