Tag: Dustin Zvonek
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Aurora exploring residential street snow plowing
The City of Aurora might begin plowing snow from residential streets, as City Council members begin weighing options. That’s something it doesn’t do now and doesn’t allow metro districts or homeowners associations within city limits to plow either. Councilmembers said the need for neighborhood snow removal has been a concern raised by constituents for years.…
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Veteran memorial in Aurora planning for new visitor and education center
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save As the Colorado Freedom Memorial — a site in Aurora dedicated to honoring the thousands of Colorado veterans killed in action — approaches its 10th anniversary, the memorial’s caretakers are hoping it’s also the year a longtime vision for it can become reality. The Colorado Freedom Memorial…
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Call for the question: Aurora City Council debates meeting rules
The Aurora City Council Monday began examining and discussing some of its meeting rules that can affect councilmembers’ ability to speak during meetings and in how the public can participate remotely. Mayor Mike Coffman is proposing that the city council repeal a meeting rule named “Call for the question,” which allows council to end debate…
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Aurora green lights multi-million dollar homelessness reduction system
Aurora will begin work to overhaul its homelessness reduction system after a divided council approved a proposal that calls for a new campus, incentivizes people’s participation in supportive services and incorporates conditions people must meet to receive transitional housing. Council deliberated through nearly 17 proposed amendments to the resolution, sponsored by Mayor Mike Coffman, for…
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Proposal advances to give Aurora police, fire departments more hiring power
A proposal is in the works that aims to shift hiring power from Aurora’s civil service commission to the police and fire departments, giving them more control over which candidates for entry-level officer and firefighter positions enter the training academy. Already faced with scrutiny from the commission, the proposal will likely be the subject of…
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Aurora council delays homelessness resolution after fiery debate
The vote on a proposal to overhaul Aurora’s approach to reducing homelessness was delayed Monday night after council clashed over a series of proposed changes. Mayor Mike Coffman has been putting together a resolution that directs the city manager to forge a new “comprehensive approach” to addressing homelessness in the city. A key part to…
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Aurora, Colorado officials hunker down in search of a viable homeless strategy
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Aurora’s councilmembers weigh dueling ideas as they consider steps to revamp the city’s homelessness program following trips to Texas, where they explored models for reducing this social woe that plagues metro Denver. Metro Denver has been struggling to address homelessness, which jumped by 12.8% – from 6,104 to 6,888 – between January 2020 and January…
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A split Aurora city council approves retail theft jail sentences
A plan to require minimum jail sentences of three days for people convicted of stealing $300 or more worth of retail goods continued to divide Aurora’s City Council on Monday but still secured final approval. The policy takes effect in roughly 30 days. Council gave early approval to the bill Sept. 12. The bill sponsor,…
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More Colorado cities moving to not profit off a state-imposed fee
Three of Colorado’s largest cities have changed, or are in the process of changing, city laws that allowed for collecting sales taxes on government fees. Denver on Monday passed, on first reading, an ordinance “to exempt from taxation certain fees.” If the measure passes a second reading Aug. 22, it will become law. Under Senate…
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Taxing a fee: Some Colorado cities profit from controversial state delivery fee
Colorado’s home rule cities – notably Denver and Aurora – are collecting local sales tax on the new statewide retail delivery fee, which took effect July 1. That’s despite the new law that created the fee specifically saying it’s exempt from local sales taxes. Under Senate Bill 21-260, the 27 cent fee must be collected and paid to the state by…