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IL Aurora City Council March 24, 2026 Official Municipal Broadcast

Aurora City Council Regular Meeting

Aurora City Council debated and adopted stricter data center zoning regulations and municipal electricity tax measures prior to the expiration of the city's temporary moratorium, following testimony from homeowners adjacent to the CyrusOne campus.

Jurisdiction Aurora, IL
Governing Body Aurora City Council
Meeting Date March 24, 2026
Extracted Clips 3 clips · 2 opposed · 1 supporting
Official government broadcast · City of Aurora, IL Ready at Clip 1 (20:30 to 20:57) · Aurora City Council Alderman
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Aurora City Council Regular Meeting

Aurora City Council · March 24, 2026

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  1. Clip 1 · 20:30 Aurora City Council Alderman Elected Official In support transcribed from the official recording
    Zoning Moratorium

    An Aurora alderman urges adopting updated data center zoning standards immediately so no regulatory gap opens when the temporary moratorium expires.

    "together tonight with a clean resolution and to pass whatever we need to and um uh making sure that we do not have the data centers going into an extension on the moratorium because should that happen, in that 30 day period like I mentioned before, cuz this isn't our first time we've been up here. I'm not going to rehash all the previous stuff because we've talked about that too much"

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  2. Clip 2 · 55:58 Resident public comment Resident Public Comment transcribed from the official recording

    A homeowner living adjacent to CyrusOne's Aurora campus describes construction and operational impacts on bordering residences.

    "Uh we've been living in that home now for 19 years. In 2010 when CME put that first warehouse, repurposed that first warehouse for a data center, it was of no problem to the neighborhood. Uh the generators would run every now and then. There'd be a little bit of noise, but it didn't take long to get that uh resolved. There was no other other noise that was bothering any of the homeowners."

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  3. Clip 3 · 3:07 Aurora City Council Member Elected Official Opposed transcribed from the official recording
    Zoning Moratorium Noise Tax Abatements

    Aurora City Council members deliberate on municipal siting standards, utility capacity, and the recorded ordinance action.

    "get started. Uh this meeting of the Aurora City Council for March 24th, 2026 is hereby called to order at 6:03 p.m. I'll ask the clerk to please call the roll. >> Alderwoman Berrero. >> Here. >> Alderwoman Garza. >> Here. >> Alderman Mascarenas. >> Present. >> Alderman Nunez. >> Here. >> Alderman Franco. >> Here. >> Alderman Seville. >> Here. >> Alderman Banuelos. >> Here. >> Alderwoman Smith. >> Here. >> Alderman Bugg."

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Statements and filings, side by side

Tax Abatements Power & Grid Zoning Moratorium
Column A · Dated Statement
JB Pritzker Governor of Illinois
Venue: Illinois DCEO Data Center Investment Program & Climate and Equitable Jobs Act (CEJA) Record
"Touted hundreds of millions of dollars in state tax exemptions under the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) Data Center Investment Program alongside Illinois's Climate and Equitable Jobs Act (CEJA) mandate for a 100 percent clean energy grid."
WBEZ Chicago & St. Louis Public Radio (NPR) Timestamp 01:05
Column B · Primary Government Record
Illinois EPA Bureau of Air Diesel Generator Construction Permits & PJM / ComEd Base Residual Auction Capacity Filings
Illinois EPA Bureau of Air Tier 2 Diesel Generator Permits · PJM / ComEd 2025/2026 & 2026/2027 Capacity Dockets
Agency or Venue: Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) & PJM Interconnection / Illinois Commerce Commission
"Primary air construction permits issued by the Illinois EPA Bureau of Air authorize hundreds of megawatts of fossil fuel Tier 2 diesel backup generators at DCEO tax exempt data center campuses across the Chicago metro area, while PJM Interconnection and ComEd capacity auction filings document acute Northern Illinois load growth and capacity price spikes that prompted Aurora's March 24, 2026 zoning and electricity tax ordinance."
City of Aurora, Illinois (Official)

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