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Aurora aldermen split over extra funding for Paramount and Stolp Island after ACA budget approval
Summary
Alderman Karl Franco proposed reallocating Transformation Fund money to cover a failing boiler/chiller and extend Stolp Island programming; administration said a $2 million agreement with the Aurora Civic/Arts Alliance had already been negotiated and aldermen requested detailed line-item accounting before moving funds.
A debate over additional funding for downtown arts took center stage at the Nov. 20 Aurora Finance Committee meeting as aldermen weighed whether to supplement a recently negotiated $2 million agreement with the Aurora Civic/Arts Alliance (ACA).
Alderman Karl Franco proposed reallocating $1,420,000 from the Transformation Fund to cover an urgently needed boiler and chiller at the Paramount and to eliminate a reported $600,000 budget shortfall, arguing the Paramount and Stolp Island…
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