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Naperville Police Chief Jason Arres released an updated policy governing the department's license plate reader program, outlining a 30-day data purge, bans on personal use and generalized surveillance, and discipline provisions for misuse.
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Naperville's City Council voted 6-2 on Sept. 1 to reject an $8.29 million contract to overhaul and expand the city's camera network, with council members citing cost, privacy concerns and a rushed timeline.
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DuPage County's Home Advisory Group voted unanimously to recommend redirecting over $6.5 million in federal HOME-ARP funds from affordable housing construction to direct rental assistance, citing barriers that made new construction impractical for extremely low-income households.
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A section of Book Road between Rickert Avenue and 75th Street reopened Aug. 28, but three other segments remain closed on varying timelines as the $400 million WaterLink Pipeline Project continues through Naperville.
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Naperville's Transportation Advisory Board meets Thursday, Sept. 3, to take public input on the city's Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan update, weeks after a downtown walk-through by Mayor Wehrli and other leaders flagged a dangerous crossing at Aurora and Eagle and called for better bike lane markings.
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The Naperville City Council voted 8-0 on Sept. 1 to end the city's longstanding happy hour ban, adopting state guidelines with local guardrails including a 7 p.m. cutoff, a 50% discount cap and a two-drink limit.
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The Naperville Park District will conduct controlled ground-level burns at 28 locations across the city this fall, deploying maintenance crews and outside contractors to clear invasive weeds and restore ecosystems as weather permits.
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The Naperville Police Department has launched a full-time Mobile Crisis Intervention Team pairing officers with clinicians and a crisis-trained K-9 to handle the city's roughly 1,000 annual mental health calls.
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The Naperville Park District Board split over a proposed agreement that would give city police real-time access to park security cameras during emergencies, with two members raising privacy and oversight concerns while two others backed the plan at the Aug. 27 meeting.
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Naperville City Manager Doug Krieger's final electric utility report identifies ComEd as the only viable buyer but warns of rate hikes and lost local control, drawing swift opposition from multiple council members ahead of a Sept. 28 workshop.
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The DuPage Water Commission announced a $6 billion, 15-year plan to build its own Lake Michigan water intake and purification system, which would end Naperville's dependence on Chicago-treated water by 2041.
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Sustain Naperville is hosting Aurora sustainability and planning officials at Nichols Library on Oct. 19 to walk through the city's new data center regulations, as Naperville still lacks a dedicated policy framework seven months after rejecting its only data center proposal.
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