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Articles Posted in: February 2011
Newsy Items on Monday City Council Agenda
All links are Adobe PDF files unless otherwise indicated. 1. Farewell to Alderman Jean-Baptiste as he leaves to become a Cook County Circuit Court Judge 2. Consideration of new City policy on sponsorship and advertising and consideration of RFP for a pilot program for an advertising on City property. The City is beginning a process of being more aggressive in bringing in non-tax revenue to support City services. These items are among the first in this new effort. The pilot advertising…
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Happy 106th Birthday Rotary International
Today marks the anniversary of the founding of Evanston-based Rotary International 106 years ago today. Read more about that night in 1905 at this Rotary history page.…
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Weird Coincidence in Evanston, WY
The Evanston, Wyoming City Council last week appointed a replacement to serve out remainder of term of it's Second Ward Alderman. Read all about it in the Unita County (WY) Herald.…
Former 5th Ward Alderman Mayme Finley Spencer Dies
The City received word today that former Alderman Mayme Finley Spencer died at age 90. In looking for a photo of her on the Internet, I found an interesting seven minute video of her talking about her life done by her grandson in 2006:…
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Thanks for Patience with Snow
On behalf of the City of Evanston, my thanks to everyone in the community for your understanding and cooperation as we have worked to move snow out of your way. It has been a major undertaking. Staff has been working 24 hours a day since last Tuesday afternoon to clear and remove snow. There are many things we think we did right and many things we want to change not only for the next blizzard, but anytime we declare a…