By Bob Seidenberg Evanston’s Masonic Temple, a local landmark that has sat vacant in recent years, will see new life as a residential apartment building after backing from the Evanston City Council on Jan. 9. Council members approved as part of…
By Bob Seidenberg Evanston City Council members, whose jobs are part time under the city’s Council/Manager form of government, have – for better or worse – pretty much handled the responsibilities of the office on their own. That will change,…
By Bob Seidenberg Evanston City Council approved an increase in the fee a Libertyville-based firm receives to manage the city’s waitlist for affordable housing — a list that continues to grow and is approaching 600 households. Council members approved a…
By Bob Seidenberg How are Evanston’s Tax Increment Financing Districts faring? There was no definitive answer yet as Evanston officials said at the city’s annual Joint Board meeting Dec. 19 they are still awaiting more current revenue figures from Cook County.…
By Bob Seidenberg Many may associate rats with mid-summer or even deep winter, spotting one hot-trotting across an alley after lunching on food scraps from an overflowing dumpster. But in fact the fall season is one of the times when…
By Bob Seidenberg Evanston’s special election to fill City Council seats in the city’s 2nd and 9th Wards will take place next April with contested races in both wards. Barring petition challenges, Darlene Cannon, Krissie Harris, and Patricia Gregory, will…
Fire Pension Board member Jack Mortell’s research shines light on tax supposed to go for pensions By Bob Seidenberg Evanston City Council members may consider a small property tax increase to firm up the plan to fund police and fire…
By Bob Seidenberg An Evanston activist group today raised concern that the city is planning to follow up a Truth in Taxation hearing on the budget later today, with a Special City Council meeting where the city’s $400 million fiscal…
By Bob Seidenberg Evanston officials invoked an exception in the state Open Meetings Act to meet behind closed doors for a “team-building” session at a Special Council meeting on Friday, Nov. 4. Under Section 2 of the state’s Open Meetings…
By Lesley Williams This Monday, November 7th, Evanston holds a Special Council Meeting in addition to the Truth in Taxation Hearing. The Community Alliance for Better Government is writing to express our concern that this be a true hearing, with…
