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With little fanfare, the Naperville City Council adopted a $685.34 million budget for next year, nearly 6.8% more than the $641.15 million spent this year.

Naperville’s budget totals a little more than what had recommended by city staff due to changes in the capital improvement expenses and the last-minute addition of a mobile crisis intervention team (MCIT), a policing initiative focused on mental health crises.

Over the course of months-long deliberations, Munch described budget planning for next year as more challenging than usual.

Earlier this year, city staff were staring down a $6.5 million deficit caused by the elimination of the state grocery tax as well as a $4 million hole caused in part by skyrocketing health insurance costs and

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