The city of Aurora is reducing public access to City Hall in the wake of the spread of the coronavirus.
The city will reduce public hours from its current three days a week schedule to just two days a week. Beginning Nov. 30, City Hall and other city buildings will only be open to the public from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Wednesdays and Fridays. The first hour of each day is reserved for senior citizens.
All visitors must continue to take a health screening prior to entering the building, including a temperature check, questionnaire and signing-in for contact tracing requirements, city officials said.
The Aurora Police Department and the Aurora Fire Department will continue to provide emergency assistance and respond to calls on the regular 24-hour schedule.
Other city business can be conducted online or through emails and phone calls, city officials said in a press release. The public can call 630-256-4636 during normal business hours to reach the appropriate department. This schedule will be maintained until mitigations to fight the spread of COVID-19 are eased by the state.
Individuals and families can continue to pick up free face masks as part of the “Mask Up, Aurora” campaign between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. on Wednesdays and Fridays at the Aurora Customer Service Center, 3770 McCoy Drive. For more information, go to www.aurora-il.org/MaskUpAurora.
The Phillips Park Zoo and the city’s museums, including the GAR Memorial Hall and the Pierce Art and History Center, will remain fully closed to the public until further notice, according to city officials.
Objections to nomination papers for the city election may be filed through Dec. 2, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., at Aurora City Hall. On days when City Hall is closed to the public, objectors can still file by calling the number listed on the notice posted at City Hall entrances. A representative will meet you at the door to collect and time stamp filings.
On its website, the city of Aurora said that as of Sunday afternoon, the city had seen 11,266 confirmed cases of coronavirus since the pandemic began, with 155 deaths related to COVID-19.
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