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Newsy Items on Monday City Council Agenda
1. Township of Evanston Meeting: Final action on FY 2010/11 budget and further discussion of next steps with organization/dissolution of Township. Corporation Counsel will review answers to questions from Township Board at meeting and distribute additional written information. 2. Staff and consultant with provide overview of what we heard through “Engage Evanston” process over last month and summarize results of community meetings and surveys on budget. Proposed budget will be released on Friday October 7. First City Council budget…
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FY 2012 Budget Preparation Update
The City Council Monday will be receiving a report from City staff on status of our FY 2012 budget preparation. This effort began early this year in March with the understanding that the City will still have deficits in FY 2012 and 2013 and difficult decisions will be required to balance those budgets. The City is facing a $1.5 to $2 million deficit in FY 2012 and I have proposed that the City Council consider cutting an additional $2 million…
Newsy Items on Monday City Council Agenda
All links are Adobe Acrobat PDF Monday is the City Council's last meeting before its Summer Recess. The next meeting of the City Council is Monday September 12, 2011. 1. The Council will receive an update on FY 2012 budget preparation. Staff has been reviewing and costing 39 service changes and will report on our progress. In addition, staff will report on its exercise to prioritize every service provided by the City. We hope that this information will be helpful…
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Newsy Items on Monday City Council Agenda
1. Report from ComEd on recent power outages 2. Consideration of request by Northwestern University and the Evanston Wilmette Golf Association for additional football parking on Govern Golf Course. 3. Further discussion of Wind Farm in Lake Michigan proposal. 4. FY 2011 Budget Update 5. FY 2012 Budget Preparation Calendar Full Agenda Packet…
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Latest Power Outage Information
The latest power outage information can be found on the City's News Site. …
City Property Discussion Monday
The City Council will be discussing Monday night options for alternate property uses / alternate provision of services at three City owned properties: Chandler Newberger Community Center, Noyes Cultural Arts Center and the Harley Clarke Mansion (the current home of the Evanston Arts Center). The full staff report on the subject can be found here (PDF). This will be a first conversation on the subject with the City Council as part of the City's larger discussions on the proposed FY…
Newsy Items on Monday City Council Agenda
All Links PDF 1. Discussion of Exploration of Alternate Property Uses /Alternate Provision of Services: Chandler-Newberger Community Center, Noyes Cultural Arts Center and Harley Clarke Mansion (Evanston Arts Center) 2. Consideration of purchase of animal control vehicle from Village of Wilmette. This purchase would be for cash only and would not involve any consideration for provision of animal control services by Evanston for Wilmette. Those discussions are continuing with Wilmette separately. 3. Consideration of issuance of 2011 General Obligation Bonds. 4. Consideration of…
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Power Outage Update - 6:30 PM Friday June 24, 2011
ComEd reached out to Evanston this afternoon and located a staff member at our Utilities Department to coordinate its efforts here. 223 customers remained without power at 6:30 PM. It remains ComEd's goal to restore all power by end of Friday. Kudos to ComEd for stepping up it's response here today.…
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Power Outage Update - 9:30 AM Friday June 24, 2011
Much progress has been made in last twelve hours in restoring power around Evanston, however several hundred residents scattered around the community remain without power. ComEd still believes that all customers will have power restored by end of day today. Contact 3-1-1 for information regarding any general City issues or 9-1-1 for emergency medical or police assistance. …
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Power Outage Update - 5:00 PM Thursday June 23, 2011
Evanston Utility Department staff spoke with ComEd representatives late this afternoon. There are still over 2,100 customers in Evanston without power. The biggest concentration is in southeast Evanston. The number of customers there are larger than previously reported. Many customers have had power restored in north Evanston, but pockets of outages remain throughout the City. ComEd still believes that all customers will have power restored by end of day Friday. Evanston Police and Fire Departments will continue extended patrols in…
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