HomeMy WebLinkAbout118-R-21 Amending City Council Rule 9.710/25/2021
118-R-21
A RESOLUTION
Amending City Council Rule 9.7
WHEREAS, the Rules Committee amends the City Council Rules and
Organization of the City Council of the City of Evanston ("City Council Rules") from time
to time; and
WHEREAS, the City Council must accept and adopt proposed changes of
the City Council Rules; and
WHEREAS, the Rules Committee considered changes to Rule at its
October 4th and 18th meetings; and
WHEREAS, the Rules Committee recommends the revision of Rule 9.7.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF EVANSTON, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS:
SECTION 1. Rule 9.7 of the City Council Rules is hereby added to read
as follows:
9.7 Referrals Committee (Mayor, who serves as chair, and two (2) Council members).
The sole duty of this committee shall be to consider Referrals made by the Mayor, a
Councilmember, or the City Manager and shall, based on a transparent and established
set of criteria, refer them to a board, committee, commission, or the City Council, with
guidance regarding priority and with instructions as to whether they shall appear on the
relevant agenda for discussion, introduction, action, or with a request by a particular
Councilmember for introduction and action pursuant to Rule 20.1. No proposed public
policy change shall appear on another standinq committee's aqenda unless and until it
has been approved for consideration via a roll call vote by the Referrals Committee.
When the Referrals Committee approves an item for consideration, that approval shall be
transmitted in writing to the chair of the relevant committee and committee staff within 24
hours. The committee chair shall then, within one week, inform the Referrals Committee
in writing of a date by which the approved item will appear on a committee agenda. The
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first Councilmembers to serve on the Referrals Committee shall serve for two years. The
Rules Committee shall appoint councilmembers thereafter on an annual basis pursuant to
Rule 9.3(A).
SECTION 2. That this Resolution 118-R-21 shall be in full force and effect
from and after its passage and approval in the manner provided by law.
Attest:
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Daniel Biss, Mayor
Approved as to form:
Stephanie Mendoza, City Clerk Nicholas E. Cummings, Corporation
Counsel
Adopted: October 25 , 2021
CPA
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