Batavia City Council

Batavia City Council members are finalizing their 2025 budget and 2024 property tax levy, and are debating on wether to raise taxes or cover deficits with reserve funds.

So far, Batavia has more open City Council seats than candidates for the April election.

The Batavia Mural Series is a public art installation that will turn the boarded windows on the east side of the Jeffrey D. Schielke Government Center into a mural series by local artists overlooking the Fox River and Batavia Riverwalk.

Batavia City Council members made recommendations on a new mural project by local artists on the back side of City Hall.

Batavia City Council members swore in newly appointed Alderman Kevin Malone at their Aug. 5 meeting. 

Batavia 3rd Ward Alderman Dan Chanzit is resigning after 14 years on the city council.

Former Batavia alderman running for mayor with a campaign focused on community-involvement.

Robin Barraza took the oath of office for Batavia 7th Ward Alderman from Mayor Jeff Schielke at the Dec. 4 Batavia City Council meeting.

The food pantry’s original location will be demolished as part of the city’s $136 million wastewater treatment plant rehabilitation project.

Pulte wants the site, at McKee Street and Van Nortwick Avenue, zoned for high-density single-family detached housing. It is currently designated for mixed uses, including residential, office and retail.

The City Council, Mayor Jeff Schielke also recognized fire crews on Aug. 21 for assisting with other recent emergencies in Batavia.

The Batavia Committee of the Whole voted to approve a conditional use car sales permit for a luxury car purchaser during the Aug. 8 meeting.

The Batavia City Council voted to approve a $13.5 million plan to replace the Fox River dam in downtown Batavia during its Aug. 7 meeting.

Batavia may make some changes to its permit fees after the City Council voted Monday to hire an outside consultant to reevaluate its permit processes.

The Batavia City Council voted to annex the Moose Lodge near Route 31 from Mooseheart during its July 3 meeting.

Grainology Brewstillery will build an almost 10,000 sq. ft. brewery, distillery and taproom in downtown Batavia.

The city has contracted with Aurora company to provide crossing guards during Hall Quarry Beach open hours.

The Batavia City Council appointed Dustin Pieper to be the new 4th Ward alderman, replacing former Alderman Tom Connelly, who was reelected in April but resigned in May.

The effort between these agencies seeks to increase awareness and encourage responsible driving behaviors to reduce the risk of crashes involving pedestrians.

Batavia residents urged the city council to do things immediately to slow down traffic on the state highway also called Route 31 -- including increasing police enforcement of speed limits -- to make it safer for pedestrians and bicyclists to cross.

The City Council will interview the applicants for 4th Ward alderman at its committee meeting Tuesday night. Alderman Tom Connelly resigned in May.

City leaders are looking for feedback from residents about developing a plan to keep cyclists safer on local roads after a women died from injuries after being hit while riding her bike, and a teen boy was seriously injured after he was struck while riding his bike.

The update will be presented at the Batavia City Council meeting June 13. The meeting is open to the public.

The majority of the cost to replace the lead service lines will be covered through a grant program with the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency.

The Batavia City Council approved a five-year garbage collection contract with Groot Industries wherein all single-family residences will pay a monthly bill, whether they throw out a little or a lot.

The Batavia City Council voted against renewing its contract with bike share service provider Koloni, Inc. during Monday night’s meeting.

The Batavia City Council on Monday approved the installation of fiber optic cable at Hall Quarry Beach, connecting it to the larger Batavia network.

Here are the unofficial results for the April 4 consolidated election for city, school, park and library board races and referendum questions in Batavia, Geneva, St. Charles, Campton Hills, Elburn and Sugar Grove.

The new plan is the first step to make city infrastructure more accessible to bike and pedestrian traffic, and lower pedestrian-related injuries and accidents.

The Batavia City Council approved the two referendum questions focused on changing the roles of city clerk and city treasurer at its Jan. 17 meeting.

The council also struck a section of this city’s liquor code barring the sale of alcohol online or by phone.

The Batavia City Council approved a $148 million budget for 2023 at the Dec. 5 meeting.

The fee will be in effect for 17 qualifying retailers starting July 1, 2023.

Starting July 1, shoppers at some stores in Batavia may have to start paying for each single-use bag in which their purchases are placed.

Batavia now encompasses three U.S. House of Representatives districts, three Illinois House districts and two Illinois Senate districts as part of multiple redistricting changes resulting from the 2020 Census.

Through intensive surveying, city staff compiled evidence of 750 lines in need of replacing and submitted them to the IEPA for approval.

The contract with Ray’s Electric and Boring Services was approved Monday night in response to the outages on Sept. 19 and 20.

The Batavia City Council voted to allow Wilson Street Tavern to install four video gambling machines during its Sept. 19 meeting.

The City Council has approval of contracts for the government center remodeling project. The renovation project includes remodeling the center portion of the building’s interior as well as several exterior improvements.

Veteran Batavia police officer Shawn Mazza is the new chief of the Batavia Police Department.

The City Council honored John Kennedy, who died July 14 in an off-duty accident, at its Aug. 15 meeting.

The city’s attorney, Kevin Drendel, told the City Council at a recent meeting that he believed Batavia does not have the authority to ban the sales.

The City Council approved the video series, which will help promote Small Business Saturday in November, during its July 18 meeting.

The variance would allow the auditorium to be 6.67 feet higher than the maximum building height allowed.

The City Council approved a contractor to build the signs, which should be ready this fall.

Batavia Mayor Jeffrey Schielke and the City Council honored Batavia High School’s track and field team at its June 6 meeting, after the team won first place in the Class 3A Illinois State Track and Field finals on May 28.

For the second year in a row, the city of Batavia is flying a rainbow flag to mark Pride Month. But this time, it did so with a public ceremony – and presentations at the city council meeting that followed.

The resolution will go before the City Council for approval at the May 16 meeting.

The Batavia location would be a 1,121-square-foot building with 14 parking spaces on a curved 1.6-acre site. There would be drive-up and walk-up windows, and no indoor seating.

The 'back-up' SSA would only be activated if the association does not maintain common areas in the Kirkland Chase Phase Three subdivision near Wind Energy Pass and Wagner Road.