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Aurora committee reviews draft policy limiting risky attractions, shifting liability to vendors
Summary
City staff presented a draft policy defining permissible and prohibited special attractions at community events and proposing vendor supervision and insurance requirements; the committee treated the item as consultation and did not vote. Members raised concerns about vendor capacity and costs.
Brian Caputo, the city’s chief operating officer, walked the Rules, Administration & Procedures Committee through a draft administrative policy that would standardize how the city handles “special attractions” at community events. Caputo said the draft groups attractions into three buckets — permissible, prohibited and "other" items that require individual review — and lists examples ranging from bounce houses and petting zoos to mechanical bulls and fireworks.
Caputo said the policy’s core approach is risk transfer: vendors must provide supervision and carry insurance, typically general liability of…
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