City Council — Naperville, IL
Date: 2024-10-22

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



 Meeting Agenda

 City Council

Tuesday, October 22, 2024 6:00 PM Council Chambers


 Budget Workshop II



A. CALL TO ORDER:

B. INTRODUCTION:

C. PUBLIC FORUM:

D. PRESENTATION:
1. 24-1219 Annual Budget Workshop #2: 2025 Annual Operating Budget


E. ADJOURNMENT:
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400 S. Eagle Street
 City of Naperville Naperville, IL 60540



 Meeting Minutes - Final

 City Council


Tuesday, October 22, 2024 6:00 PM Council Chambers

 Budget Workshop II


A. CALL TO ORDER:

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




 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; Executive Director Naperville Public Library,
 David Della Tarza; President & CEO Naper Settlement, Rena
 Tamayo-Calabrese.

 Daily Herald, Naperville Sun, NCTV-17

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


B. INTRODUCTION:

 City Manager, Doug Krieger, began the presentation by outlining the agenda for
 workshop.

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C. PUBLIC FORUM:

 No speakers for Public Forum.

D. PRESENTATION:

1. Annual Budget Workshop #2: 2025 Annual Operating Budget

 The presentation was then handed over to Finance Director, Raymond Munch,
 who provided a high-level overview of the proposed 2025 budget. This overview
 included details of past work to get the City where it is today financial, a
 comparison of how the budget has changed, and information on how some
 upcoming funding challenges helped shape the 2025 budget process. The floor
 was then opened up for questions, Council asked about the property tax levy;
 staff advised more information would be provided in the third workshop regarding
 the property tax levy. Council also inquired about the cash balance in the General
 Fund. Munch explained what the cash balance policy is and possible options for
 what to do with the excess. Council asked for additional information on the
 proposed work for the Nichols Parking Deck. Staff provided some information but
 explained this was a project for an out year. Finally, a discussion took place on
 the possibility of adding a traffic light around Brixmor property.

 Krieger continued with the presentation by outlining a number of service needs
 and staff’s plan to address these issues. It was noted the Police Department
 continues to see an increase in mental health calls, as a result the MCIT was
 included in the proposed budget. The cost of this team including equipment was
 outlined, but it was noted the salaries and benefits were only budgeted at 50%
 and this team would not be filled until a revenue replacement for the grocery tax
 was identified. Next the service needs in Public Works were outlined. This
 included a discussion around the increase in the forestry group for things like
 tree trimming and removal. As well as the need for a Restoration Inspector to
 help ensure quality work is being completed by contractors.

 Krieger outlined the anticipated increase in credit card fees in 2025 and detailed
 some options the City can explore to help offset this cost. Next the 2025 pension
 contributions were outlined; then the presentation was turned over to Deputy City
 Manager, Pam Gallahue, who outlined employee compensation for 2025. It was
 noted that the merit pool increase is set at 3.5% and a number of unions are
 currently in negation. Gallahue then provided some details around the ongoing
 compensation study with the expectation that wage adjustments would start in
 2025. This portion of the presentation concluded with a discussion around health
 insurance rates for 2025.

 Several questions were asked about MCIT. Discussion then ensued about what
 the MCIT would be doing, how they would help other units, the hiring process,
 how MCIT and CART would interact, and what the addition of this team would
 mean for how Naperville compares to similar communities with number of sworn
 officers. Council then inquired about the plans for tree trimming. It was noted the
 proposed increase would allow the City to get the trim cycle down to 7 years,
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 and that staff continues to look at which species of trees are best. Council did
 ask about Public Works proposed FTEs and staff noted this work could be done
 using technology, but it would still require a new FTE to control and manage the
 technology. This section of questions concluded with a discussion around the
 plan moving forward with credit card fees, and how staff plans to manage both
 health plan rate increase and adjusting the pay scales.

 Next the Electric and Water Utilities were outlined. High level overviews were
 provided to outline the capital work expected to take place in both utilities, the
 need for new FTEs to ensure both Electric and Water are addressing all service
 needs, and the outcome of the rate studies. Council inquired about a number of
 topics from this section. Questions were asked about the positions the utilities
 requested. Staff provided an outline of what those positions would do, what the
 hiring process could look like, and some of the risks included with filling these
 positions. A conversation also took place around what FAB discussed in regard
 to the rate studies. It was explained both utilities’ rate study recommendations
 were discussed with FAB and what was proposed in the workshop was aligned
 with what FAB felt was the correct path forward. Staff did confirm the proposed
 FTEs do not have any major bearing on the rates outlined in the rate study. Staff
 asked for a show of hands on who would support the rate study
 recommendations. Electric has support from eight members, but some concern
 was expressed about the plan for overhead to underground conversion. All 9
 members supported the recommendation for Water.

 Following a 5-minute break the presentation was turned over to Rena
 Tamayo-Calabrese for Naper Settlement. Tamayo-Calabrese outlined some
 accomplishments from 2024 and goals for 2025. Then Tamayo-Calabrese
 provided an overview of the 2025 proposed budget for Naper Settlement. There
 were no questions for Naper Settlement, so the presentation was turned over to
 Dave Della Terza from the Naperville Public Library. Della Terza provided
 highlights of some of the library's 2024 accomplishments, 2025 goals. Della
 Terza concluded his presentation by discussing the proposed 2025 budget for
 the library, Council did not have any questions for the library.

 The presentation was then turned back over to City Manager Krieger who
 outlined budgetary request from community partners. Krieger discussed the
 budget request from DNA, NDP, and NCTV17. A brief conversation about what
 each of these organizations does took place, and then Krieger outlined major
 components of their 2025 request. There was a question about the City replacing
 some lost PEG revenue for NCTV17 which Krieger confirm is happening in 2025.
 There was then some discussion around the City’s lobbying efforts. Staff noted
 there was a new approach being taken which included working directly with
 lawmakers and more time would be needed to determine how effective this was .
 There were no additional questions, Krieger outlined the rest of the budget
 process.


E. ADJOURNMENT:

 Budget Workshop #2 adjourned 8:15 p.m.
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