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Council debates HEART court funding and navigation center rollout; member moves portion of funds to non‑departmental pending demand
Summary
Aurora judges, prosecutors, police and councilmembers differed over whether budgeted HEART court staff and operating funds should remain in departmental budgets or be moved into non‑departmental pending evidence of caseload growth.
Aurora judges, court administrators, police and councilmembers spent extensive time at the budget workshop discussing HEART court — a new, homelessness‑focused docket tied to the city’s Navigation Campus — and how it differs from the city’s existing wellness and treatment courts.
The city’s HEART team is a targeted enforcement and referral unit staffed by APD officers and court navigators that issues summonses tied to camping, trespass and open‑container locations the city has identified. Judge Day and court staff argued the HEART court brings housing resources to people who are cited by HEART officers and that holding HEART sessions at the Navigation Campus should improve participation rates.
Some councilmembers raised budgetary concerns that…
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