2017 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the top employers in the city are: Arts and culture Batavia is served by Batavia Public Library District, which was founded in April 1881 as a township library; the first Board of Library Trustees was elected in April 1882. It converted to a district library in June 1975. The library serves most of Batavia Township, Kane County, Illinois and portions of Winfield Township, DuPage County, Illinois, Geneva Township, Kane County, Illinois, and Blackberry Township, Kane County, Illinois. Its current facility opened in January 2002. Government Batavia is a part of Illinois' 11th Congressional District, represented by Democrat Bill Foster. From 2013 to 2023, it was part of the 14th Congressional District, which was represented by Randy Hultgren and later Lauren Underwood. Linda Holmes, Karina Villa, Barbara Hernandez, Matt Hanson, and Maura Hirschauer -- all Democrats -- represent parts of Batavia in the Illinois General Assembly. Batavia is governed by a 14-member city council. There are seven wards in the city, and each ward elects two aldermen. The mayor chairs the city council and is elected citywide every four years. Jeffery Schielke has been Mayor of Batavia since 1981. Education Batavia is served by Batavia Public School District No. 101. The district currently consists of six K–5 elementary schools, one 6–8 middle school, and Batavia High School. Small pockets of the city are served by Geneva Community Unit School District 304 and West Aurora Public School District 129. Infrastructure Transportation Some bus transportation is serviced by Pace. The Geneva and Aurora Metra train stations are nearby. Paths for biking and walking exist along the Fox River. Batavia is considered car-dependent and somewhat bikeable. Major streets include: Batavia Avenue (IL-31) Main Street (Route 10) Randall Road Washington Street/River Street (IL-25) Wilson Street Notable people Ken Anderson, quarterback with the Cincinnati Bengals; grew up in Batavia Charlie Briggs, second baseman with the Chicago Browns Bernard J. Cigrand, father of Flag Day; lived in Batavia Jackie DeShannon, 1960s singer-songwriter; attended Batavia High School J. W. Eddy, 19th-century politician, lawyer and railway engineer, acquaintance of Abraham Lincoln; lived in Batavia Winfield S. Hall, physiologist and writer Dan Issel, power forward and coach in the Basketball Hall of Fame Mary Todd Lincoln, President Abraham Lincoln's wife; committed by her son to the Bellevue Place psychiatric hospital in Batavia (1875) Samuel D. Lockwood, politician and judge Meredith Mallory, former US Congressman John