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AN ORDINANCE
Levying Taxes for the General Assistance Fund
in the City of Evanston, County of Cook,
and State of Illinois, for the Fiscal Year Beginning
January 1, 2021 and Ending December 31, 2021
WHEREAS, the City of Evanston, Illinois, has heretofore adopted an annual
budget for the fiscal year beginning January 1, 2021, and ending December 31, 2021,
which said Budget document was reviewed at a public hearing and copies of which said
Budget document have been continuously available for public inspection at the office of
the City Clerk of the City of Evanston at the Civic Center, 2100 Ridge Avenue, Evanston,
Illinois, between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, except
holidays; and
WHEREAS, said Budget document contains the expenditures to be made
with the monies collected through taxation and other sources during said fiscal year; and
WHEREAS, the City of Evanston, Illinois, is a Home Rule unit of local
government pursuant to the terms and provisions of Article VII of the 1970 Constitution
of the State of Illinois, which said Constitution, in Section 6(a) thereof, grants unto the
City of Evanston as a Home Rule unit of local government the power to tax;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF EVANSTON, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS:
SECTION 1: That, in order to meet expenses and liabilities for the
General Assistance Fund of the City of Evanston, Illinois, for the current fiscal year
beginning January 1, 2021, there is hereby levied on all real property subject to taxation
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within the corporate limits of said City of Evanston as assessed and equalized for the
year 2020 the sum of One Million, Three Hundred Forty Thousand, Two Hundred and
Six dollars ($1,340,206), being the total of the budget legally made plus allowances for
allowable collection losses (3%), which are to be collected from the tax levy of the City
of Evanston for the year 2020 for General Assistance Fund Purposes appropriated and
specifically referred to in the FY 2021 proposed Budget. The specific amounts hereby
levied for the General Assistance Fund purposes is designated by being placed in
separate column under the heading "To Be Raised By Taxation," and is identified in that
manner on the following pages of this Ordinance.
SECTION 2: That there be appropriated for the City of Evanston: The
sum of One Million, Three Hundred Forty Thousand, Two Hundred and Six dollars
($1,340,206), for the General Assistance Fund Purposes, as outlined in the City of
Evanston Tax Levy Filing with Cook County FY21 Budget - Tax Levy Year 2020 to be
Received in FY21, attached hereto as "Exhibit A" and incorporated herein by reference.
SECTION 3: That the foregoing recitals are found as fact and made
a part hereof.
SECTION 4: That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict
herewith are hereby repealed.
SECTION 5:1 That this Ordinance 113-0-20 shall be in full force and effect
from and after its passage, approval, and publication in the manner provided by law.
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Introduced:
Adopted:
Attest:
November 9
November 23
5-dkardo Gomez
Eduardo Gomez, Deputy City Clerk
, 2020 Approved:
, 2020 December 2 . 2020
Stephen H. Hagerty, Mayor
Approved as to form:
Kelley Gandurski, Corporation Counsel
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