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 Add Evanston Public Library to the list of groups with an interest in the plans for a Fifth Ward school and possible changes to Fleetwood-Jourdain Community Center. City of Evanston and School District 65 officials convened a…
By Bob Seidenberg A City Council member’s proposal to expand the size of the city’s Referrals Committee, giving the group greater representation deciding items of public discussion,failed to move forward at the city Rules Committee Dec. 5. Council member Bobby…
By Bob Seidenberg rseiden914@gmail.com One is a popular ice cream store and small grocery on the corner across from Evanston Township High School. The owners, currently tenants, would like to purchase the property and make it a “Mecca” to surrounding…
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 Wards 8 and 9 sit next to each other on the southern edge of the city. Ward 8, with 8,845 people, according to the 2020 Census, weighs in at just above the average population for Evanston’s nine…
