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3-12-76
16-PR-76
A POLICY RESOLUTION
Providing for the Exercise of Discretion on the
Part of Housing Rehabilitation Staff in
Emergency Situations
WHEREAS, Rehabilitation needs often arise'in a manner requiring
immediate attention to and prompt correction of existing problems of an
emergency nature; and
WHEREAS, the Housing Rehabilitation Board staff is fully equipped to
evaluate need and the level of assistance for such rehabilitation; and
WHEREAS, the Evanston Housing Rehabilitation Board meets only one time
each month, thus causing delay in action in some instances; and
WHEREAS, the Evanston Housing Rehabilitation Board condones staff
discretion in cases of an emergency nature exercised between Board meetings
which should be permitted in these emergency instances; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Evanston concurs in -the
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opinion of the Evanston Housing Rehabil.itation Board inthisregard:
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
EVANST ON, COOK COUNTY, ILLINGIS.:
That the Evanston Housing Rehabilitation Board staff is hereby
authorized to exercise its discretion in cases of emergency rehabilitation
involving expenditures up to and including.the sum of $1000, where the
approvals of both the chairman of the Evanston Housing Rehabilitation Board
or his or her designate and a member of the Finance Committee have been
obtained;
FURTHER, BE IT RESOLVED that the Evanston Housing Rehabilitation
Board may -allow cases of thisnatureto be approved retroactively atjts
regular monthly meetings, with full permission given to staff to act on such
rehabilitation cases as described above.
/s/Adele 8, Neem,-,
Mayor Pro Tem
ATTEST
City Clerk