Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin signed a resolution tonight, making Juneteenth a paid holiday for city workers.
That resolution earned unanimous approval from Aurora's City Council.
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Last year, Juneteenth was made a federal holiday.
It honors the end of slavery in the United States.
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The city scheduled the vote for February so that it would fall during Black History Month.
Aurora has an entire month of programming planned, called Aurora In Black.