The Aurora City Council met on Monday, July 13, 2026, for a regular meeting that included public comment, consent calendar approvals, multiple annexation and zoning items, a deferred ordinance on the oil and gas advisory committee, and councilmember reports. The meeting was called to order at approximately 6:00 p.m. with a quorum present.
Approximately 15 community members spoke during the public comment period. Key themes included:
Councilmembers provided updates on city activities:
After reports, several community members spoke again, reiterating concerns about water, fracking, data centers, and the treatment of residents. One speaker criticized councilmembers for phone use during public comments. The meeting was then adjourned.
The regular meeting of the Ora City Council for Monday, July 13, 2026 is called to order with the clerk. Please call the roll. Mayor Kaufman. Here. Councilmember Andrews. Here. Councilmember Bergen. Thank you. Mayor Pro Tim Coombs. Councilmember Gardner. Here. Councilmember Hancock. Councilmember Horton. Here. Councilmember Jackson. Councilmember Lawson. Here. Councilmember Medina. Councilmember Wiles. Here. There's a quorum. Please join me in an invocation. Oh Lord, our God and our Father, we come to you and we ask that you look upon this particular gathering tonight to keep us safe and guide us in our decisions. Bless our city with honorable citizens, industries, sound education, and good government. Unite our community together, even though we come from different backgrounds. We pray that there will be justice and peace in our city. Give the city council and citizens the wisdom, direction, and sensitivity to the business and proceedings before us tonight. Hear us therefore as we commit this meeting to the help of our entire community. Amen. During uh executive session, uh, we talked about uh real property conveyance uh and um contractual issues. Um motion is in order for the adoption of the minutes from June 22nd, 2026. Moved by Councilmember Hancock, seconded by uh second by Councilmember Andrews. Uh discussion. Uh seeing no discussion, call for the question on the adoption of the approval of the minutes for June 22nd, 2026. Mayor Kaufman. Mayor Boy Chess. Councilmember Horton. Yes. Councilmember Gardner. Yes. The motion passes unanimously to adopt the June 22nd meeting minutes. And Mayor, I believe we skipped the Pledge of Allegiance. Oh, well. Please join me in the Pledge of Leads. One nation, under God, indivisible liberty and justice for all. And also the land acknowledgement. City of Roy acknowledges that we gather on the territories and ancestral homelands of the Cheyenne, Ute, Arapo, and Dakota Peoples, past and present. We also recognize the 48 contemporary tribal nations that are historically tied to the lands that make up the state of Colorado. Indigenous peoples have remained committed to the stewardship of this land over many centuries. As these words of acknowledgment are spoken and heard, the ties of these nations have the ties that these nations have to their traditional homelands and to their vital place in the ecosystem are renewed and reaffirmed, and we are called upon to be better stewards of the land we inhabit as we continue to work to meet the needs of our entire community.