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77-R-14
A RESOLUTION
Amending City Council Rules 6.2 and 9.5
WHEREAS, The City Council amends the City Council Rules and
Organization of the City Council of the City of Evanston from time to time; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF EVANSTON, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS:
SECTION 1. That the following Subsections of the City Council Rules are
hereby amended to read as follows:
6.2 The Council shall provide a period for Citizen Comment. Interested persons shall
sign their name, address and the agenda item or other topic to be addressed on a
designated citizen participation sheet. A speaker may address the Council for no more
than three minutes, and only once per Council meeting. The maximum time limit for each
speaker is a single three minute time limit applied to any and all topics the speaker
addresses. The maximum time period for citizen participation is forty-five minutes. If
there are more than 15 speakers, the Mayor will allocate time among the speakers to
ensure that citizen comment does not exceed forty-five (45) minutes. The business of the
City Council shall commence no later than forty-five (45) minutes after the beginning of
Citizen Comment.
9.5 Human Services Committee (six (6) Aldermen). The duties of this committee shall
include matters relating to the Department of Health and Human Services (including
public health, mental health, youth, aging, emergency assistance and community
purchased human services); liaison with human service -related boards and commissions,
private and public organizations funding or providing human services within the City, and
matters relating to the arts, recreation, library, environment, unemployment, unified
budgeting, the Farmers' Market, and Police services; and Americans with Disabilities Act
("ADA") Grievance Appeals relating to Title II of the ADA (Accessibility). The Human
Services Committee may convene on the first Monday of each month upon the call of the
Chair. In the event that there is no Rules Committee preceding a Human Services
Committee meeting on the same day, then the Human Services Committee shall convene
at 6:00 p.m. In the event the Rules Committee preceding a Human Services Committee
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expeditiously adjourns, then the Human Services committee shall either convene at 6:30
p.m., or 10 minutes after the Rules Committee adjourns.
SECTION 2: That this Resolution 77-R-14 shall be in full force and effect
from and after its passage and approval in the manner provided by law.
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R dney Gene, City Clerk
Adopted: ��J, 2014
EliWbeth B. Tisdahl, Mayor
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