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Newsy Items on Monday City Council Agenda
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1. Presentation by United Way of the North Shore commending the City on its 2009 employee campaign and announcing 2010 campaigns in Evanston.
2. Swearing in of New Evanston Fire Chief Greg Klaiber.
3. Presentation by NU Finance Professor Joshua Rauh on state of public pensions. Rauh is a national expert on the subject and will comment on his views of Evanston's pension issues. More info on Rauh on his Kellogg School website.
4. Informational presentation on bids received by City for refuse service.
5. Discussion with Evanston Library Board on financing and operations issues. Included in agenda packet is staff report answering questions that have arisen over the Summer on this subject and proposed ordinance from Mayor Tisdahl on an alternate approach to Library funding.
6. Consideration of ordinance regarding changes to City taxi regulation.
7. The Council's Administration and Public Works Committee will review proposed ordinance on taxing plastic bags and discuss next steps for the initiative.
8. Consideration of ordinance amending regulations on student truancy.
9. Expected action on ordinance amending regulations for food trucks.
10. Expected action on ordinance regulating keeping chickens and other fowl in residential areas.

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