City Council — Aurora, IL
Date: 2025-09-25

City Hall - Second Floor
 City of Aurora Council Chambers
 44 East Downer Place
 Aurora, IL
 City Council

 Agenda - Final
 Thursday
 September 25, 2025
 3:00 PM

 **This Special City Council Meeting will be held immediately upon the adjournment of
 the 3:00 PM Finance Committee Meeting.**


 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. Call the City Clerk's Office at (630) 256-3070 with questions. Please refer
 to the last page of this agenda for information regarding translation & reasonable
 accommodation requests.
 ROLL CALL

 APPOINTMENT OF SERGEANT-AT-ARMS

 PUBLIC COMMENT

 CONSENT AGENDA

 NEW BUSINESS

 25-0731 An Ordinance establishing a temporary moratorium on Data Center Facilities and
 Warehouses in all Zoning Districts.

 25-0756 An Ordinance authorizing the 2025 Voluntary Reduction in Force Incentive Plan

 CLOSED SESSION

 ADJOURN




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 Any individual requiring language translation and/or disability requesting a reasonable
 accommodation in order to participate in a public meeting should contact the City
 Clerk’s Office at least 48 hours in advance of the scheduled meeting. The City Clerk’s
 Office can be reached in person at 44 E. Downer Place, Aurora Illinois, via telephone at
 630-256-3070, or via e-mail at CityClerk@aurora.il.us. Every effort will be made to allow
 for meeting participation.

 Cualquier persona que requiera traducción de idiomas y/o tenga una discapacidad y
 solicite una adaptación razonable para poder participar en una junta pública, debe
 comunicarse con la Oficina de la Secretaría Municipal al menos 48 horas antes de la
 junta programada. Puede comunicarse con la Oficina de la Secretaría Municipal en
 persona en 44 E. Downer Place, Aurora Illinois, por teléfono al 630-256-3070 o por
 correo electrónico a CityClerk@aurora.il.us. Se hará todo lo posible para permitir la
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City Hall - Second Floor
 City of Aurora Council Chambers
 44 East Downer Place
 Aurora, IL


 City Council
 Meeting Minutes - Final
 Thursday
 September 25, 2025
 3:00 PM


 **This Special City Council Meeting will be held immediately upon the adjournment of
 the 3:00 PM Finance Committee Meeting.**


 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. Call the City Clerk's Office at (630) 256-3070 with questions. Please refer
 to the last page of this agenda for information regarding translation & reasonable
 accommodation requests.

 ROLL CALL

 Mayor Laesch called the meeting to order at 4:01 p.m. and the roll was called.
 Alderman White was not present at the time of roll call, however, he arrived at
 the meeting at 4:15 p.m. and was, therefore, marked present.
 Present: 12 - Alderman Daniel Barreiro, Alderwoman Juany Garza, Alderman Ted
 Mesiacos, Alderman Jonathan Núñez, Alderman Carl Franco, Alderman
 Mike Saville, Alderman Javier Bañuelos, Alderman Edward Bugg,
 Alderwoman Shweta Baid, Alderman-At-Large Keith Larson,
 Alderman-At-Large Will White and Mayor John Laesch
 Absent: 1 - Alderwoman Patty Smith


 APPOINTMENT OF SERGEANT-AT-ARMS

 A motion was made by Alderman Franco and seconded by Alderwoman Garza
 to appoint a Sergeant-at-Arms for this meeting. The motion carried by voice
 vote and Officer Ortinau served as Sergeant-at-Arms for this meeting.

 NEW BUSINESS

 A motion was made by Alderman Mesiacos and seconded by Alderwoman
 Garza to suspend the rules to hear items of New Business. The motion carried
 by the following vote:

 Aye: 10 - Alderman Barreiro, Alderwoman Garza, Alderman Mesiacos,
 Alderman Núñez, Alderman Franco, Alderman Saville, Alderman Bañuelos,
 Alderman Bugg, Alderwoman Baid and Alderman-At-Large Larson




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 25-0756 An Ordinance authorizing the 2025 Voluntary Reduction in Force
 Incentive Plan
 Shannon Cameron, Chief of Staff - City of Aurora, presented and responded to
 questions.

 This item was discussed at length and City Council made no motions and took
 no action on this item.

 (INFORMATION ONLY)

 25-0731 An Ordinance establishing a temporary moratorium on Data Center
 Facilities and Warehouses in all Zoning Districts.
 Tracey Vacek, Director of Zoning and Planning - City of Aurora, spoke briefly and
 responded to questions.
 Yordana Wysocki, Corporation Counsel - City of Aurora, spoke briefly and responded
 to questions.
 Alison Lindburg, Director of Sustainability - City of Aurora, spoke briefly and
 responded to questions.

 A motion was made by Alderman Mesiacos and seconded by Alderman Larson
 to approve this item. The motion carried by the following vote:

 Aye: 10 - Alderman Barreiro, Alderwoman Garza, Alderman Mesiacos,
 Alderman Núñez, Alderman Saville, Alderman Bañuelos, Alderman Bugg,
 Alderwoman Baid, Alderman-At-Large Larson and Alderman-At-Large White

 Nay: 1 - Alderman Franco

 Enactment Number: O25-064

 PUBLIC COMMENT

 Public Comment was heard at the conclusion of the discussion of item 25-0756
 and prior to the discussion of item 25-0731. The City Clerk read the Rules of
 Public Comment and the following people presented comments to the City
 Council regarding the Data Center Facilities and Warehouse moratorium:

 1. Ankit Shrivastava
 2. Mavis Bates
 3. Karen Wan
 4. Laura Evans
 5. An Aurora resident spoke regarding her ComEd bill and the Data Center
 Facilities and Warehouse moratorium.

 CONSENT AGENDA

 There were no items on the Consent Agenda.




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 CLOSED SESSION

 There was no need for a Closed Session.


 ADJOURN

 A motion was made by Alderman Franco and seconded by Alderman Mesiacos
 to adjourn this meeting. The motion carried by voice vote and the meeting
 adjourned at 5:20 p.m.



 Submitted by:

 ________________________________________
 Jennifer Stallings, City Clerk

 Any individual requiring language translation and/or disability requesting a reasonable
 accommodation in order to participate in a public meeting should contact the City
 Clerk’s Office at least 48 hours in advance of the scheduled meeting. The City Clerk’s
 Office can be reached in person at 44 E. Downer Place, Aurora Illinois, via telephone at
 630-256-3070, or via e-mail at CityClerk@aurora.il.us. Every effort will be made to allow
 for meeting participation.

 Cualquier persona que requiera traducción de idiomas y/o tenga una discapacidad y
 solicite una adaptación razonable para poder participar en una junta pública, debe
 comunicarse con la Oficina de la Secretaría Municipal al menos 48 horas antes de la
 junta programada. Puede comunicarse con la Oficina de la Secretaría Municipal en
 persona en 44 E. Downer Place, Aurora Illinois, por teléfono al 630-256-3070 o por
 correo electrónico a CityClerk@aurora.il.us. Se hará todo lo posible para permitir la
 participación en la junta.




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