City Council — Naperville, IL
Date: 2024-09-24

400 S. Eagle Street
 City of Naperville Naperville, IL 60540



 Meeting Agenda

 City Council

Tuesday, September 24, 2024 6:00 PM Council Chambers


 Budget Workshop I



A. CALL TO ORDER:

B. INTRODUCTION:

C. PUBLIC FORUM:

D. PRESENTATION:
1. 24-1088 Annual Budget Workshop #1: 2025 - 2029 Capital Improvement Program


E. ADJOURNMENT:
 Any individual with a disability requesting a reasonable accommodation in order to
 participate in a public meeting should contact the Communications Department at least
 48 hours in advance of the scheduled meeting. The Communications Department can
 be reached in person at 400 S. Eagle Street, Naperville, IL., via telephone at
 630-420-6707 or via e-mail at info@naperville.il.us. Every effort will be made to allow for
 meeting participation.




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400 S. Eagle Street
 City of Naperville Naperville, IL 60540



 Meeting Minutes - Final

 City Council


Tuesday, September 24, 2024 6:00 PM Council Chambers

 Budget Workshop I


A. CALL TO ORDER:

 Wehrli called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m.
 Present: 8- Mayor Scott Wehrli
 Councilwoman Jennifer Bruzan Taylor
 Councilman Ian Holzhauer
 Councilman Patrick Kelly
 Councilman Paul Leong
 Councilwoman Allison Longenbaugh
 Councilman Josh McBroom
 Councilman Benjamin White
 Absent: 1- Councilman Nathan Wilson




 Also Present
 City Manager, Doug Krieger; Deputy City Manager, Pam Gallahue; City Attorney,
 Mike DiSanto; Assistant to the City Manager, Marcie Schatz; Fire Chief Mark
 Puknaitis; Police Chief, Jason Arres; Director of Finance, Raymond Munch; ;
 Director of IT, Jacqueline Nguyen; Director of TED, Bill Novack; Director of
 Public Works, Dick Dublinski; Director of Public Utilities - Electric, Brian Groth;
 Director of Public Utilities - Water, Darrell Blenniss; Director of Community
 Services, Melanie Marcordes; Director of Human Resources, Blaine Wing,
 Director of Communications Linda LaClouche; Deputy Director of Finance,
 Brent Strumpf, Budget Analyst Sherrian Kelly; Budget Analyst Nick Krueger,
 Payroll Supervisor, Erin Herrera.

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 A motion was made by Councilman White, seconded by Councilman Kelly, to
 allow Councilman Wilson to participate via teleconference. The motion carried
 by a voice vote.


B. INTRODUCTION:

 During the first section of the presentation, Krieger reviewed the evening ’s
 agenda, gave an overview of changes in capital assets, the need to invest in the

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 City’s infrastructure, population growth, and that the increased need in capital
 investment is the primary driver of growth in the City’s overall budget. He noted
 that traditionally the City spends about 60% of the capital budget in a given year
 due to the complexity of capital work and discussed some of the significant
 carry forward projects in 2025. He concluded by providing a high-level overview
 of the proposed 2025 capital budget.




C. PUBLIC FORUM:

 Karen Peck (Naperville) spoke in support of DEI


D. PRESENTATION:

1. Annual Budget Workshop #1: 2025 - 2029 Capital Improvement Program

 Munch began this portion of the presentation by discussing the proposed
 investments in the Electric Utility and the long-term plan for overhead to
 underground conversion. Munch outlined the work plan for the next five years
 and noted the total investment over a ten-year period is estimated to be around
 55 million dollars. Next, other major investments in the Electric Utility including
 the tollway substation, and the cable replacement program were outlined.

 Munch then outlined the results of the Electric Utility and noted the increases
 support a debt issuance of approximately 17.5 million dollars which helps the
 City spread out the burden of critical capital improvements to future ratepayers .
 Munch concluded by explaining that, even with the proposed three -year rate
 increase, Naperville will still have lower rates than ComEd.

 Council inquired about the data used for the population projection and what it
 considered, the appropriateness of conducting a special census, and
 undergrounding overhead utility lines. Krieger responded by noting the data
 came from the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planned (CMAP), that staff
 would come back with additional information about what was included in the
 data, and that it would be appropriate to conduct a special census in the next
 few years. Electric Utility Director Brian Groth discussed the reliability of
 underground lines and confirmed that additional information would be provided
 following the workshop about the proposed project as well as what is seen in
 other communities.

 Munch then outlined the need for continued investment in the Water Utility, the
 outcome of the rate study, and the department’s main priorities and how they
 impacted the rate study. Munch concluded this section by explaining the two
 different rate study recommendation options of larger rate increases and less
 debtor a large debt issuance and lower rate increases.


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 Council asked several questions regarding the increased debt option and the
 effects of aging infrastructure. Staff noted additional information would be
 provided regarding the increased debt issuance option and Water Utilities
 Director Darrell Blenniss provided information about the effects of critical
 components of the system reaching end of life and gave some examples of
 how other communities manage replacement schedules.

 Deputy City Manager Pam Gallahue presented 2025 investments and projects
 for transportation, facilities, technology, and new/replacement vehicles.

 Council inquired about the benefits of updating public safety facilities and the plan
 for upgrading the security cameras.

 Police Chief Jason Arres and Fire Chief Mark Puknaitis discussed the changing
 workforce and that initial recommendations regarding the security cameras may
 be available by the end of the calendar year.

 Munch outlined the major revenue sources used to fund the capital program,
 highlighted how revenues are progressing in 2024 and the approaches used
 budget for revenues in 2025, explained where the City stands on issuing debt for
 capital improvements outside of the utility departments, and gave a high -level
 overview on debt reduction over the last several years and the outlook on
 potentially issuing debt in 2025.

 Council discussed the conservative approach staff took for the 2025 revenues, if
 debt issuances are separate by fund, and the impact of capital on property taxes.

 Munch responded that staff has traditionally taken a conservative approach and
 clarified that the estimated debt issuance of 15 million dollars is separate from
 the debt the utilities would issue.

 Krieger stated that property taxes do not directly fund capital and reviewed the
 workshop timeline to close the meeting.


E. ADJOURNMENT:

 Budget Workshop #1 adjourned at 7:48 p.m.




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