Aurora Sentinel: In an effort to calm the occasionally raucous city council meetings, Aurora’s elected officials will consider changes to the city’s decorum rules, including a protocol for public speakers who surpass the time limit.

City council meetings have a recent history of regular 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, culminating with a meeting where council members fled the council chambers because of raucous protesters. Council meetings were temporarily held virtually to avoid conflict, though they have returned to in-person. 

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