Library trustees approve priorities to go with search for new director

By Bob Seidenberg Evanston Library Board trustees are moving deliberately in their selection of the city’s next Library chief, establishing a clear picture of what they’d like to see  in the ideal candidate before going out for interviews. In a brief  report  at the  Aug. 17 meeting, Board President Tracy Fulce  spoke of  the  need to review the job  description  for the executive library director position,…

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With little public input, City Council members are moving forward to appoint longtime city administrator

With little chance for the public to weigh in, Evanston City Council members are moving ahead with the appointment of a longtime city administrator who has distinguished himself on the technology side as Evanston’s next city manager. Officials announced their intent to appoint Interim  City Manager Luke Stowe as Evanston’s next City Manager, in a…

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With filling shifts becoming a daily ‘high-wire act,’ Evanston police moved to temporarily assign a popular unit

By Bob Seidenberg Evanston police scrambled to fill 12-hour shifts, making 47 hire backs of officers last month, leading up to an Aug. 4 announcement that the Department’s Community Policing Unit (CPU) would be shifted to patrol in order to address a severe staff shortage. The Department announced in the release that five members, four officers…

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