Naperville City Council May Double Members' Salaries, Eliminate City-Subsidized Health Care

Members of the Naperville city council are expected to discuss an amendment Monday that would nearly double their salary from $12,500 yearly to $24,000, according to city documents.

The amendment also calls for the elimination of city-subsidized health care coverage for city council members, although they could elect city coverage at 100 percent of its cost. 

If approved, the new salaries would go into effect May 3, 2015.

A separate amendment calls for an increase in the mayor's salary from $27,070.27 per year to $36,000 per year. The mayor has also received a $5,000 salary yearly for performing the duties of the liquor commissioner; the new amendment proposes increasing that rate to $6,000, so the mayor would take home a total of $41,000.

The proposed amendment would also eliminate city-subsidized health care coverage for the mayor, but allow him or her to elect city coverage at 100 percent of its cost. City coverage would be eliminated immediately for the mayor, while the salary and benefit changes would go into effect May 3, 2015, after the next election. 

Mayor Pradel would be grandfathered in to city health care coverage, according to city documents, and would continue to participate in the city plan so long as he serves as mayor. 

Monday's city council meeting takes place at 7 p.m. at the Naperville Municipal Center, 400 S. Eagle St.