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Council debates adding more full-time council administrators amid budget concerns; proposal to delay hiring fails
Summary
Councilmembers split over a city manager proposal to expand council office staff from two admins to five. Critics cited a projected deficit and urged a workload analysis; supporters said added staff would improve equity and responsiveness. A motion to delay the decision until the May budget workshop did not pass.
The Aurora City Council spent more than an hour debating a proposal from the city manager to expand council administrative support from the current two assistants and a manager to five administrative positions.
Councilmember Bergin opened the discussion, saying the city faces a projected deficit, that employees face four furlough days this year, and that adding ongoing salary and benefit costs would amount to "north of $300,000." Bergin asked the council to pause hiring and direct staff to prepare a workload analysis and job descriptions before creating ongoing…
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