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Aurora City Council members passed the fiscal year 2022-2023 total disbursements and transfer budget of $17.2 million last week, up from $16 million last year with a 5.06 percent tax asking request increase in what city administrator Rick Melcher explained as necessary for development projects. 

Aurora City Council members passed the fiscal year 2022-2023 total disbursements and transfer budget of $17.2 million last week, up from $16 million last year with a 5.06 percent tax asking request increase in what city administrator Rick Melcher explained as necessary for development projects. 

City tax asking jumps 5 percent

Jacob Courtney
Tuesday, October 4, 2022
Aurora City Council members passed the fiscal year 2022-2023 total disbursements and transfer budget of $17.2 million last week, up from $16 million last year with a 5.06 percent tax asking request increase in what city administrator Rick Melcher explained as necessary for development projects.
A crowd of approximately 30 people attended a joint public hearing Monday to address proposed tax increases at the city of Aurora, as well as Aurora and Hampton public schools.

A crowd of approximately 30 people attended a joint public hearing Monday to address proposed tax increases at the city of Aurora, as well as Aurora and Hampton public schools.

Tax hearing draws crowd, concerns with local spending

Kurt Johnson
Tuesday, September 27, 2022
More than 30 people attended a joint public hearing at Aurora City Hall Monday, asking questions and voicing concerns about tax increases proposed by the Aurora City Council and school boards in Aurora and Hampton.
If the city’s application for CDBG funds is approved, business owners in area including the downtown square and extending one block in every direction would be able use up to $50,000 for physical renovation projects.

If the city’s application for CDBG funds is approved, business owners in area including the downtown square and extending one block in every direction would be able use up to $50,000 for physical renovation projects.

Aurora to apply for CDBG funds for downtown revitalization

Jacob Courtney
Tuesday, August 30, 2022
The Aurora City Council approved a request last week for a $435,000 Community Development Block Grant with a $100,000 match by participating business owners to help fund a downtown revitalization project .
Aurora City Council members voted June 28 to enter into a municipal rental agreement for two 2022 Caterpillar skid steers with a new financing company, Arvest Equipment Finance in Arkansas.

Aurora City Council members voted June 28 to enter into a municipal rental agreement for two 2022 Caterpillar skid steers with a new financing company, Arvest Equipment Finance in Arkansas.

City council approves rental agreement for pair of skid steers

Jacob Courtney
Tuesday, July 5, 2022
Aurora City Council members voted June 28 to enter into a municipal rental agreement for two 2022 Caterpillar skid steers with a new financing company, Arvest Equipment Finance in Arkansas.
The city’s recently completed EMS living quarters was one of the highest spending items noted on the financial audit.

The city’s recently completed EMS living quarters was one of the highest spending items noted on the financial audit.

City financial audit outlines approval, recommendations

Jacob Courtney
Tuesday, March 29, 2022
The Aurora City Council approved an audit of last year’s fiscal statement March 22, which included recommendations based on comparisons to audits of 75 like-sized towns in Nebraska.  Michael Hoback, a partner with AMGI, P.C.
Warmer weather has helped speed progress in the new Streeter Subdivision, where several foundations were poured this week on the east side of Cottage Park Drive.

Warmer weather has helped speed progress in the new Streeter Subdivision, where several foundations were poured this week on the east side of Cottage Park Drive.

Aurora city council updates ordinances to reflect changes in Nebraska law

Kurt Johnson
Tuesday, March 1, 2022
The Aurora City Council updated several local ordinances last week, making minor language revisions to reflect changes in various state laws passed last year by the Nebraska Legislature. At the end of the Feb.
Work crews monitor massive, high-tech boring equipment used to bore holes under the roadroad tracks just off No. 4 green at Poco Creek Golf Course. The hole will now be filled with pipe as part of the city’s South Interceptor Sewer expansion project.

Work crews monitor massive, high-tech boring equipment used to bore holes under the roadroad tracks just off No. 4 green at Poco Creek Golf Course. The hole will now be filled with pipe as part of the city’s South Interceptor Sewer expansion project.

Seeman to seek another term as Aurora mayor

Kurt Johnson
Tuesday, January 18, 2022
Marlin Seeman opened the Jan. 11 meeting of the Aurora City Council by announcing his attention to seek another four-year term as mayor. “I really enjoy it and secondly I think I have a voice in the community,” Seeman said.
The Aurora City Council approved two utility easements last week in a meeting featuring a very light agenda.

The Aurora City Council approved two utility easements last week in a meeting featuring a very light agenda.

City council approves two utility easements

Kurt Johnson
Tuesday, November 2, 2021
The Aurora City Council approved two utility easements last week in a meeting featuring a very light agenda. Council members voted at the Oct.
Mayor Marlin Seeman (back, center) show students how the pumping systems pulls groundwater up and then how it delivers it to homes.

Mayor Marlin Seeman (back, center) show students how the pumping systems pulls groundwater up and then how it delivers it to homes.

FPS students learn about local water system

Jeni Obermier
Tuesday, October 5, 2021
Aurora’s Future Problem Solvers got to get up close and personal with the town’s infrastructure as members learned all about how water makes its journey from the wells to local houses. Doug Monson, a volunteer with the FPS team shared the lessons learned and how the day impacted the students.
This aerial view of the Streeter Subdivision in Aurora shows where 60 housing lots have been platted in an area now covered with soybeans. Streeter third and fourth additions are located toward the center portion of the photo, between Westfield Quality Care at far right and the 10-unit Streeter Second Subdivision at far left.

This aerial view of the Streeter Subdivision in Aurora shows where 60 housing lots have been platted in an area now covered with soybeans. Streeter third and fourth additions are located toward the center portion of the photo, between Westfield Quality Care at far right and the 10-unit Streeter Second Subdivision at far left.

City, AHDC take steps toward new housing subdivision

Kurt Johnson
Tuesday, August 17, 2021
The Aurora City council approved the final plat last week for the fourth addition in the Streeter Subdivision, another potentially significant step forward in an effort to address a housing study’s recommendation that the community is in dire need of more townhomes and single-family dwellings.