Remarks by Dr. Benjamin M. White
49 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 2
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“I MOVE TO USE THE OMNIMUS METHOD TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. COUNCILMAN KELLY.”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“I move to approve the consent agenda removing item I-9.”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“Mayor, I move to pass an ordinance approving a minor change to a conditional use pertaining to building height for the property located at 25013 and 25035 West 111th Street.”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“I MOVE TO APPROVE THE AWARD OF COOPERATIVE PROCUREMENT 26-243, RODE SALT TO MORTON SALT AND ENCOMPASS MINERALS AMERICA INC. FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $1,211,916. COUNCILMAN KELLY.”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“I move to approve the recommendation by Alera Group to award medical claim administration renewal to Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois for an amount not to exceed $2,390,921.73 in fixed costs based on HMO and PPO enrollment and for a one-year term. Councilman Kelly. Second, Kelly.”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“I move to approve the recommendation by Alera Group to award Stop Loss Reinsurance to Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois for an amount not to exceed $1,900,871.96. in fixed premium based on PPO enrollment for a one-year term.”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“I move to approve the recommendation by Alera Group to continue with CVS Caremark Employers Health VPS for a one-year term with no change.”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“I MOVE TO APPROVE THE RECOMMENDATION BY ALERA GROUP TO RENEW DENTAL CLAIM ADMINISTRATION WITH DELTA DENTAL FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $41,696 IN FIXED COSTS BASED ON DENTAL ENROLLMENT FOR A THREE-YEAR TERM.”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“Mayor, I move to remove from the agenda item 01, because the petitioner has withdrawn the petition pursuant to section 6-3-5.6 of the Naperville Municipal Code, and no action by the City Council is required. Councilman Kelly?”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“COUNCILMAN WHITE. THANK YOU. I guess we're looking at something that's more aspirational. a little concerned. For some reason, a couple of my colleagues are concerned about specifically the word sustainability and what it means and if it's locking us into something. I mean, I could take a look at almost any one of these and say something similar. I mean, what is technologically adaptable? I mean, okay, it sounds great too, but that can mean a lot of different things as well. So I think it's going to, IT'S IMPORTANT AT THIS STAGE TO NOT FEEL LIKE WE'RE LOCKING SOMETHING IN. WE HAVEN'T PUT ANY…”
City Council · Sep 28, 2026
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“THANK YOU. JUST A FEW POINTS. THE IMEA, I MEAN, WE HAVEN'T HEARD FROM THEM, WAS STATED UP HERE, BUT I WAS KIND OF WONDERING THAT MYSELF. I MEAN, WE HAVE AN OPEN MEETINGS FORMAT, A PUBLIC where they could come up and speak if they'd like. So for public comment, as a minimum, if not just a formal invitation. So I never have taken that off the board. I'd like to hear what they have to say. Anyway, also affordability. I know, I think the metric you're looking at is comparing it to ComEd, and maybe that's just an example of what we can compare it to. It'd probably be the main one I get, but maybe…”
City Council · Sep 28, 2026
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“And I'll go back to sustainability being part of the mission. I mean, I guess we need to look at CEJA. We've been required. to get off of fossil fuels. I think sustainability, from that standpoint, should definitely be in there. We need to maybe put some parameters around and define what we're looking at. But the greenhouse piece of this is not even our call. We've been told that we have to do that. So unless something changes, but as of now, that's what we're living with. The other thing I would ask about with option two and three I see some advantages of option two, but owning an asset that…”
City Council · Sep 28, 2026
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“Okay, Councilman White. Thank you. And a few comments, and thanks for everyone in the public coming out to speak on this. You know, I kind of look at are downtown as the anchor to the city. It's almost like putting in a Walmart at a big shopping center, and then Walmart becomes the anchor. And I say that because I get some pushback. I live in South Naperville, and I get people in South Naperville that, well, why aren't we doing something in South Naperville? And trust me, there's all areas of the community, north, south, I think should all be considered. But I think with the downtown, it…”
City Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“OKAY. NOW I KNOW WE DID A FEW improvements down there. Like a couple years ago, I know we painted the entire flooring on the deck and so on. So I'm hoping that all that didn't go to waste because now we're going to have to go through and do all this construction to have what we have already.”
City Council · Sep 21, 2026
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City Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“I mean, I'm just looking at it just in the simplest of terms. we would charge, we're going to use IMEA, what we currently use, to charge the battery. So we're already using that contracted energy. So once we store it in a battery, why, I'm just kind of dumbfounded why they even have a say so in what we do it the energy that comes out of the battery at that point because we've already bought the energy from them to fill up the battery.”
City Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“AND ALL THAT TAKES INTO CONSIDERATION IF WE WERE TO PUT IT BACK INTO THE MARKET THROUGH PJM, BASICALLY, Is it PJM that was given the, I don't know, a REC or bonuses to communities that have the batteries?”
City Council · Sep 21, 2026
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City Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“Councilman White. Thank you. A question on the slide number 10, if you can go back to that one. Now, is everything here based on the phosphorus, or is there other items on here that deal with other aspects of the revitalization?”
City Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“I ASKED A QUESTION BECAUSE WHEN I WAS FIRST ON COUNCIL, I THINK MY FIRST BUDGET WAS PROBABLY 2018'S BUDGET. AND I WANT TO SAY THE PHOSPHOROUS PLANT WAS ESTIMATED TO BE $50 MILLION AND WE HAD TO COME UP WITH ABOUT 25. AND YOU'RE TELLING ME WE'RE AT 200 MILLION RIGHT NOW?”
City Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“So it's OK. And that's kind of where I was going.”
City Council · Sep 21, 2026
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City Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“Thank you. And just one quick follow-up to that. With what we're spending for the boring and the underground, we were at 94%. How much closer does this get us to 100?”
City Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“Right. I mean, 94% is awesome. But I know with the recent storms we had, and I want to say they hit your neighborhood. Your neighborhood lost electricity for some significant period of time. I have some friends that live over there as well. It does bring it to light, that little extra 6%. Let's see if we can take care of it. Thanks.”
City Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“Thank you. Similar question to Councilwoman Jane. I know you're only hitting the major projects up here, but I'm looking at the transportation, $41 million. And what I'm seeing, $75,000. $75,000 is a lot of money, but it doesn't seem to compute for $41 million. In fact, what you're showing is less than half of what you're asking for. Anything else you would want to mention that we should know?”
City Council · Sep 21, 2026