Batavia City Council

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.