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CITY OF EVANSTON, ILLINOIS
SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING
FYI0-11 Proposed Budget
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
6:00 P.M.
City Council Chambers
Roll Call: Alderman Grover Alderman Wynne
Alderman Rainey Alderman Wilson
Alderman Burrus Alderman Holmes
Alderman Fiske Alderman Tendam
Alderman Jean -Baptiste
A Quorum was met
The meeting was called to order by Mayor Tisdahl, who announced this was a
continuation of the February 1, 2010 meeting. She also stated there would be no citizen
comments until after the Council's deliberations.
The City Manager, Mr. Wally Bobkiewicz, directed the attention of the Council to the
packets that were before them explaining the responses to questions that were asked at
the last meeting on Monday evening. Mr. Bobkiewicz also mentioned the spreadsheet
that he then directed Mr. Martin Lyons, the Assistant City Manager, to explain via a
power point presentation.
Mr. Lyons began his explanation of the funds that were restored to various departments,
as well as some positions that were reinstated. In response to questions from the
Aldermen concerning dollar amounts, Mr. Lyons gave accurate amounts for all of the
entities on the spreadsheet.
General Discussion
At the conclusion of the discussions between the Aldermen and the City Manager, the
following adjustments were accomplished through a straw vote on each item:
1) Allowing the branch libraries to remain open through August 31, 2010.
2) To restore the reduction cuts to the Fire Department's overtime.
3) To grant funding to the ECMC in the amount of $50,000.
4) Eliminated the reduction of hours at the Main Library and to return to original
time schedule.
5) Took the Robert Crown Center off the cutting table.
6) Removed Fleetwood-Jourdain from the table.
7) Remove the Levy Center Director off the table.
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8) To restore the funds to the Cultural Department.
9) Strongly suggested to allot $100,000 to the Mental Health Department
earmarked for the youth (0 — 25).
10) To restore one (1) of the personnel position back to the Forestry Department.
The City Manager then stated with all of the work the Council did with the Budget there
is $364,934 in excess of what is necessary for balancing the budget. There were three (3)
areas that will affect all remaining employees: (1) There will be a 10% increase in health
benefits (2) There will be a 5% decrease in the City Manager, Managers and Directors
salary, and (3) There will be one additional unpaid holiday which raises it from 3 to 4.
There are 815 employees still with the City after all of the proposed cuts. He stated if the
Council felt comfortable with the budget he will come back Monday for final
deliberations and approval of the budget.
The City Manager stated an alteration in the schedule of the meetings starting Monday,
February 8`h. At 5:30 the AP&W will meet and at its conclusion there will be a fifteen
minute break, then Planning & Development will meet until its conclusion and fifteen
minutes after that the City Council will meet, but the Council will not meet earlier than
7:00 PM.
Citizen Comments:
The following persons expressed their concerns for the branch libraries:
Todd Ruppenthal, 2601 Central St. David Schup, 2606 Central St.
Caroline Wanglin, 1726 Chandler Liz Schap, 2222 Colfax
Chris Skey, 2200 Harrison Lori Keenan, 2214 Colfax
Mary Rosinski, 1729 Chancellor St. Berniece Valantinas, 2656 Broadway
Stefano Merez, 1809 Livingston Janet Messinger,1102 Grant St.
Mayor Tisdahl spoke concerning the branch libraries at the conclusion of the citizen
comments. She stated the North Branch Library was a financial anchor for the
neighborhood, and she did not want to see it closed. She also stated she did not know
much about the South Branch. She spoke strongly in support of keeping the branch open.
The following individual spoke on the Fleet Service Alternatives:
Genero Jackson, 2020 Asbury
The following individual spoke on the ECMC cuts:
Amon McCall,
The following individuals spoke on the Budget cuts:
Junad Rizki,
Charles Sheridan, 2331 Church St.
Rick Thomas, VP AFCSME
Mayor Tisdahl asked for a motion for adjournment since the business at hand was
completed. Alderman Wilson moved for adjournment and seconded by Alderman Grover.
Roll Call vote was 9 — 0.
Respectfully submitted,
Rodney Greene, City Clerk
A CD RECORDING WILL BE AVAILABLE IN THE CLERK'S OFFICE.
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