Eden Prairie City Council · Nov 3, 2026
PG Narayanan
Council Member · term ends Dec 31, 2028City of Eden Prairie council bio
PG Narayanan (Council Member · term ends Dec 31, 2028) is not on the Nov 3, 2026 ballot and will stay on the Eden Prairie City Council after the election.
Re-elected to a third council term in 2024, so he is not on this ballot. Founder and CEO of SmiForce, an IT analytics software company; former chair of the Human Rights and Diversity Commission.
Where PG Narayanan stands: positions on the record
Budget and taxes2 sourced positions
Voted yes to set the preliminary 2027 levy, a 2.9% increase, and a $70.2 million proposed budget (passed 4-0, Sept 2026; Nelson absent).
Council voteCity Council minutes, Sept 1, 2026 (unapproved; in Sept 15, 2026 council packet, p. 38) · Sep 1, 2026
Voted yes to adopt the 2026 budget and property tax levy, budgeted as a 5.6% levy increase (passed 5-0, Dec 2025).
Council voteCity Council minutes · Dec 2, 2025
Fire staffing2 sourced positions
During the 2026 budget hearing, highlighted the need to adequately fund the Fire Department for quick response times.
Own statementCity Council minutes · Dec 2, 2025
Voted yes on a consent calendar that accepted a federal SAFER grant for fire staffing (passed 5-0, Oct 2025).
Council voteCity Council minutes · Oct 21, 2025
Data centers1 sourced position
Voted yes on the first reading of an ordinance that defines and regulates data centers (passed 5-0, June 2026).
Council voteCity Council minutes · Jun 16, 2026
Housing3 sourced positions
Voted yes to rezone an office site at 6436 City West Parkway for a 195-unit apartment building (passed 5-0, Oct 2025).
Council voteCity Council minutes · Oct 21, 2025
Voted yes to change 28 acres from office to residential for Prairie Bluff Commons: 166 townhome lots and 16 single-family lots (passed 5-0, June 2026).
Council voteCity Council minutes · Jun 16, 2026
As an HRA commissioner, voted yes on a housing TIF district for the 195-unit Roers apartments, 39 units affordable at 50% of area median income (passed 4-0, Jan 2026).
Council voteHRA meeting minutes, Jan 6, 2026 (in Sept 1, 2026 council packet, p. 43) · Jan 6, 2026
What PG Narayanan said vs. how PG Narayanan voted
Fire staffing
In their words
During the 2026 budget hearing, highlighted the need to adequately fund the Fire Department for quick response times.
Dec 2, 2025 ·City Council minutes · Dec 2, 2025
On the record
Voted yes on a consent calendar that accepted a federal SAFER grant for fire staffing (passed 5-0, Oct 2025).
Oct 21, 2025 ·City Council minutes · Oct 21, 2025
On the ballot this time
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