After months of deliberation, the Naperville City Council solidified its spending plan for the upcoming fiscal year. The city’s 2026 budget in the amount of $685.34 million was officially adopted at a meeting Tuesday, Dec. 2.

The finalized spending plan for the year ahead is a 6.8% increase from the 2025 amended budget, Finance Director Raymond Munch noted.

MCIT addition was approved in November

Deliberations of what should and should not be incorporated into Naperville’s 2026 budget took place over a two-month span, beginning in late September and continuing through late November.

A decision was made last month to add $1.17 million into the 2026 budget to fund a mobile crisis intervention team for the Naperville Police Department.

“The MCIT program will be budgeted as a recurri

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