Streaming LIVE: Aurora City Council Meeting | 10-13-2026

The Aurora City Council meeting on October 13, 2026, approved the consent and direct-to-council agendas by a 10–0 vote, including multiple procurement and capital-project actions. Major items included a Phase III engineering services agreement with BLA Inc. for $461,138 and a $1,561,138 appropriation for the Galena/New York resurfacing project; a $188,831 Digital Water Solutions contract for 17 water-system sensors; up to $66,000.20 for ballistic shields from MES Life Safety; a $99,084 electrical-improvements change order with Electric Conduit Construction; and contracts for fuel-system removal ($121,541.50, RW Collins), sewer relocation ($302,705, H. Linden and Sons), and bridge rehabilitation ($328,620, Lorig Construction). The council also approved a $693,750 SALT Exchange contract for 2027 salt purchases and authorized up to $1,399,600 in Motor Fuel Tax funds, accepted a $350,000 brownfields cleanup grant, and approved historic preservation grants. Bills presented for payment were approved.

The council voted to refer a proposed resolution concerning termination of the Light Aurora master service agreement and potential contract transfers back to the IT Committee for further review; no decision on the proposal’s merits was made. It approved a liquor-license action related to the prospective Bally Doyle business ownership by a 10–0 vote. The council also approved a reduction of subdivision improvement security for Del Webb’s Lincoln Prairie Phase III by a 10–0 vote; discussion addressed unfinished work and potential future agreement terms, including timelines and links to later phases. Public comments raised housing oversight and tenant-advisory-board proposals, and called for an independent review of a missing-person investigation, but no related council action was recorded.