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Aurora aldermen debate compensation overhaul targeting roughly $32,000 base; committee to forward proposal to COW
Summary
Finance Committee members debated a proposed overhaul of alderman compensation—one option would raise base pay to about $32,000 (roughly a 27% increase) phased to take effect in future terms—without taking a final vote and instead agreed to advance the discussion to the Committee of the Whole for council input.
The Aurora Finance Committee spent the latter portion of its Sept. 26 meeting deliberating alderman compensation, discussing competing approaches for how to reach a proposed new base pay and how to present the change to the full council. The committee did not vote but generally agreed to forward recommended numbers and rationale to the Committee of the Whole and to notify full council members for comment.
The chair reviewed the committee's prior work and expressed frustration that a…
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