City officials faced a tricky situation May 10, allowing the 80th Evanston City Council to finish its business and install the 81st City Council. By law the new City Council had to be seated at the first regular or special City Council meeting after results from the April 6 General Election had been certified. That meeting […]
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New Council Will Vote on Fate of Ethics Board
Members of the newly installed City Council will get the chance to make the call on staff recommended changes to the way ethics complaints are heard. Members of the former Council, meeting on May 10, fell one vote short of the two-thirds majority needed to override a hold placed on the issue and allow a […]
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Barely Seated, New Alderperson Devon Reid Places Proposals for Free Beach Tokens, Hazardous Pay Increase for Employees on Council’s Next Agenda
New Eighth Ward Alderperson Devon Reid wasted little time putting his agenda into action, asking officials at the City Council’s inaugural meeting May 10 to consider making beach tokens free and establishing hazardous pay for retail employees who have been working at the City’s larger retail stores during the COVID-19 pandemic. Ald. Reid made his […]
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New Council, Clerk Sworn In
Mayor Daniel Biss and members of the 81st Evanston City Council were officially sworn in to office in a special ceremony at the May 10 City Council meeting. Along with Mayor Biss, the new members are Clare Kelly, 1st Ward; Peter Braithwaite, 2nd Ward; Melissa Wynne, 3rd Ward; Jonathan Nieuwsma, 4th Ward; Bobby Burns, 5th […]
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Not Barking Up a Tree to Say Interest Is High in City’s Next Dog Park
Evanston’s recent municipal election may have received a rather tepid response, but in another area, there is no lack of interest in the winner of a contested process. More than 100 people were signed on to the virtual broadcast the City held May 5 to discuss progress on the selection of a site for Evanston’s […]
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New Howard Street Building Named ‘Ann Rainey Apartments’ in Honor of Alderman’s Efforts
Eighth Ward Alderman Ann Rainey has spent much of her career building up Howard Street, the main east-west street in the Ward that had fallen on hard times when she was first elected to the Evanston City Council in 1983. She is now stepping off the Council, but a building on the street will bear […]
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Proposed Change Would Give Staff Authority in New Business Applications
Evanston officials are proposing a change in the way the City handles requests from businesses applying to fill spaces in Evanston’s business districts, looking to speed up the process in the recovery from COVID-19. The change would give staff the power to approve applications from businesses without going through a special use process that can […]
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Home Precincts Help Stoke Some Candidates’ Winning Margins in April 6 Aldermanic Election
Want a winning formula for the next Evanston Aldermanic election in four years? Do well in your home precinct, and that can provide an important margin for victory. The final results certified by the Cook County Clerk’s Office last week show several Evanston aldermanic candidates receiving strong support in their home precincts on their way to […]
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City Approves Partnership Agreement with Northwestern to Give University Wide Use of Robert Crown Community Center
Northwestern University’s Club Hockey and Synchronized Skating teams as well as the school’s students and faculty will be given wide access to the City’s new $54 million Robert Crown Community under an agreement that some aldermen and residents maintained contained hazy details. In one of the last major actions of the current City Council, aldermen voted […]
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Cook County Clerk Certifies Election Results Confirming Kelly Winner of First Ward Aldermanic Seat
First-time candidate Clare Kelly is the official winner in Evanston’s First Ward Aldermanic race, defeating longtime incumbent Alderman Judy Fiske by 26 votes, according to certified results posted on the Cook County Clerk’s Election site in the early evening of April 27. The Clerk’s office posts certified results after all the mail-in ballots were received […]