Legislative Priorities
The Naperville City Council approved the following legislative priorities on Dec. 2, 2025. Staff developed these priorities based on multiple factors, including progress on 2025 goals, operational challenges, new legislation, and opportunities to decrease costs, increase revenues, mitigate risk and improve efficiency. These priorities focus on protecting local resources, enhancing public safety and providing an environment where the city can operate efficiently to deliver essential services.
Financial Stability
- Sustainable Public Pensions
- Protect pension systems and taxpayers.
- The costs of any proposed changes must be clearly understood and considered. Any changes should be directly linked to solving a documented pension problem.
- Protecting Municipal Revenues
- Boost the (Local Government Distributive Fund) LGDF. State funding reduces the property tax burden.
- Support and increase funding opportunities for critical local services (e.g., public safety, public works, roadways).
Transportation
- Regional Transit Reform
- Refine recently passed transit legislation (SB2111).
- Revise the People Over Parking Act to restore the city's ability to set minimum parking requirements.
- Require that Supermajority votes of the new transit Board should require some collar county support for regional consensus.
- Future Road Funding
- Naperville's high electric vehicle (EV) adoption rate is stagnating Motor Fuel Tax (MFT) revenue, creating a long-term need for sustainable replacement funding.
Government Efficiency
- Modernize Public Notices and Records
- Replace obsolete, legally mandated newspaper publications with online notices posted on the City's official website.
- Modernize records retention processes to eliminate redundant work.
Community Protection
- Body-Worn Camera Privacy
- Prevent the commercial exploitation and monetization of police body-worn camera footage to safeguard individual dignity and relieve the public resource burden, while maintaining necessary protocols for government transparency.
- Tougher Penalties for Fleeing Drivers
- Increase penalties for drivers who flee or elude police officers.
Guiding Principles
These priorities follow four general principles guiding the City Council's position on state legislation that include:
- Oppose legislation that mandates new services without providing the necessary funding (unfunded mandates).
- Oppose proposals that diminish or restrict the city's existing local authority.
- Oppose legislation that decreases the municipal tax base.
- Oppose restrictions and exemptions placed on the city's home rule authority.