Some Aurora city council members voted against the budget last night after cuts that would eliminate unfilled positions for an independent police monitor and a manager in the city’s diversity department.
Two cuts to next year’s city of Aurora budget that would eliminate unfilled positions for an independent police monitor and a manager in the city’s diversity department resulted in some council members voting against budget approval Monday night.
Those in favor of the cuts, however, argued that the Aurora Police Department is bound by consent decree from the attorney general’s office that would last four years, but more likely seven to 10. That includes a contract for“It was a budget saving opportunity, recognizing that it would be redundant, and we, frankly, wouldn’t try to fill them anyway,” said Council member Dustin Zvonek.
Budgets are considered moral documents, Councilwoman Crystal Murillo said, and to eliminate an independent monitor, particularly after the, is problematic. Plus, she added, the positions were eliminated to save money for council members other proposals such as eliminating an occupational tax and the revenue from that tax.
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