Legislative Priorities
At the Jan. 17, 2025, City Council meeting, the Council approved new legislative priorities. Several factors affected their development including alignment with Legislative Principles, progress on the 2024 Legislative Priorities, operational challenges, applicable priorities of partner organizations, opportunities to decrease costs and increase revenues and increase efficiency and mitigate risk. Other factors included upcoming legislation for pensions, transit and a potential energy bill. Naperville’s priorities fall under four general categories, consistent with the City's long-term goals and values.
Financial Stability
- Sustainable Public Pensions
- Protect pension systems and taxpayers.
- Restore Local Funding
- Raise Local Government Distributive Fund (LGDF) to help ease property taxes.
- Current share: 6.47% individual, 6.845% corporate income tax.
- Funds critical services like public safety, public works and tech.
- Raise Local Government Distributive Fund (LGDF) to help ease property taxes.
Transportation
- Reform Regional Public Transit
- Affordable, convenient transit is vital for Naperville and the region.
- Reforms are needed to ensure fair governance, quality service and sustainable funding.
- Future Road Funding
- Find alternative funding for road maintenance.
- Naperville's high EV rate (per 1,000 residents) is 4.3x national, 2.5x state, negatively impacting Motor Fuel Tax funding. Source: Illinois Secretary of State.
Government Optimization
- Modernize Public Meetings
- Support the electronic publication of statutorily mandated postings.
- Replace newspaper postings with online notices.
Community Protection
- Body-Worn Camera Privacy
- Stop the exploitation and monetization of police body-worn camera footage, which increases the burden on public resources.
- Tougher Penalties for Fleeing Drivers
- Increase penalties for fleeing and eluding drivers.
- Cyberattack Protection
- Shield cities from liability and protect critical local services from disruption.