AURORA | The Aurora City Council is seeking feedback through the end of the month from residents on its decorum rules for council members, attendees and public commenters.
The Council Rules Ad Hoc Committee is reviewing the city council’s rules for decorum and virtual participation, with plans to review all of the council’s rules. The committee started with decorum and virtual participation because of the recent history of combativeness among council members and between public commenters and council members.
Heated meetings peaked in 2024 and 2025 after police shot and killed Kilyn Lewis while he was being arrested in Aurora. At one meeting, council members fled the council chambers because of protesters, and Councilmember Stephanie Hancock called the protesters “terrorists.”…