Rules, Administration, and Procedure — Aurora, IL
Date: 2023-11-21

Conference Room B, 5th Floor
 City of Aurora
 44 E. Downer Place
 Aurora, IL 60507
 Rules, Administration, and Procedure

 Agenda - Final Chairperson Ron Woerman
 Vice Chair Emmanuel Llamas
 Tuesday Alderman Edward J. Bugg
 Alderman Carl Franco
 November 21, 2023 Alderwoman Patty Smith

 3:00 PM


 Members of the public wishing to provide public comment for this meeting
 must be physically present at the meeting and registered to speak prior to the
 meeting being called to order. Please contact the Aldermen’s Office at
 (630) 256-3020 with questions.
 CALL TO ORDER

 ROLL CALL

 APPROVAL OF MINUTES

23-0917 Approval of the minutes from the Rules, Administration and Procedure Committee
 meeting held on November 7, 2023 .

 PUBLIC COMMENT

 AGENDA

23-0577 An Ordinance Amending Chapter 13, Article II of the Code of Ordinances
 Pertaining to Tobacco .

23-0925 An Ordinance amending Chapter 49 of the Code of Ordinances, City of Aurora,
 Illinois, commonly known as the "Aurora Zoning Ordinance"

23-0932 A Resolution authorizing the reappointments of Gerald Butters Jr., Jared Ploger
 and Philip Pogue to the Grand Army of the Republic Memorial Commission .

 23-0910 A Resolution Adopting the 2023 Edition of the FoxWalk Overlay District Design
 Guidelines Intent, Rules and Regulations as an Appendix to Chapter 49 of the
 Code of Ordinances, City of Aurora, being the Zoning

 HELD

22-0211 An Ordinance Creating Section 2-65 of the Code of Ordinances pertaining to
 Aldermanic Initiative Funds .

 CLOSED SESSION



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 ADJOURNMENT

 THIS MEETING AGENDA SHALL ALSO SERVE AS NOTICE THAT A MAJORITY OF A
 QUORUM OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AURORA, ILLINOIS MAY ATTEND
 OR PARTICIPATE IN THIS COMMITTEE MEETING. NO OFFICIAL ACTION OF THE
 CITY COUNCIL SHALL OCCUR AT THIS COMMITTEE MEETING. MINUTES OF THE
 COMMITTEE MEETING SHALL CONSTITUTE THE OFFICIAL RECORD OF THE
 COMMITTEE MEETING AND ANY MEETING OF THE MAJORITY OF THE QUORUM OF
 THE CITY COUNCIL OCCURRING AT THE SAME TIME AND LOCATION.
 VISIT OUR WEB SITE FOR CURRENT AGENDAS -
 https://www.aurora-il.org/985/City-Council-Agendas-Minutes
 Any individual with a disability requesting a reasonable accommodation in order to
 participate in a public meeting should contact the Aldermen's Office at least 48 hours
 in advance of the scheduled meeting. The Aldermen's Office can be reached in
 person at 60 E. Downer Place, Aurora Illinois, via telephone at 630-256-3020 or email
 at aldermensoffice@aurora-il.org. Every effort will be made to allow for meeting
 participation.




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Conference Room B, 5th
 City of Aurora Floor
 44 E. Downer Place
 Aurora, IL 60507


 Rules, Administration, and Procedure
 Meeting Minutes - Final
 Tuesday
 November 21, 2023
 3:00 PM
 Chairperson Ron Woerman
 Vice Chair Emmanuel Llamas
 Alderman Edward J. Bugg
 Alderman Carl Franco
 Alderwoman Patty Smith


 Members of the public wishing to provide public comment for this meeting
 must be physically present at the meeting and registered to speak prior to the
 meeting being called to order. Please contact the Aldermen’s Office at
 (630) 256-3020 with questions.

 CALL TO ORDER

 Chairperson Woerman called the meeting to order at 3:00 PM.


 ROLL CALL

 Present: 5 - Chairperson Ron Woerman, Vice Chair Emmanuel Llamas, Alderman
 Edward Bugg, Alderman Carl Franco and Alderwoman Patty Smith

 APPROVAL OF MINUTES

 23-0917 Approval of the minutes from the Rules, Administration and Procedure
 Committee meeting held on November 7, 2023 .
 A motion was made by Alderwoman Smith, seconded by Alderman Franco,
 that this agenda item be accepted and filed. The motion carried.

 Ayes: 5


 PUBLIC COMMENT


 AGENDA




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 23-0577 An Ordinance Amending Chapter 13, Article II of the Code of Ordinances
 Pertaining to Tobacco .
 Jen Stallings, City Clerk

 A motion was made by Alderwoman Smith, seconded by Alderman Franco,
 that this agenda item be recommended for approval. The motion carried.

 Vice Chair Llamas left the meeting at 4:03 PM.

 Ayes: 4


 23-0925 An Ordinance amending Chapter 49 of the Code of Ordinances, City of
 Aurora, Illinois, commonly known as the "Aurora Zoning Ordinance"
 Tracey Vacek, Zoning and Planning; Ed Sieben, Zoning and Planning

 A motion was made by Alderwoman Smith, seconded by Alderman Franco,
 that this agenda item be recommended for approval. The motion carried.

 Staff has requested that this item be placed on the 11/29/2023 BZE Agenda as
 information only and then go to COW on 12/5/2023.

 Ayes: 4


 23-0932 A Resolution authorizing the reappointments of Gerald Butters Jr., Jared
 Ploger and Philip Pogue to the Grand Army of the Republic Memorial
 Commission.
 Alex Voigt, Mayor's Office

 A motion was made by Alderman Bugg, seconded by Alderwoman Smith, that
 this agenda item be recommended for approval. The motion carried.

 Ayes: 4


 23-0910 A Resolution Adopting the 2023 Edition of the FoxWalk Overlay District
 Design Guidelines Intent, Rules and Regulations as an Appendix to
 Chapter 49 of the Code of Ordinances, City of Aurora, being the Zoning
 Jill Morgan, Zoning and Planning

 This Resolution was discussed


 HELD




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 22-0211 An Ordinance Creating Section 2-65 of the Code of Ordinances
 pertaining to Aldermanic Initiative Funds .
 Rick Veenstra, Legal Department; Chris Minick, CFO; Rich Jacobs, Aldermen's Office

 This Ordinance was recommended for approval as amended.

 A motion was made by Alderwoman Smith and Seconded by Vice Chair
 Llamas to accept the Ordinance as written with an amendment to grandfather
 the current Aldermanic Funds Balance.

 This motion was retracted by Alderwoman Smith and Seconded by Llamas.

 A motion was made by Alderwoman Smith and Seconded by Alderman Franco
 to accept the Ordinance as written.

 A motion was made by Alderwoman Smith and Seconded by Vice Chair
 Llamas to amend the ordinance with a grandfather clause to keep the current
 Aldermanic Funds balance. The motion passed 5-0

 A motion was made by Alderman Bugg and Seconded by Alderman Franco to
 strike the clause on page 5 lines 18 to 21 of the ordinance pertaining to
 Scholarships with a corresponding change to allow scholarship applications to
 be based like the current Grant Programs. This motion passed 3-2

 A motion was made by Alderwoman Smith and Seconded by Vice Chair
 Llamas to end the discussion on Alderman Bugg's motion., This motion passed
 5-0

 Ayes: 3

 Nayes: 2


 CLOSED SESSION


 ADJOURNMENT

 A motion was made by Alderwoman Smith, seconded by Alderman Franco,
 that this agenda item be adjourned. The motion carried.

 Ayes: 4


 THIS MEETING AGENDA SHALL ALSO SERVE AS NOTICE THAT A MAJORITY OF A
 QUORUM OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AURORA, ILLINOIS MAY ATTEND
 OR PARTICIPATE IN THIS COMMITTEE MEETING. NO OFFICIAL ACTION OF THE
 CITY COUNCIL SHALL OCCUR AT THIS COMMITTEE MEETING. MINUTES OF THE
 COMMITTEE MEETING SHALL CONSTITUTE THE OFFICIAL RECORD OF THE
 COMMITTEE MEETING AND ANY MEETING OF THE MAJORITY OF THE QUORUM OF
 THE CITY COUNCIL OCCURRING AT THE SAME TIME AND LOCATION.


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 VISIT OUR WEB SITE FOR CURRENT AGENDAS -
 https://www.aurora-il.org/985/City-Council-Agendas-Minutes

 Any individual with a disability requesting a reasonable accommodation in order to
 participate in a public meeting should contact the Aldermen's Office at least 48 hours
 in advance of the scheduled meeting. The Aldermen's Office can be reached in
 person at 60 E. Downer Place, Aurora Illinois, via telephone at 630-256-3020 or email
 at aldermensoffice@aurora-il.org. Every effort will be made to allow for meeting
 participation.




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