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CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING
City Council Roll Call
CITY OF EVANSTON, ILLINOIS
LORRAINE H. MORTON CIVIC CENTER
COUNCIL CHAMBERS
Monday, October 20, 2014
Alderman Burrus
Alderman Fiske
Alderman Braithwaite
Alderman Wynne
Alderman Wilson
Alderman Holmes
Alderman Tendam
Alderman Grover
Alderman Rainey
Presiding: Mayor Tisdahl
Mayor Tisdahl called the Special Meeting of the City Council to order at 7:07 P.M.
Alderman Fiske arrived after Roll Call at 7:09 P.M.
Mavor Public Announcements
Mayor Tisdahl then urged everyone to get out and vote.
Citv Manager Public Announcements
The City Manager called upon Mr. Joe McRae to come forward to introduce a new
service the City will be providing. Mr. McRae announced the smart phone app that his
staff has designed. Ray Dorner, Program Coordinator Chandler Newberger Center
discussed the app which will provide instantaneous information for the public. Around me
Tab, Calendar tab, and Notification Tab, Featured Event Tab. Mr. McRae thanked the
Council for their support in this endeavor.
Erika Storlie, Deputy City Manager announced the three awards the City won from the
PTI Solution Awards. They were: "Web solutions to allow citizens to pay fees online". Mr.
Ricky Voss was credited with the IT & Telecommunication for the "Sticker less wheel tax",
"Public Safety Technology". Police Chief Eddington gave credit to staff for the
transformation of a Brink's Truck into an Evanston Police vehicle, the Evanston
Community Builders donated the solar panels, and lastly Detective Brian Marks saw the
idea at a Conference and he took the idea and refined it to loiter on the streets. Mr.
Bobkiewicz commented that cities all over compete for these recognitions, but Evanston
is the only one to receive all three and this is an accomplishment due to the talented staff.
Communications: Citv Clerk
The City Clerk announced that early voting is now in effect and at the close of the first
day there were 211 votes cast.
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Public Comment
Junad Rizki spoke of his concerns with the proposed budget and stated the Council
members sit quietly and says nothing, but are in private communications among
themselves.
Mike Vasilko spoke concerning the proposed budget. He stated one way to not raising
taxes is to stop giving out millions of dollars to wealthy Corporations who want to do
business here in Evanston, but say they are broke.
Betty Ester spoke of the Township budget that Mr. Bobkiewicz made concerning the
figures for the GA Funds was incorrect. She suggested they take the proposed budget
and revisit it before approving.
Junad Rizki also spoke on a non -agenda item concerning the water department, and
wanted the Council to do an analysis of the Water Department. He asked where this half
a million net from the water has gone.
SPECIAL ORDER OF BUSINESS
The following item was given by Mr. Lyons and City staff Directors using slide
Presentations.
(SP1) FY2015 Budget Workshop
Mr. Lyons announced the first workshop to be Saturday, October 25, 2014 in the
Council Chambers at 9:00 A.M. in the Lorraine H. Morton Civic Center.
Call of the Wards
Ward 8, Alderman Rainey had no report.
Ward 9, Alderman Burrus suggested all to lock their car doors. Also slow down, stop at
stop signs, and stop texting
Ward 1, Alderman Fiske had no report.
Ward 2, Alderman Braithwaite had no report.
Ward 3, Alderman Wynne had no report.
Ward 4, Alderman Wilson had no report.
Ward 5, Alderman Holmes reported on a group working toward stopping gun violence,
and the group made 100 posters
Ward 6, Alderman Tendam had no report.
Ward 7, Alderman Grover thanked the budget staff.
The Mayor asked for a motion to adjourn and Alderman Grover motioned and it was
seconded. With a positive Voice Vote the meeting ended at 9:00 P.M.
Submitted by,
Hon. Rodney Greene, MMC/City Clerk
10/24/2013 6:42 PM