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Evanston Now Evanston's new City Council was sworn in this evening. The ceremonial session is scheduled to start at 7:30 p.m. The meeting agenda is available online. The meeting is reconvened at 7:42 p.m. Outgoing Mayor Steve Hagerty hands off the gavel to incoming Mayor Danial Biss, who’s sworn in by Judge Lionel Jean-Baptiste. Mayor, clerk and aldermen take the Athenian Oath of Citizenship. Invocation from Pastor Monte Dillard. Alderman Peter Braithwaite, 2nd Ward, taking the oath of office. Biss individually swears in the aldermen and clerk. Call of the wards Braithwaite … Says he’s ...

Northwestern to pay $1 million to city for use of Robert Crown Northwestern will pay $1 million in exchange for the University’s use of the Robert Crown Community Center, an agreement City Council voted to approve Monday. The agreement, which will last until 2026, allows NU to use Robert Crown’s ice rink for the University’s Men’s Club Hockey team and Synchronized Skating team. Northwestern will also rent out classroom space for Northwestern programs. Northwestern announced plans to contribute $1 million to the community center in 2017. The council’s 2-7 vote on Monday finally appro...

Evanston Now Recap: Administration and Public Works Committee Here's a recap of our live coverage of this afternoon's Evanston City Council Administration and Public Works Committee meeting. The meeting is scheduled to start at 4 p.m. A packet with information on the agenda items is available online. Meeting called to order at 4:03 p.m. Alderman Tom Suffredin, 6th Ward, is chairing the meeting. Aldermen Ann Rainey, 8th Ward, and Cicely Fleming, 9th Ward, are also present. No speakers present for public comment. Consent agenda Suffredin asks to have A17 and A21 removed With those exceptions, c...

A 6th Ward resident said he was removed from a virtual Tuesday 1st Ward meeting after attempting to ask Ald. Judy Fiske (1st) a question about a Council vote regarding the Robert Crown Community Center. At the start of the meeting, Fiske said, “There is a political campaign going on, so we’re not going to talk politics tonight.” When 6th Ward resident Mike Vasilko asked about Robert Crown’s contractor not paying a penalty for failing to meet a local employment threshold based on a vote Fiske joined, Fiske said she would not engage in a political conversation. She also said Vasilko sho...

none The single most pressing issue facing the Evanston's city government is _______, and this is what I intend to do about it. Transparency, because it is necessary for addressing nearly any other answer that could put here. My foremost priority will be to restore independent Freedom of Information Officer Act disclosure duties to the City Clerk's Office, and in the meantime, I will be auditing the City's FOIA and Open Meetings Act compliance and addressing those issues with the City Council, staff and public. I will also be making more City information continually accessible through the FO...