WHAT’S NEW

• Aurora is participating in the Southeast Regional Wastewater Treatment Study.
• The city applied for both a water and wastewater treatment grant.

POPULATION

• 1,383

LOCATION

• 17.6 miles southeast of Decatur
• 3 miles west of Rhome

CITY HALL

• 303 Derting Rd.
  (817) 636-2783 or (817) 231-0816

CITY STAFF

• City administrator: Toni Kelly-Richardson
• Court Clerk: Lynell Day
• Court Administrator: Lisa Mayo

WEB SITE

• www.auroratexas.gov

TAX RATE

• $0.25 per $100 valuation

MEETINGS

• City council — 7:30 p.m. the first Thursday of each month at the city hall; precouncil workshop at 6:45 p.m.

Council Members

• Mayor: Terry Solomon
• Council members: Bill McCurdy, Jackie Stone, Rick Boland, Joe Smith, Jason Brummal and Cy Farver

HISTORICAL COMMISSION

• Cheri Crites, Harriet Moorman and D.A. Sharpe

POLICE

• The city is protected by four resident Wise County Sheriff’s deputies.

FIRE DEPARTMENT

• Boyd, Newark and Rhome volunteer fire departments respond to calls.

AMENITIES/NOTEWORTHY

• Cemetery known for being the possible resting place of an alien who is said to have died in an 1897 UFO crash.

SCHOOLS

• Aurora is in Northwest’s 5A school district. Residents of Aurora attend one of two elementary schools:
• Seven Hills Elementary, Newark
  654 FM 3433
  (817) 215-0700
• Prairie View Elementary
  609 FM 3433, Rhome
  (817) 215-0550
• Middle school students attend:
• Chisholm Trail Middle School, Rhome
  583 FM 3433
  (817) 215-0600
• High school students attend:
• Northwest High School
  2301 Texan Dr., Justin
  (817) 215-0200
• Administration Building
  2001 Texan Dr., Justin
  (817) 215-6473

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

• South Wise Chamber of Commerce
  (817) 636-2783, ext. 5