# Regular Meeting of the Aurora City Council, October 12, 2026


**Body:** The Aurora Channel
**Date:** October 11, 2026
**Jurisdiction:** SLED

**Tags:** Information Technology, Construction & Infrastructure, Digital Infrastructure, Regulatory Compliance


The Aurora City Council’s regular meeting on October 12, 2026, included a unanimous vote to adopt Ordinance 2026-51, amending the city’s Unified Development Ordinance to remove data centers as a permitted-by-right use in mixed-use office institutional (MUI) zoning districts. Staff said the change applies citywide to MUI parcels; it does not itself decide the proposed Vantage/Trident project, which generated extensive public comment about neighborhood, environmental, utility, and notification concerns. Speakers also urged broader restrictions or a moratorium, but the council took no vote on the Trident project at this meeting. The council separately approved Ordinance 2026-52 designating Bethl Lutheran Church as a local historic landmark, also unanimously.

The council unanimously approved consent-calendar items 11C1–11C4 and 12A1–12B1. During discussion of grant-related police technology funding, staff described software and additional workstations for extracting and analyzing digital evidence in cases such as stalking and cyberstalking, with privacy controls intended to limit collection to relevant evidence. A council member asked about an estimated $65,000 continuation cost after the grant ends; staff said the city could seek funding to continue the service or let the subscription end. Staff also said officers would attend two IACP conferences for training related to the grant’s technology and investigations. The transcript does not establish the total grant award or identify the vendor.

**Source:** The Aurora Channel