TO: Mayor Irvin & City Council
FROM: The Mayor's Office
The Law Department
DATE: September 30, 2021
SUBJECT:
An Ordinance amending sections 2-VI-3 of the Aurora Code of Ordinances to Codify and update the City's Advisory Boards and Commissions.
PURPOSE:
This updated section will codify and update the following advisory boards and commissions: Advisory Commission on Disabilities; Airport Advisory Board; Bicycle Pedestrian and Transit Board; Education Commission; Sustainable Aurora; Tree Board; Veterans' Advisory Council; and Youth Council. This ordinance will also clarify which sections shall be reserved or repealed and reserved throughout Chapter 2.
BACKGROUND:
The City's Advisory Boards are not all codified or organized in the same location.
DISCUSSION:
This amendment will codify all advisory boards and organize them together in Chapter 2.
IMPACT STATEMENT:
This revised section will codify and update Aurora's advisory boards and commissions. It will also clarify which sections shall be reserved or repealed and reserved in Chapter 2.
RECOMMENDATIONS:
Staff respectfully recommends that this Ordinance be adopted.
cc: Rules, Administration, and Procedures Committee
CITY OF AURORA, ILLINOIS
ORDINANCE NO. _________
DATE OF PASSAGE ________________
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An Ordinance Amending Chapter 2, for Record Keeping Purposes, and Amending Article 2-VI-3 to Codify and update Aurora's Advisory Boards and Commissions including The Advisory Commission on Disabilities; the Airport Advisory Board; Bicycle Pedestrian and Transit Board; Education Commission; Sustainable Aurora; Tree Board; Veterans' Advisory Council; and Youth Council.
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WHEREAS, the City of Aurora has a population of more than 25,000 persons and is, therefore, a home rule unit under subsection (a) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution of 1970; and
WHEREAS, subject to said Section, a home rule unit may exercise any power and perform any function pertaining to its gov...
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