Tag: aurora city council
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Colorado justices deliver favorable ruling for organizations raising open meetings violations
The Colorado Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that organizations are entitled to the same recovery of their costs as individuals when they successfully pursue a public entity’s violation of the state’s open meetings law. The Colorado Open Meetings Law permits “any person” to challenge a violation of the law. At the same time, it grants…
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Colorado Supreme Court takes up 2 cases implicating open meetings law
The Colorado Supreme Court announced this month it will hear two appeals affecting the ability of individuals and organizations to hold government bodies accountable for decisions made in violation of the state’s open meetings law, including a review of the judicially created notion that public entities can fix their violation at a subsequent meeting. At least…
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Protesters take over Aurora council meeting after Kilyn Lewis ‘apology’ resolution removed from agenda
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Aurora councilmembers on Monday removed from the agenda a resolution that would have expressed the City Council’s “apology and condolences” to the family of a man killed by the police trying to arrest him for attempted homicide. The decision prompted a “sit-in” on the council floor and forced the council meeting to move to another…
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Aurora voters to decide whether to repeal ban on pit bulls
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Aurora councilmembers on Monday decided to ask voters in November whether to repeal the city’s pit bull ownership ban after a court deemed the council’s vote to do so in 2021 to be invalid. The decision is on appeal, but, in the meantime, the city could vote to put the question on the ballot, according to…
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Aurora councilmember presses for apology to family of man killed by cop
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Aurora’s policymakers are scheduled discuss opting out of a state law restricting firearms in government buildings on Monday, vote on a proposed ballot measure to retract the city’s pit bull ban and consider a proposal to issue an official apology to the family of a man who was shot and killed by police. Councilmember Alison…
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Protesters disrupt Aurora council meeting over death of Kilyn Lewis
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Dozens of protesters disrupted Aurora’s council meeting on Monday, pressing officials to charge a police officer who shot and killed a man wanted for attempted homicide last May. The protesters said they want Aurora authorities to fire SWAT Ofc. Michael Dieck and charge him for murder over the shooting of Kilyn Lewis. Officers from Denver and…
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Aurora council moves forward with plans to stop prosecuting domestic violence, challenge state law
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Aurora lawmakers on Monday night moved forward with items that deal with the city’s handling of domestic violence cases and potentially explore a lawsuit against the state over a new law on indigent defense. The first of the two is a resolution that directs “the City Manager, City Attorney, Court Administrator, and Presiding Judge to…
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Aurora lawmakers to discuss plan for ridding municipal court of domestic violence cases
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Aurora’s lawmakers will continue conversations about removing domestic violence cases from municipal court and vote to move forward with a resolution telling the city attorney to challenge a recently-passed Colorado law that would ban flat fee contracts for indigent defense. In Monday night’s study session, Councilmember Dustin Zvonek will bring forward a resolution draft for…
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Aurora council to vote on ‘tough love’ homeless approach, domestic violence case handling
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Aurora councilmembers will address several awaited issues in Monday’s study session and council meeting. That includes a proposed “tough love” approach to homelessness, a proposal to remove domestic violence cases from municipal court, an ordinance changing the makeup and term limits of the Aurora Housing Authority and a proposal to increase the number of dogs…