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TO: The City Council
FROM: Office of the Mayor
DATE: February 13, 2024
SUBJECT:
A Resolution authorizing the appointment of Ashley Goeken to the Innovation and Technology Advisory Commission.
DISCUSSION:
In January of 2022, the City Council approved the establishment of Innovation and Technology Advisory Board to investigate, research and gather information in relation to significant emerging technologies that may benefit and/or have an impact on the city.
Ashley Goeken is a non-resident co-founder of Opalus and Ambassador of United Nations Association Chicago Chapter.
CITY OF AURORA, ILLINOIS
RESOLUTION NO. _________
DATE OF PASSAGE ________________
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A Resolution authorizing the appointment of Ashley Goeken to the Innovation and Technology Advisory Commission.
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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 government and affairs for the protection of the public health, safety, morals, and welfare; and
WHEREAS, Chapter 2 of the Code of Ordinances provides that the Mayor, shall, with the approval of the City Council, appoint the members of the advisory boards and commissions of the City; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with Chapter 2 of the Code of Ordinances, the Mayor has notified the City Council of the appointment of the individual listed in Exhibit A of this resolution to the Innovation and Technology Advisory Commission and to the term therein enumerated, and has requested the City Council's approval of said appointment; and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that the appointee set forth in Exhibit A of this resolution possesses the necessary qualifications to serve on the Innovation and Technology Advisory Commission in the position to which they have been nomina...
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