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Continuing its 2023 budget negotiations, City Council voiced support for fully funding the city’s police and fire pension debt and voted to raise Evanston’s motor fuel tax by one cent in the revised budget at Monday’s meeting. While the council has yet to approve the budget, police and fire pension funding has been one of...
Last Wednesday, signs were posted in front of an apartment building on Callan Avenue, where Ald. Devon Reid (8th) lives, claiming the first-term councilmember is behind on rent and nearing eviction from his residence. Reid told The Daily that as a councilmember he makes less than $16,000 a year and receives biweekly payments of about...
City Council held a Truth and Taxation public hearing Monday night in which residents commented on the 2022 property tax levy. Residents asked for more budget transparency and stressed the city’s need to address rising public safety pension debt. Evanston’s public safety pension debt has risen by $47 million in the past 7 years to...
The Evanston Human Services Committee approved a motion to modify Evanston’s public nudity ordinance Monday night. The decision will be forwarded to City Council for approval in a month. The committee changed the definition of public nudity in the ordinance to prohibit the showing of human genitals, pubic areas or buttocks. The ordinance previously prohibited...
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Voters in north suburban Evanston will decide on a binding referendum on whether the city should shift to ranked-choice voting for municipal elections.