HomeMy WebLinkAbout085-R-22 Amending City Council Rule 9.712/12/2022
85-R-22
A RESOLUTION
Amending City Council Rule 9.7
WHEREAS, the Evanston City Council has its own internal City Council
Rules and Organization of the City Council of the City of Evanston (“City Council
Rules”); and
WHEREAS, the City Council adopts proposed changes to the City Council
Rules from time to time; and
WHEREAS, City Council Rule 9.7 currently states that the sole duty of the
Referral 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 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 standing committee's agenda 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 first Councilmembers to serve on the Referrals Committee shall serve for
two years. The Rules Committee shall appoint councilmembers thereafter on an annual
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basis pursuant to Rule 9.3(A); and
WHEREAS, City Council believes that it is appropriate to amend the City
Council Rules to remove the requirement that all referrals made by the Mayor, a Council
Member or the City Manager be referred to a board, committee, commission, or the City
Council and to include that the committee shall refer any item that has at least two
cosponsors;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF EVANSTON, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS:
SECTION 1: That the foregoing recitals are hereby found as fact and
incorporated herein by reference.
SECTION 2: Rule 9.7 of the City Council Rule is hereby amended to read
as follows:
9.7 Referrals Committee (Mayor, who serves as chair, and two (2)
Councilmembers). The sole duty of this committee shall be to consider Referrals made
by the Mayor, a Councilmember, or the City Manager and co-referred by at least two
additional Councilmembers; it 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 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. The committee shall
so refer any item that has at least two co-referrers. No proposed public policy change
shall appear on another standing committee's agenda 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 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 3: That this resolution shall be in full force and effect from and
after the date of its passage and approval in the manner provided by law.
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_______________________________
Daniel Biss, Mayor
Attest:
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Stephanie Mendoza, City Clerk
Adopted: __________________, 2022
Approved as to form:
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Nicholas E. Cummings, Corporation Counsel
December 12
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