Evanston to wage fights own fight for reproductive rights at the local level By Bob Seidenberg Evanston will respond in its own fashion to the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision striking down Roe vs. Wade, with city departments directed to explore ways to support and protect individuals seeking reproductive health care. Evanston City Council members…
By Bob Seidenberg Evanston elected officials could be subject to official misconduct charges for inappropriate behavior under a recommendation from the City Council’s Rules Committee Aug. 1 that will be moved to the full Council for action. Former Second Ward Alderperson Peter Braithwaite made the referral in March, proposing amendments to the City’s Code of…
By Bob Seidenberg The city isn’t moving forward with City of Urbana administrator Carol Mitten, the lone finalist in Evanston’s city manager search, in a mutual decision that she was “not the right fit,” officials said Aug. 3. The city said in a release that Mitten had withdrawn her name from consideration in mutual decision…
By Bob Seidenberg A lot had been said about City of Urbana administrator Carol Mitten since the City Council announced earlier this month she was their lone finalist to become Evanston’s next city manager. In her first meeting with the Evanston public July 28, Mitten had the chance to talk about her record herself. ‘Consider…
By Bob Seidenberg Evanston’s Service Center, which holds the Public Works, Fleet Management, Parking Management and other city departments, is regarded as the heart of city operations. But it is showing wear and tear and in need of a major plan to modernize its operations, officials said in a presentation at the July 25 City…
Mail By Bob Seidenberg Evanston zoning codes sometimes mandate land use that is economically inefficient, requiring excessive lot standards and setbacks — standards that can have “an inherently exclusionary or segregationist effect on housing.” That observation was found in a report on Evanston’s zoning code last fall. Evanston-based Connections for the Homeless, a leading group…
By Bob Seidenberg The Evanston Public Library received high marks on a community survey conducted earlier this year designed to gauge how well the system was meeting needs. But some concerns were voiced about parking and the loss of neighborhood branches, catching the attention of some Library trustees at their July 20 meeting. A consulting…
By Bob Seidenberg rseiden914@gmail.com As far as one Evanston group is concerned, the city’s search for a city manager isn’t over with officials announcement today, July 20, that they are down to a single candidate. The city announced in a release today that a City Manager Candidate Town Hall will be held 7 pm, Thursday, July…
By Bob Seidenberg Members of the city’s Redistricting Committee previously agreed not to make any changes to the city’s current ward maps before a special election is held next April to fill two open Council seats. Elections for the city’s south Ninth Ward and now centrally-located Second Ward seats are expected to be held at…
By Bob Seidenberg Evanston residents will be given the opportunity in November to say whether they favor moving to a ranked-choice voting system to elect the Mayor, the City Clerk and members of the City Council, under a proposal that received backing Monday, July 11. Council members voted 7-0 at their meeting to approve a resolution that…
