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Newsy Items on Monday City Council Agenda

1. Under presentations we will be recognizing Evanston residents Adrian and Daphne Dortch who have recently participated in the NBC television program, “The Biggest Loser” a weight loss reality show. The Dortchs will also be speaking at the kick off... Continue

City Council Meeting Format to be Discussed by Rules Committee

The City Council's schedule is a little different this week because of the annual meeting of Evanston Township jointly held with the City Council on Tuesday night. So the Council decided last month to move the monthly Rules Committee meeting... Continue

Judge Jean-Baptiste

I had the pleasure of joining Mayor Tisdahl and Aldermen Holmes. Wilson and Grover yesterday at the Illinois Supreme Court in Chicago to witness Lionel Jean-Baptiste's swearing in ceremony as a new Cook County Circuit Court Judge. Supreme Court... Continue

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.... Continue

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... Continue

City Council Actions - January 10, 2011

Special Order of Business (SP1) FY 2011 Capital Improvement Plan of the City of Evanston HELD FOR ACTION UNTIL FEBRUARY 14TH, 2011 The City Council decided to hold the CIP until staff responded to several additional questions. The City Manager... Continue

Council Actions - 11/17/10

The City Council finished the majority of its work on the budget tonight and is set to approve the FY 2011 budget at its meeting Monday evening. Highlights: • Made no change to proposed Library budget and gave latitude to... Continue

Channel 16 Now Streaming on the Internet

The Evanston Community Media Center is now streaming Channel 16 live over the Internet 24 hours a day. Folks all over the world will now be able to see the City Council live and also able to watch scheduled playbacks.... Continue

City Council Actions - September 27, 2010

CITY COUNCIL ACTIONS Monday, September 27, 2010 SPECIAL ORDER OF BUSINESS: (SP1) Ordinances 57-O-10 and 63-O-10: Water & Sewer Rates Action: INTRODUCED (SP1a) Ordinance 57-O-10 Amending the Evanston City Code Title 7, Chapter 13, Relating to the City Sewer System... Continue

Problem with Comcast Channel 16

Channel 16 went off the air about ninety minutes through the City Council meeting this evening. There apparently is a problem with Comcast’s network and how it connects to the government access channel. The entire meeting was recorded and will... Continue

Water/Sewer Presentation

Tonight's presentation on water and sewer fund issues can be found here (PDF).... Continue

Aldermen Attend Washington Conference

Aldermen Mark Tendam, Melissa Wynne, Coleen Burrus and Jane Grover have been in Washington Monday and Tuesday attending the Congressional City Conference of the National League of Cities (NLC). The conference bring Mayors and City Councilmembers from around the USA... Continue

Special City Council Meeting Thursday 12:30 PM

The City Council will be holding a special meeting Thursday March 11 at 12:30 PM in the Aldermanic Library at the Civic Center to discuss changes to the City's street sweeping schedule.... Continue

Council Actions February 22, 2010

1. The City Council completed its work on the budget tonight. The Council eliminated one unpaid holiday for staff, reducing the total number from five to four unpaid holidays during FY 2010/11. This was the only substantial change from its... Continue

Newsy Items on Monday City Council Agenda

1. Final action on FY 2010/11 operating budget. 2. Consideration of FY 2010/11 capital budget. There has been little discussion of this aspect of the budget so far. Assistant City Manager Marty Lyons has an excellent staff report (PDF) that... Continue

Council Actions February 20, 2010

The City Council completed its work on the proposed FY 2010/11 budget Saturday and is scheduled to formally adopt the budget on Monday night. Changes from Saturday: The Council rejected the proposed 5% salary reduction for all managers, restored the... Continue

City Council Actions on February 8, 2010

1. The City Council took no final action on the budget. This was largely at the request of Alderman Lionel Jean-Baptiste who is in Haiti surveying conditions with other Haitian American elected officials. The Council set a special meeting to... Continue

New City Council Meeting Times

The Evanston City Council's Rules Committee unanimously voted this week to change the meeting times for the Administration and Public Works (A&PW) Committee, Planning and Development (P&D) Committee and City Council meetings. The change in times would eliminate potentially long... Continue

Latest Budget Balancing Detail

A revised spreadsheet (PDF) detailing the work of the City Council last night to balance the budget is now posted on the City's Budget website. UPDATE 02/06/10: Bottom line of spreadsheet not as clear as could be: As the Council's... Continue

City Council Actions on February 3, 2010

The City Council met again this evening to continue work on the budget. While the Council took no final actions, the Council decided the following through preliminary votes: 1. Amended its previous decision on the fate of the branch libraries... Continue

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