Quick Contacts
School Board
City Council
Category Archives: City Council
Garbage Contract
Tomorrow night, Tuesday 4/11, 7pm, the Batavia City Council Committee of the Whole will be discussing a new 5-yr waste-hauling contract. The contracts they will be discussing do not include stickers or “pay-per-tip” service, where you only pay for the garbage … Continue reading
Dam, Shodeen
Tuesday night’s COW (8/24) will have more discussion of the Shodeen project. Last week, Shodeen had not yet secured funding, but has since done so. BUT, the bank wants a letter of support from the Council saying he is not in … Continue reading
Posted in City Council
Tagged apartments, batavia, city council, dam, Shodeen, Washington
Leave a comment
Prairie State, School Budget, Building, and More
City Council and School Board both have items of interest Tuesday, 6/22/21. Both meetings are at 7pm. Please consider writing to one (using the Quick Contact button at right) and attending the other. City Council COW: Council will talk about … Continue reading
Posted in City Council, School Board
Tagged budget, CRT, electric, Prairie State, schools, sex education
1 Comment
$5 Million Shed
Update: In May, the City canceled its contract to buy the building. The City Council COW approved, by a vote of 8-4, a purchase agreement for a building on Raddant for storing equipment, and will finalize that vote Monday night (3/1), 7:30pm. … Continue reading
Posted in City Council
Tagged $5 million, batavia, bonds, city council, raddant, shed, storage
Leave a comment
$5 Million Shed???
Item 7 on Tuesday’s Batavia City Council Committee of the Whole Agenda is discussion geared toward purchasing property for $5 million. Bonds would be issued that would be paid with an INCREASE IN PROPERTY TAXES. The agenda document basically says … Continue reading
Monday—Shodeen TIF/Apartments Final Vote
Update: The TIF District passed 8-7, with the Council tied and Mayor Schielke breaking the tie in favor. YES: Baerren, O’Brien, Cerone, McFadden, Russotto, Chanzit, Wolff, Schielke NO: Callahan, Meitzler, Malay, Uher, Miller, Beck, Knopp Final vote of the City … Continue reading
Local Elections April 2021
Elections have consequences. Your property taxes are the result of local elections. This is where your property taxes went this past year (rounded): School District 67%City 8%Park District 6%Waubonsee 6%Library 5%Kane County 4%Forest Preserve 2%Township 1%Township Road .5% School Board … Continue reading
Posted in City Council, School Board, Uncategorized
Tagged batavia, candidates, elections
Leave a comment
City Budget, Tax Levy, Pay Raises
Update: Everything passed. Aldermen Callahan and Meitzler held firm against the pay raises. Tonight (12/7) at 7:30pm, The Batavia City Council is set to approve a budget, tax levy, and 2.5% pay raises for non-union employees. Based on last week’s … Continue reading
Shodeen TIF Public Hearing TONIGHT
Tonight, Monday, Nov. 2, 7:30pm is the public hearing for the new Shodeen TIF district. Details on attending the meeting are here: http://www.cityofbatavia.net/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_11022020-1635?html=true If you would like to send a comment, they now have an email address for public comments: … Continue reading
Tuesday Meetings
This week Tuesday are 3 meetings, City, Library, and School. City Committee of the Whole, 7:00pm. From the City’s site: “The meeting will be broadcast live on BATV’s YouTube channel which can be accessed from their website at myBATV.com or https://www.youtube.com/user/BATV1017. If … Continue reading
Posted in City Council, School Board
Tagged batavia, budget, library, school, Shodeen, tif
Leave a comment
Batavians for Responsible Government 