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Committee backs 15‑mile residency option for Aurora police and fire chiefs
Summary
The committee voted 4‑0 to recommend that the city move forward with an ordinance allowing police and fire chiefs to live within 15 miles of Aurora city limits rather than requiring residency inside the city, with staff to provide a map of included municipalities.
Alderman Franco presented an ordinance that would replace the city's residency requirement for the police and fire chief positions with a 15‑mile limit measured from Aurora's city limits, saying the change is intended to broaden the pool of qualified candidates while keeping them geographically nearby. "This is very well written, by the legal department about those 2 positions not having residency requirements yet living within 15 miles from the city limits," the presenter stated during committee discussion.
Committee members asked for a map and for comparisons to other municipalities; staff said few municipalities maintain such a residency mandate for those posts, with Chicago noted as an exception. After questions and discussion the committee voted 4‑0 to forward the 15‑mile option as its recommendation to the Committee of the Whole for full council consideration.
