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CITY OF EVANSTON, ILLINOIS
SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
7 p.m.
Council Chambers
Lorraine H. Morton Civic Center
2100 Ridge Avenue
Evanston, IL
ORDER OF BUSINESS
I. Roll Call – Begin with Alderman Grover
II. Recess for Evanston Township Meeting
III. Reconvene Evanston City Council Meeting
IV. Citizen Comment
Members of the public are welcome to speak at City Council meetings. As part of the
Council agenda, a period for citizen comments shall be offered at the commencement of
each regular Council meeting. Those wishing to speak should sign their name, address
and the agenda item or topic to be addressed on a designated participation sheet. If there
are five or fewer speakers, fifteen minutes shall be provided for Citizen Comment. If there
are more than five speakers, a period of forty-five minutes shall be provided for all
comment, and no individual shall speak longer than three minutes. The Mayor will
allocate time among the speakers to ensure that Citizen Comment does not exceed forty-
five minutes. The business of the City Council shall commence forty-five minutes after the
beginning of Citizen Comment. Aldermen do not respond during Citizen Comment.
Citizen Comment is intended to foster dialogue in a respectful and civil manner. Citizen
comments are requested to be made with these guidelines in mind.
V. Ordinance 103-O-11: Submission of the Community Choice Electrical
Aggregation Question to the Electors of The City of Evanston
Staff recommends passage of Ordinance 103-O-11, providing for the
submission to the electors of the City of Evanston, the question whether the
City should have the authority under Public Act 096-0176 to arrange for the
supply of electricity for its residential and small commercial retail customers
who have not opted out of such a program.
For Introduction
VI. FY2012 City Council Priority Goals
It is recommended that the City Council select four of its FY 2012 Goals to
be designated as “Priority” goals.
For Action
VII. Executive Session
VIII. Adjournment
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SPECIAL TOWN MEETING & PUBLIC HEARING
REGARDING TOWNSHIP SERVICES, PUBLIC AID
SERVICE DELIVERY, GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE, AND
DISSOLUTION RESOLUTION
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
To the legal voters and residents of the Town of Evanston in the County of Cook
and State of Illinois, said meeting having previously been called for by the Town
Board in Open Session on October 24, 2011,that a Special Town Meeting of said
Town will take place on:
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
During the hour of 7:00 p.m. in
The City Council Chamber – 2nd Floor
2100 Ridge Avenue, Evanston, IL 60201
For the transaction of miscellaneous business of the said Town, will proceed to hear and
consider the objects of this special meeting presented below as items two (2) through four
(4), and decide on such measures as may, pursuant to law, come before the meeting; and
especially to consider and decide the following:
1. Call to Order – Town Clerk, Rodney Greene
2. Discussion and Evaluation Regarding Township Services, Public Aid
Service Delivery, and Government Structure, and
3. Consideration of Resolution 3T-R-11, Adoption of a Resolution for a
Referendum on a Binding Public Policy Question to Dissolve
Evanston Township and Directing the Town Clerk to Certify the
Public Question with the Cook County Clerk
4. New Business/Other Business
5. Adjournment