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City Council voted 5-3 at a special meeting Thursday to sustain the city’s plan to lease downtown office space for city government operations for 15 years, rejecting a superseding resolution that would direct city staff to explore shorter leases. At its Jan. 22 meeting, City Council voted 6-3 to authorize City Manager Luke Stowe to...
Tens of thousands of 911 calls stream into the Evanston Police Department every year. From minor disputes to critical encounters, one versatile group is tasked with handling them all: police officers. But soon, that may change. “It is really obvious, if you look at all the different things we ask our police officers to do...
In a unanimous vote Monday, City Council approved a contract to install solar panels at the Robert Crown Community Center. The construction deadline for the panels is set for Nov. 1, 2024. The contract with sustainable energy company Verde Solutions is a power purchase agreement, which means the contractor will construct, operate and maintain the...
Growing up in Evanston in the 1980s, Emilio Vargas remembers the Lorraine H. Morton Civic Center as the building at the center of the city. His mother would bring him to art shows, book fairs and other events. Now, as an adult, Vargas said he most recently went to the Civic Center to vote. The...
At a City Council meeting last month, Ald. Devon Reid (8th) walked out while his colleagues voted to delay a proposal to increase Evanston’s minimum wage, saying they failed to “stand up for f—ing poor people.” As the ordinance returns to City Council next month, Reid told The Daily he thinks it will finally pass....