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B
Alderman
wilson,
here
alderman
ruth
simmons
here
alderman
sufferden.
B
Alderman
revell
did
I
hear
here.
Yes,.
D
E
B
A
Okay,
thank
thank
you.
Clerk
reed
welcome
everybody
to
the
monday
august
10th
2020,
evanston
city
council
meeting.
We
just
had
a
pretty
bad
storm
that
could
have
been
a
lot
worse
blow
through
evanston
in
the
past
hour,
so
I
hope
everyone's
okay
and
took
cover.
A
I
know
that
there
is
power
out
in
some
parts
of
evanston
and
as
alderman
rainey
just
mentioned,
I
believe
alderman
suffered
and
may
be
on
the
phone
with
us,
but
isn't
here
on
video
because
of
the
power
outage,
so
he's
just
working
off
of
his
phone
right
now.
I
also
understand
that
alderman
fisk
will
be
with
us
as
well,
and
alderman
fleming
may
join
at
the
very
end,
but
something
came
up
so
so
it's
good
to
have
everybody
here,
a
couple
announcements
up
upfront.
A
We
have
had
a
recent
uptick
in
cases
in
episteme,
and
I
want
to
remind
everyone
that
our
fight
against
this
pandemic
is
a
whole
of
community
response
and
recovery
effort.
That
means
it's
incumbent
upon
each
of
us
to
do
our
part
to
contain
and
manage
this
virus
until
we
have
a
vaccine
and
to
extend
to
our
neighbors
and
businesses
who
may
be
suffering
financially
and
emotionally
during
this
difficult
time.
A
While
we
have
done
a
remarkable
job
as
a
community,
when
you
look
at
you
know,
per
capita
cases
in
other
metrics,
our
numbers
are
now
trending
upward.
In
the
last
week,
our
weekly
test,
positivity
rate,
has
doubled
in
evanston,
it's
still
low,
which
is
good
news,
but
it's
gone
from
1.11
positivity
to
2.27
percent.
This
is
consistent
with
changes
that
we're
seeing
at
the
state
level
where
we
have
seen
seven
day
moving
average
test.
Positivity
rates
move
from
high
threes
3.9
to
over
4
at
4.1.
A
Right
now
is
the
overall
state
positivity
rate.
In
the
last
week,
we've
also
seen
the
state
numbers
of
daily
confirmed
cases,
just
in
the
past
week,
increased
15
percent
from
1500
cases
to
now
over
1700
cases
in
our
region,
this
ems
region
that
we're
in
there
continues
to
be
an
increase
in
positivity
in
new
cases.
This
is
all
a
good
reminder
to
all
of
us
that
we
have
to
redouble
our
efforts
in
doing
so.
I'm
asking
that
each
of
you
continue
to
love
your
neighbor
wear
a
mask.
A
I
can't
stress
that
enough.
We
know
scientifically
that
masks
make
a
difference
not
only
to
keep
your
neighbor
safe,
but
to
keep
you
safe.
This
virus
is
transferable
invisibly.
We
all
know
that
and
those
masks
help
keep
us
safe.
You
have
to
wear
a
mask
indoors
working
in
evanston,
so
I
appreciate
everybody
doing
that.
Please
remember
that
if
you
can't
be
six
feet
apart,
you
must
wear
a
mask.
A
The
governor,
just
this
week,
gave
authority
to
local
governments
such
as
evanston
to
issue
citations
in
fines
up
to
twenty
five
hundred
dollars
to
business
owners.
If
employees
or
customers
are
not
wearing
masks,
we're
gonna
look
to
cure
that
issue
initially
and
and
then
fines
can
occur
in
general.
All
in
all,
I
think
there's
decent
compliance
here
in
evanston
with
our
businesses,
but
that's
not
happening
statewide,
and
so
that
measure
was
put
in
place
when
it's
not
storming
out
like
it
is
right.
A
A
If
you
have
young
adults
or
teenagers,
you
need
to
have
the
talk,
and
we
know
that
the
number
of
new
cases
is
increasing
significantly
among
young
people
in
this
state
and
in
other
in
other
states
as
a
whole.
We
know
that
that
group
and
we're
talking
sort
of
the
under
40
crowd
can
do
a
better
job,
adopting
the
public
health
protocols
that
our
public
health
experts
are
asking
all
of
us
as
parents.
A
I
can't
stress
enough
that
it's
our
responsibility
to
have
this
talk
with
our
young
folks
in
our
home
to
make
sure
that
everybody
in
that
household
unit
is
behaving
responsibly,
be
mindful
of
our
community
safety.
When
you
return
from
out
of
state,
if
you
can
avoid
traveling,
please
do
so.
We
know
that
the
infection
rate
in
other
states
is
rising.
A
A
I
will
note
that
all
northwestern
students
who
are
soon
to
arrive
on
campus
here,
whether
living
on
campus
or
off
campus,
will
be
required
to
self-isolate
upon
their
return
under
a
wildcat
wellness
program
with
the
university
is
installing.
And,
lastly,
this
is
relatively
new
guidance
from
the
federal
government
in
the
cdc,
but
it's
to
wear
a
mask
indoors
when
a
six
foot
social
distance
cannot
be
met.
If
you
live
in
a
multi-generational
household,
where
you
have
seniors
65
years
or
older,
or
anyone
with
underlying
health
conditions.
A
A
As
a
city,
we
will
continue
to
monitor
our
numbers
and
consider
taking
further
restrictive
measures
if
the
number
of
new
cases
and
fatalities
continue
to
increase.
Our
decisions
will
continue
to
be
based
on
data
science
and
public
health
experts.
We
will
also
continue
to
align
our
decisions
closely
with
the
statewide
plan,
including
the
ems
region,
10
metrics,
which,
as
I
mentioned,
are
increasing.
So
I
want
to
thank
everybody
for
taking
these
extra
precautions,
as
outlined
above,
to
keep
our
city
from
relapsing
into
a
second
wave.
A
Remember,
love
thy
neighbor
wear
a
mask
please.
Next
up
related
to
the
pandemic,
there
is
a
new
program
and
the
city
has
put
information
out.
I
know
some
of
our
aldermen
have
put
information
out
and
it's
a
five
thousand
dollar
emergency
rental
assistance
program,
and
this
is
using
some
of
the
coronavirus
relief
funds
and
I
wanna
make
sure
that
anyone
in
evanston
that
is
having
trouble
with
their
rent,
is
aware
of
this
program.
A
There
is
some
general
criteria
which
I'm
just
gonna
highlight:
real
quickly
live
in
suburban
cook
county.
You
have
to
be
past
due
status
on
rental
payments,
starting
march
27,
2020
or
later
you
have
to
have
a
total
household
income
before
march
27th
below
the
80th
percentile
of
the
area.
Median
income
and
your
loss
of
income
has
to
be
due
to
the
pandemic
or
stay
at
home
order.
A
And
you
cannot
live
in
public
housing
or
receive
a
housing
choice
voucher.
However,
if
you
live
in
designated,
affordable
housing,
you
are
eligible
to
apply
and.
A
Received
any
other
covid19
rental
assistance,
so
if
you
are
struggling
with
your
rent
and
you're
like
okay,
I
couldn't
keep
up
with
all
this.
The
mayor
just
mentioned
just
google,
five
thousand
dollar
emergency
rental
assistance
program
era.
Here
in
illinois,
it's
run
through
the
illinois,
housing
development
authority
and
you
can
get
more
information.
The
application
period
started
today
and
ends
11
days
from
now
on
august.
A
21St
next
up,
I'd
like
to
recognize
the
100th
year
anniversary
of
the
ratification
of
the
19th
amendment,
giving
women
the
right
to
vote
in
this
country.
It
is
such
a
momentous
and
important
occasion
I
am
going
to
read
the
the
proclamation.
A
This
proclamation
was
put
together
for
the
league
of
women
voters
here
in
evanston,
as
well
as
the
evanston
history
center.
A
When
I
finished,
I
know
laurie
osborne,
a
couple
words
and
laurie's
with
the
was
involved
in
recognizing
this
100th
anniversary,
whereas
evanston
has
long
been
at
the
forefront
of
the
movement
to
secure
women,
the
right
to
vote
and
many
evanston
women
leaders
played
a
critical
role
in
women's
suffrage
movement,
including
elizabeth
boynton,
harvard
francis
e
willard
and
catherine
waugh
mccullough,
and
whereas
in
evanston
there
were
many
women
organizations
that
work
for
suffrage,
beginning
with
the
pro
and
con
club,
the
local
chapters
of
the
women's
christian,
temperance
union
and
julia
gaston
club
in
the
colored
women's
republican
club
in
the
evanston
political
political
equality
league
founded
in
1904
and
whereas
in
1891
illinois
enacted
the
law
allowing
women
the
right
to
vote
for
elected
school
offices
in
evanston,
the
first
woman.
A
E
Hi
everyone
thanks
mayor
hagerty,
thanks
to
all
the
evanston
city
council,
I'm
looking
at
a
lot
of
women's
faces
on
the
screen
tonight
of
elected
officials
and
evanston's
had
a
long
tradition
of
women's
leadership
in
elected
office,
and
otherwise
we
all
know
that
the
19th
amendment
didn't
solve
the
problems
of
voting
rights
and
for
many
women
it
didn't
secure
those
rights.
So
the
fight
to
secure
those
voting
rights
for
women
and
for
everyone
who's
an
american
citizen
continued
long
after
the
19th
amendment
passed.
E
If
you
want
to
know
more
about
what
we're
doing
locally
for
this
commemoration
of
this
anniversary,
you
can
go
to
evanstonwomen.org,
there's
lots
of
events
and
things
going
on
starting
august
18th
when
the
amendment
was
ratified
and
the
weeks
following
there
will
be
several
talks
and
programs
and
other
things
in
evanston
itself.
Lots
of
things
are
happening,
but
we
are
going
to
be
honoring.
E
A
Thank
you
thank
you,
laurie
and,
and
speaking
of
of
women,
with
deep
conviction.
We
did
have
a
passing
since
the
last
meeting
that
I
just
wanted
to
acknowledge
because
it
was
a
resident
who
often
came
before
the
evanston
city
council
and
she
had
deep
conviction
and
she
was
passionate
and
she
was
feisty
and
she
was
also
entertaining
when
she
spoke
to
us.
A
I
didn't
always
agree
with
her,
but
I
always
enjoyed
listening
to
her,
and
that
is
the
passing
of
madeleine
dutrey,
who
passed
away
recently
and
was
again
one
of
those
residents
who
was
very
engaged
in
our
in
our
city
and
had
strong
beliefs
about
it
and
and
very
much
felt
the
ownership
that
so
many
people
do
in
this
town.
So
my
condolences
to
to
her
family,
which
includes
mitzi
gibbs,
who
works
for
the
city
of
evanston,
who
is
madeline's
daughter.
A
So
our
thoughts
and
condolences
are
with
the
gibbs
and
decree
family.
We're
now
going
to
move
on
to
city
manager,
announcements.
F
Thank
you,
mr
mayor.
Sorry,
I'm
trying
to
get
my
technology
to
work,
so
this
is
pulling
up
on
my
computer.
As
I
speak
to
you
on
my
phone,
let
me
just
close
that
out
all
right
so
this
evening
I
only
have
one
announcement
for
you
all.
We
are
potentially
going
to
be
approving
on
the
agenda
this
evening,
a
expense
to
shore
up
the
shoreline,
and
I
wish
I
had
a
better
way
to
describe
it
than
that,
but
I
don't
we
need
to
do
what
we
can
to
mitigate
the
damage.
F
That's
already
occurred
and
reduce
further
damage.
As
you
know,
we
just
had
another
giant
storm
which
I'm
sure
is
wreaking
havoc
on
the
lakefront
as
we
speak,
but
I
did
want
to
give
laura
biggs
a
chance
to
just
do
a
quick
two
slide
and
show
about
what
we're
proposing
to
do
so
that
the
council
and
the
community
have
an
understanding
of
of
what
it's
going
to
do
and
what
it's
not
going
to
do
and
how
we
hope
it
will
help.
So
thank
you
lara.
Take
it
away.
G
G
We
are
planning
on
doing
repairs
at
four
of
these
locations.
The
repairs
are
a
combination
of
permanent
repairs
to
the
reventment,
which
is
the
rock
wall
along
the
lakefront
and
in
some
places,
essentially
a
shoreline
barrier
system,
which
is
a
series
of
very
large
sandbags.
So
you
can
see
here
at
this
this
particular
map.
We
have
permanent
repairs
at
greenwood
beach,
but
also
we
have
a
temporary
shoreline
barrier
at
the
dumpster
launch
facility.
We
are
doing
permanent,
revetment
repairs
at
the
south
end
of
elliott
park.
G
This
is
what
roughly
a
permanent
revetment
repair
looks
like
you'll
notice
that
all
of
the
rocks
in
this
example
picture
are
neatly
interlocked
to
provide
protection
of
the
shoreline
from
erosion.
If
you've
seen
our
shoreline
recently,
our
rocks
are
not
so
neatly
interlocked
and
stable,
and
then
here
is
an
example
of
what
this
temporary
shoreline
systems
look
like,
depending
on
the
exact
model
that
has
purchased.
G
This
is
a
table
that
we
talked
about
earlier.
That
kind
of
shows
the
what
we
planned
to
do
for
this
fall
at
our
four
location
sites.
The
big
pricing
we
had
nine
bidders.
They
came
in
right
at
the
engineers
estimate
for
the
low
bidder,
where
we
are
only
doing
the
temporary
flooding
protection.
It
just
wasn't
practical
because
of
time
in
order
to
try
to
even
design
a
permanent
solution.
G
However,
we
will
likely
have
to
do
a
future
solution
once
the
lake
levels
side-
and
that's
all
I
had
to
say,
I'm
happy
to
answer
any
questions
about
it.
Anybody
has
any
concerns
or
needs
additional
information.
A
Live,
I
have
a
question,
so
this
is
seven
almost
750
thousand
dollars
and
a
lot
of
money
at
a
time
when,
again
our
revenue
down
everything
else
because
of
the
pandemic.
This
is
strictly
a
temporary
solution,
meaning
that
you
know
we
need
to
come
behind
it
with
a
permanent
permanent
solution.
A
If
we
didn't
move
forward
and
do
this-
or
maybe
this
is
discussion
for
later
on
on
the
agenda,
if
we
didn't
go
forward
and
do
this,
you
know,
do
we
have
any
sense
of
what
the
additional
cost
would
be
to
this
to
the
city
if
we
postponed
this.
G
Well,
we
would
anticipate
that
we
would
have
additional
erosion
occurring
and
damage
right
now.
The
lake
level
is
about
three
inches
above
what
it
was
this
time
last
year
and
we
typically
this
is
the
calm
part
of
the
year.
We
would
see
it
at
its
lowest
this
time
of
year.
In
late
summer,
the
storms
are
generally
less.
We
had
a
lakefront
damage
event
a
week
ago.
G
We
are
having
one
right
now
and
so,
as
the
lake
levels
are
high
and
we
have
these
intense
storms,
we
will
see
additional
damage
now,
the
permanent
revet,
the
remember
repairs
in
the
isolated
locations,
the
north
edge
of
greenwood,
dempster
street
beach
house
and
garden
park.
Those
are
permanent
and
those
do
not
need
to
be
redone
in
the
future
unless
things
develop
differently
than
we
expect,
but
the
temporary
barrier
solutions
are
being
provided
because
otherwise
we
would
see
substantial.
G
We
would
expect
to
see
substantial
erosion
of
the
lakefront
and
also
we
have
buildings
in
both
of
those
locations.
We
have
beach
houses
that
are
being
flooded
with
these
events
that
are
occurring,
and
so
we
would
expect
to
see
increasing
damage
to
those
beach
houses.
I
do
understand
your
concern
about
the
unbudgeted
funding.
There
was
some
cash
balance
that
had
built
up
in
the
capital
fund
that
we're
utilizing
to
pay
for
this,
but
it
is
not
ideal.
I
understand.
A
All
right
so,
but
looking
at
your
table
that
you
have
in
front
of
us
and
what
you
just
said
so
part
of
this
is
permanent
and
then
part
is
just
temporary,
so
it's
probably
40
percent
of
the
total
cost.
If
I'm
looking
at
these
numbers
right
is
permanent
and
then
60
is
temporary,
but
to
save
us
it's
sort
of
the
mitigate
us
in
the
short
term,
from
additional
damage.
G
Yes
and
damage
to
permanent
structures.
G
I
don't
know
the
exact
weight,
but
very
heavy
a
lot
of
the
cost.
I
think
of
the
system
is
actually
trucking
in
the
sand
that
is
needed
to
fill
the
sandbags
and
that
sand
can
be
reused
once
we
no
longer
need
the
sandbags.
The
goal
is
that
you
can
just
it's
clean
sand.
You
can
just
cut
open
the
sandbags
and
take
away
the
material,
that's
holding
it,
but
it's
a
pretty
durable
material.
The
sandbags
are
expected
to
have
a
life
of
three
to
five
years.
D
I
asked
just
because
it's
just
it's
amazing
how
powerful
the
lake
waves
are
in
terms
of
just
tossing
humongous
boulders
around
that
you
would
think
would
not
move.
So
I
just
wonder
you
know
hoping
that
these
sandbags
are
heavy
enough,
that
they
won't
get
tossed
around.
A
All
right,
thank
you.
Alderman.
A
H
A
The
storm
is
rolling
through
where
she
is
right
now,
all
right
so
again,
this
item's
on
the
agenda.
So
if
it
pulled
off
the
agenda,
we'll
go
back
to
alderman
win
at
that
time.
A
All
right,
thank
you.
How
about
city
clerk
any
announcements.
B
Yes,
one
quick
announcement:
I
have
isaac
slevin
on
the
line,
who
is
a
who's,
a
recent
graduate
of
eths
this
year?
He
is
interned
in
the
office
for
the
summer,
a
bit
in
the
spring
as
well
he's
leaving
us
pretty
soon,
but
he's
going
to
give
one
presentation
to
the
council
regarding
public
comment:
continuing
public
participation
in
public
comment.
This
is
just
a
recommendation
of
the
clerk's
office.
B
This
is
not
something
we
have
authority
to
decide,
but
we
hope
that
there
will
be
a
reference
to
rules
committee.
I
do
know
that
currently
we,
the
council,
is
continuing,
as
of
the
last
rules
committee,
to
allow
for
virtual
participation
in
council
meetings,
but
we
do
think
this
is
something
that
should
be
a
a
permanent
facet
of
the
way
folks
are
able
to
participate
in
government
in
in
the
modern
era.
So
this
will
just
take
a
few
minutes.
Isaac.
J
Sweet
can
everyone
hear
me?
Okay,
we
can
welcome
awesome.
Thank
you.
Let
me
just
screen
share
real
quick
desktop
one.
J
All
right,
so
one
big
issue
that
we've
found
over
the
past
few
years
is
that
there
are
a
lot
of
evanstonians
who
aren't
able
to
participate
at
all
at
city
council
meetings,
because
under
current
policy,
if
you
can't
physically
go
to
the
city
council
meeting,
then
there's
virtually
no
way
for
you
to
participate
in
public
comment.
J
Last
summer,
a
resolution
passed
that
prohibited
online
public
comment
for
all
constituents,
and
the
only
concession
it
made
was
that
constituents
with
disabilities
are
encouraged
to
send
a
family
member
to
public
comment
with
their
statement
and
that's
prohibitive,
especially
for
people
with
disabilities,
who
don't
have
somebody
who
has
that
time
to
be
able
to
go
to
a
city
council
meeting,
but
there
have
been
alternatives.
We've
already
been.
We
already
have
in
place
for
the
past
two
years,
we've
been
using
online
sign
up
for
public
comment.
J
J
There
are
five
groups
that
this
particularly
impacts.
First
is
parents
council
meetings,
community
events,
council
member
office
hours
are
almost
always
on
weekdays
and
weeknights.
So
that
means
that
parents
with
young
children
or
people
with
single
parent
households
wouldn't
be
able
to
go
to
city
council
meetings
to
hear
discussions
and
participate
in
public
comment,
because
they're
caring
for
their
children
or
because
they
have
young
children
in
the
home
second
is
based
on
income.
Low
income.
Americans
are
two
times
more
likely
than
non-low-income
americans
to
begin
work
between
2
p.m
and
7
p.m.
J
So
a
lot
of
parents
aren't
even
off
work.
Don't
even
have
the
opportunity
to
come
to
a
city
council
meeting
because
they
are
working
at
that
time
and
even
if
they
are
off
work,
the
average
hourly
wage
for
a
babysitter
is
16
and
32
cents.
So
for
a
lot
of
from
constituents,
it's
completely
infeasible,
even
if
they're
off
work
to
be
able
to
come
to
a
city
council
meeting,
because
the
cost
of
a
babysitter
is
too
expensive.
J
Third
is
black
immigrant
and
immigrants,
and
people
are
black
indigenous
and
people
of
color
constituents
of
evanston
and
the
immigrant
community.
Black
and
latinx
individuals
are
much
more
likely
to
begin
work
in
the
afternoon
evening
or
night
than
white
individuals,
which
means
that,
as
we
consider
policies
that
affect
all
constituents
or
certain
constituents
in
particular
disproportionately
by
ethnicity
and
by
race,
certain
individuals
are
prohibited
from
coming
to
city
council
meetings,
more
than
others.
J
So
as
we
consider
policy
that
helps
all
individuals,
regardless
of
intellectual
disability,
regardless
of
physical
disability,
we
have
to
consider
the
way
that
mental
health
ability
plays
into
that.
So
those
are
the
five
groups
that
are
disproportionately
affected
right
now
by
the
resolution
passed
last
summer.
But
there's
also
finally,
just
to
wrap
up.
There's
a
precedent
for
this
for
proposing
an
ordinance
or
proposing
a
resolution
that
would
allow
individuals
for
the
foreseeable
future
to
be
able
to
comment
from
home
illinois.
Public
act.
J
96-14
says
that
any
person
shall
be
permitted
an
opportunity
to
address
public
officials
under
the
rules
and
established
and
recorded
by
the
public
body.
So
this
state
law
that
already
exists
to
promote
cities
to
make
sure
that
they
provide
the
same
services
regarding
public,
common
and
city
issues,
to
people
who
can
make
it
to
city,
council
meetings
and
city
who
can't
so
there's
already
individuals
who
can't
so.
J
There
are
already
guidelines
here
and,
of
course,
the
americans
with
disabilities
act,
which
says
that
municipalities
have
to
provide
disabled
individuals
the
same
ability
to
access
government,
so
yeah
basically
make
sure
that
everybody
can
access
city
council
meetings,
regardless
of
whether
or
not
they
can
physically
make
it
to
a
council
meeting,
and
that's
all
so.
Thank
you.
B
Thank
you
isaac,
so
just
in
closing
you
know
one
to
the
point
is
we
do
hope
that
the
council
will
refer
this
to
rules
committee
to
look
at
a
permanent
policy
that
will
allow
folks
to
participate
virtually
in
public
comment,
so
we're
hoping
that
motion
can
be
made
today
to
examine
that
and
then
lastly,
I
just
want
to
say
that
isaac
is
a
shining
example
of
you
know
what
public
schools
produce
of
what
eths
produces,
and
so
we're
really
excited
that
he's
he'll
be
leaving
the
office
in
two
weeks
and
going
on
to
work
on,
I
believe,
a
campaign
in
montana.
A
Thank
you.
Thank
you
questions.
Oh
thank
you.
Thank
you
clerk.
Thank
you,
isaac
for
that.
For
that
presentation,
we're
not
going
to
move
to
public
comment
luke
if
the
records
are
right.
We
have
just
two
people
tonight
for
public
comment.
We
have
mike
basilco
and
mary
rosinski,
so
those
will
be
our
two
speakers
of
public
comment
which
are
afforded
up
to
three
minutes
and
welcome
so
welcome
mike.
K
K
Okay,
one
thing:
two
things
jumped
out:
one
was
again
the
650
000
bill
for
crown
center,
and
then
there
was
a
six
million
dollar,
nearly
a
six
million
dollar
bill
for
a
law
firm
and
no
detail
about
what
that
money
was
for
so
six
million
dollars
one
month
for
one
law
firm
that
should
there
should
be
some
explanation
for
that
item.
A8.
I
know
you're
going
to
be
talking
about
it.
It's
the
750
000
of
money.
K
You
don't
have
for
some
kind
of
a
temporary
shoreline
protection,
any
of
the
aldermen
who
often
speak
about
their
concerns
about
what
you
see
on
the
lakefront.
A
natural
lakefront
as
many
say,
should
be
appalled
at
what
the
chief
engineer
is
proposing.
K
It's
a
neat,
knee-jerk
reaction
to
something
that
wasn't,
obviously
they
didn't
foresee
but
should
have
nothing,
could
look
more
unnatural
than
the
the
images
that
were
presented
to
you.
It's
a
band-aid,
it's
an
expensive
band-aid,
because
the
lakefront
conditions
are
just
going
to
continue
to
get
worse
over
time,
so
it'll
be
a
permanent
eyesore
and
the
money
really
should
be
postponed
until
a
more
permanent
solution
to
lakefront
protection
can
be
developed
and
bid.
K
I
also
wanted
to
speak
about
the
budget
update
memo
sp2.
It
goes
on
to
talk
about
the
selling
of
city
assets.
What
are
those
properties?
What
is
the
list?
Where
is
it
posted?
So
people
can
see
it
and
a
meeting
that's
going
to
be
set
up
to
talk
about
this
on
zoom
I
mean,
what's
the
format
for
that
going
to
be,
it
should
be
an
unlimited
amount
of
time
for
all
of
citizens
and
evanston.
K
To
comment
on
the
list
I
mean
no
one
has
seen
this
list
of
properties
that's
being
sold
and
we
should
see
it
finally
hs1.
So
there
were.
There
was
a
human
services
memorandum
with
some
attachments,
only
three
attachments
regarding
complaints,
which
is
fairly
minor.
I
mean
I'm
not
saying
the
accusations
are
minor,
but
all
three
of
them
apparently
were
dismissed
as
unwarranted
complaints.
K
So
I'm
still
looking
for
the
evidence
that
requires
the
term
defunding
being
used
against
the
police
department.
You
know
I
went
back
and
I
looked
or
tried
to
find
whatever
I
could
on
police
chief's
comments
regarding
defunding
and
I've
not
found
anything
where
he
says
he
supports
defunding
the
police
department.
K
What
he
does
say
is
that
he
in
what
I've
heard
and
what
I've
looked
at
is
that
he'll
work
with
a
budget
that
he's
handed
by
the
council.
So
if
you
reduce
his
budget,
obviously
he
has
to
work
with
it,
but
that
that's
not
the
same
thing
as
supporting
defunding.
So
I
really
think
ultimate
should
stop
using
the
chief
of
police
as
a
wedge
claiming
he's
a
supporter
of
defunding,
because
I
don't
think
that's
true.
K
Just
look
at
what
happened
in
chicago
last
last
night
early
this
morning,
more
writing
more
looting.
We
don't
need
that
nevinson.
So
I've
not
seen
the
evidence
and
evidence
of
any
support
for
defending
the
police.
K
I
don't
know
why
we'd
be
penalizing
the
evidence
police
department,
but
if
you're
going
to
reevaluate-
and
you
should
stop
calling
it
the
funding
if
you're
going
to
re-evaluate
their
budget,
you
should
also
re-evaluate
the
entire
city's
budget.
All
departments
reduce
everybody's
budget
equally
and
proportionally.
A
Thank
you
mike
all
right,
our
next
and
erica
storley.
When
we
wrap
up
public
comment,
if
you
could
just
speak
to
mike
basilko's
claim
about
a
one-time
six
million
dollar
legal
expense.
I
just
want
to
make
sure
we
all
understand
that
so
we're
going
to
turn
the
nervousness
welcome
man,
hi.
A
M
Okay,
so
thank
you
much
there's
a
couple
issues
I
have
in
my
mind
that
are
regarding
the
budget
selling
of
city
assets
and
closing
of
libraries
again,
because
I
really
would
like
us
to
have
a
good
budget
process
and
because
our
budget
reflects
our
priorities,
I'm
so
concerned
about
the
selling
of
the
city
hall
and
how
that
discussion
is
maybe
getting
out
of
control
because
we
don't
really
have
the
numbers.
M
But,
more
importantly,
if
we
don't
have
a
complete
pro
forma
analysis
of
the
existing
property
and
what
the
true
cost
would
be
if
it
were
to
be
sold
and
the
cost
that
it
would
cost
to
have
all
our
offices
in
other
places
and
the
inconvenience
to
residents
and
parking
tickets,
and
all
that,
I
fear
we're
going
to
end
up
with
another
robber
crown
fiasco.
Where
this
idea
comes
out.
M
That
looks
like
it's
going
to
be
good
and
it
looks
like
it's
only
going
to
cost
x,
like
robert
crown
was
only
going
to
cost
10
million
dollars.
It
was
only
going
to
be
750
000
a
year
towards
debt
and
then
seven
eight,
nine
years
later,
instead
ends
up
with
a
50
million
dollar
debt
service.
I
mean
debt
with
over
a
three
million
dollar
a
year
cost.
M
So
I
don't
think
we
can
afford
to
re
to
make
another
mistake
like
that,
not
that
robert
crown
couldn't
happen.
I
just
feel
we
should
have
had
the
stamina
to
say
we
want
something
like
this.
We
just
can't
afford
it
right
now,
so
let's
get
the
money
in
the
bank
and
move
forward
with
the
budget
that
we
said
so
selling
assets.
M
I
worry
because
that
becomes
our
our
assets
are
why
people
move
to
our
city,
our
people,
moving
to
our
city
provide
a
lot
of
property
taxes
if
we
start
cutting
things
too
much
we're
going
to
maybe
end
up
with
people,
not
realizing
that
evanston
is
such
a
fabulous
place
to
be.
My
second
thing
is
the
equity
in
the
libraries
because
equity,
one
of
the
reasons
for
they're
proposing,
closing
the
north
and
the
south
libraries
this
again
goes
to
your
budget
is
because
it's
not
equitable.
Well,
the
equity
analysis.
M
If
they
were
going
to
talk
about
it,
it
would
have
said,
don't
put
it
at
robert
crown,
because
that's
what
the
equity
analysis
said,
don't
put
it
with
recreation,
centers,
agree
or
not
agree.
I
that's
one
thing,
but
if
something
is
really
good,
I
would
propose
that
equity
means
if
it's
good
for
one
person,
it's
good
for
other
people.
You
don't
take
it
away
from
some
people,
because
some
people
don't
have
it.
You
find
a
way
to
make
the
pie
bigger.
You
find
a
way
to
bring
it
to
other
places.
M
One
thing
about
libraries-
and
you
know
I
fought
for
these
in
2010
as
well
as
about
a
thousand
other
people
in
town-
was
that
it's
one
of
the
few
places
like
our
parks
that
anyone
without
a
penny
in
their
pocket
can
go
and
enjoy
themselves
their
family
and
other
things.
It's
not
just
a
number
on
a
piece
of
paper,
so
I
hope
that
we
will
look
at
that
carefully.
M
Robert
crown
has
its
own
assets,
I'm
sure
that
library
will
be
nice
inside,
but
it's
not
a
great
location
for
it
in
terms
of
public.
In
terms
of
public
access
for
other
people,
the
parking
lot
when
everything's
back
and
running
is
going
to
be
really
full
for
people
who
need
to
go
there.
The
other
places
are
closer
to
public
transportation,
and
my
final
comment
is:
libraries
have
shown
time
and
time
again.
M
On
the
other
hand,
I
want
to
say
thank
you
so
much
to
the
street
people
who
redid
all
these
treats.
So
I
think
they
did
about
11
or
12
streets,
and
ours
was
one
of
them
thanks
eleanor
for
helping
with
that
one
and
they
did
a
great
job.
So
that
being
said,
please
don't
make
any
economic
decisions
without
full
pro
forma
numbers
that
can
be
backed
up
and
defended
and
analyzed
by
the
residents.
Thank
you
so
much.
A
Thank
you
mayor
all
right
that
can.
That
concludes
public
comment
for
those
of
you
that
are
watching
from
home.
A
I
know
that
alderman
nguyen
was
on
video
and
now
because
of
the
storm
and
everything
else,
she's
dialed
in
via
phone,
so
she's
still
with
us,
but
via
phone
all
right,
erica,
storley
question
for
you
a
can
you
just
respond
to
that
one
comment
about
six
minutes:
six
million
dollars
for
one
month
of
legal
costs
or
something
along
those
lines,
and
then
also,
can
you
give
me
your
opinion?
It
looks
like
we
have
our
album
in
here.
A
H
I
know
that
we
have
some
people
that
are
dialing
in
by
phone,
who
will
not
be
able
to
see
the
presentations
that
we
have
for
the
budget
update.
So
it
may
be
helpful
if
we
do
the
consent
agenda
first
and
give
an
opportunity
for
friends
to
pass
for
the
other
members
of
the
council
to
then
join
to
be
able
to
view
the
presentation.
A
H
A
All
right
so
we'll
do
that
we'll.
Do
that
all
right!
We're
going
to
move
then
to
the
consent
agenda
first
this
evening
and
then
we'll
come
back
to
the
special
orders
of
business.
I
know
alderman
fleming
couldn't
be
with
us.
Alderman
rainey
is
sort
of
the
vice
chair
of
the
administration
and
public
works
committee,
so
alderman
rainey.
If
you
could
take
us
through
cm1
and
then
the
consent
agenda,
I
believe
you
got
you
all
did
have
apw
this
evening.
A
So
what
I
would
suggest
is
if
any
aldermen
have
certain
items
on
the
apw
agenda,
that
they
want
to
pull
off
to
take
a
minute
and
just
announce
them,
so
we
can
pull
them
off
and
then
we
don't
have
to
have
you
read
each
item.
A
Okay,
so
it's
open
to
aldermen
to
look
at
the
agenda
and
let
me
know
if
you
want
to
pull
anything
off.
O
C
Mr
mayor
a4
has
been
withdrawn
by
our
staff
for
certain
changes,
so
that's
not
going
to
be
brought
forward
tonight
and
then,
as
you
know,
the
amazon
credit
card
a2
is
off
the
consent
agenda,
but
those
are
our
only
two
from
the
committee.
C
A
P
A
H
H
A
All
right
hearing
hearing
nothing
else:
alderman
rainey.
If
you
want
to
move.
C
Yes,
all
right,
mr
mayor,
I
move
approval
of
the
consent
agenda,
with
the
exception
of
a1,
a10,
ed1
and.
O
B
I
can't
hear
him
but
alderman
win.
Q
B
Simmons,
oh
okay,
alderman
sufferden,.
P
H
C
A
Oh
and
it's
an
eye
okay
is
alderman
suffered
in
with
us.
He
was
the
only
one
that
didn't
vote.
A
Okay,
I'm
gonna
and
again
for
folks
that
are
watching.
There
are
some
technical
difficulties
tonight
because
of
the
storm
that
came
through.
I'm
going
to
note
the
vote
as
eight
to
zero
vote
on
the
consent
agenda
with
alderman
suffered
in
just
absent
from
this
vote
because
of
tech
issues
all.
A
Excuse,
excuse
me,
thank
you.
That's
thank
you,
seven
to
zero
vote
on
that
all
right.
I
just
realized
that
we
didn't
do
something
at
the
beginning,
and
so
I'm
gonna
ask
kelly
garanderski
when
don
wilson
just
spoke
it.
It
reminded
me.
N
All
right,
I
I
move
that
we
suspend
the
rules
and
can
we
do
that
nug
pro
tongue,
to
the
commencement
of
the
beginning.
R
Actually,
with
the
good
evening,
everybody
actually
with
the
new
the
new
rules
under
the
amendments,
I'm
not
sure
we
even
have
to
formally
move
to
suspend,
but
I
know
we've
been
doing
it
out
of
good
practice,
so
I
think
we're
okay.
B
Yes,
alderman
fisk.
K
Q
B
Alderman
wilson,
aye
alderman
ruth
simmons
aye
alderman
suffered
I'm
sorry,
yeah
alderman,
rafael,
alderman,
rainey.
C
A
All
right,
thank
you,
clerk
reed,
so,
on
a
7-0
vote,
the
council
voted
to
suspend
the
rules
to
allow
for
a
virtual
meeting
like
we're.
B
Having
as
for
good
practice,
should
we
just
redo
the
vote
on
the
consent
agenda,
since
we've
now
suspended
the
rules.
A
I
think
we're
I
think,
city
attorney
gandurski's
sort
of
said
that
it
was
okay,
that
we
didn't.
She
didn't
even
think
we
needed
to
do
whatever.
Okay,
all
right,
so
alderman
rainey.
Can
you
just
get
the
items
removed?
Yes,.
C
Alderman
wilson,
there
are
four
items
under
a1:
there's
payroll
bills
through
the
19th
there's,
then
the
august
11th.
C
It's
the
bills,
I
think
july,
6th
july
19th.
N
Right
so
it's
it's
page,
66
of
the
packet
page,
two
of
29
of
the
bills
list.
A
C
C
Our
staff
is
recommending
that
for
the
period
of
july
6
2020
through
july
19
in
the
amount
of
2
million,
eight
hundred
thirty,
eight
thousand
one
hundred
two
dollars
and
sixty
one
cents,
bill's
list
for
august
11
2020
and
the
amount
of
seven
million,
328,
482.67
cents
and
credit
card
activity
for
the
period
ending,
may
26
2020.
In
the
amount
of
2
million
I
mean
hundred
211
five
dollars
and
thirty
eight
cents.
I
move
approval.
N
We
had
a
conversation
a
couple
few
weeks
ago
about
the
hiring
of
outside
consultants
without
approval
from
the
either
hr
or
the
manager's
office,
and
I
see
there's
yet
another
invoice
here
notwithstanding
that
conversation,
so
I'd
like
to
move
that
we
remove
this
invoice
from
the
bills
list
and
proceed
without
this
invoice.
B
May
I
have
mrs
storley
or
skandersky
if
someone
is
available
to
answer
a
question
on
this.
B
Okay,
was
there
a
in
the
hiring
of
this
fellow
was?
Was
there
a
rule
or
a
policy
broken.
F
F
B
So
to
be
clear,
so
staff
members
or
any
department
head,
which
you
know
the
clerk
isn't
actually
a
department.
The
clerk's
office
isn't
a
department
under
the
code,
but
any
department
head
similar
to
the
clerk
has
the
ability
to
make
purchases
up
to
25
000.
B
B
And
this
purchase
is
under
twenty
five
thousand
dollars
correct.
It's
not
a
purchase.
H
F
Same
vendor,
if
the
total
that
amounts
paid
to
the
person
is
over
eight
thousand,
but
this
is
this-
is
not
a
purchase
of
a
of
a
goods
or
service.
That's
what
the
city
council
approves
over.
B
Oh
okay,
so
then,
as
far
as
then
retaining
a
consultant
or
a
fellow,
this
is
a
this.
Is
an
intern
he's
just
filled
out
a
1099.
That's
that's!
What's
different
here,
so
retaining
a
consultant
or
a
cert
or
a
service.
F
I
don't
understand
what
you're
getting
at.
B
I
think
what
what
I'm
getting
at
is
that
there's,
no,
you
know
hiring
violation,
there's
no
rule
broken
as
the
clerk
as
a
having
authority
of
a
department
head
I
independently
and
not
under
the
direction
of
the
city
manager.
I
have
the
independent
authority
to
make
purchasing
decisions
for
the
clerk's
office's
budget.
B
Right
because
the
city
code
gives
the
city
manager
discretion
over
the
city's
departments
and
then
the
city
code
expressly
lists
all
of
the
city's
departments
and
it
does
not
list
the
clerk's
office
as
a
city
department.
The
clerk
is
an
elected
official
who
is
elected
to
head
the
clerk's
office.
B
It
is
not
a
department
that
is
headed
by
the
city
manager,
and
so
you
know
I
I
I
don't
think
it's
very
clear
here
and
I
think,
if,
if
anything
should
be
getting
to
a
clear
understanding,
maybe
miss
gandursky
can
weigh
in
on
this.
You
know
what
the
authority
of
the
clerk
is,
because
it's
very
clear
that
the
clerk's
office
is
not
under
the
auspices
of
the
city
manager,
as
it
is
expressly
not
listed
there
in
the
code.
So
then,
independently.
F
B
Want
to
chime
in
very
quickly
to
that
point,
because
this
is
like
you
said,
the
clerk's
office
does
have
that
and
yes,
the
council's
the
corporate
authorities,
and
so
thereby
they
approve
all
bills
of
the
city
and
all
payments
by
the
city.
I
did
not.
B
We
should
make
it
clear
that
there
wasn't
a
rule
violation
by
hiring
this
in
in
contracting
the
service
and
that's
the
what
the
argument
that's
being
made
here
is
that
the
clerk's
office
violated
some
kind
of
rule
or
some
kind
of
practice,
which
I
just
want
to
make
it
clear
that
there's
no
hard
and
fast
clear
rule
that
was
broken
by
the
clerk's
office
with
retaining
this
person.
F
I'm
not
going
to
opine
on
whether
or
not
a
rule
was
broken.
I
know
that
direction
was
given
and
it
was
not
followed.
I
know
that
we
have
a
hiring
freeze
and
I've
told
our
entire
city
staff
that
they
are
not
to
hire
anybody
and
not
to
have
any
expenses
that
aren't
authorized
by
me
because
we're
laying
people
off
and
we're
in
a
pandemic
and
we
have
a
serious
budget
shortfall.
So,
whether
or
not
you
know
rules
were
broken.
I
can't
opine
on
that
right
now,
but
there
was.
B
Right
that
typically
gets
approved
by
the
city
manager,
so
I
do
want
to
make
clear.
I
know
you're
unwilling
to
or
may
be
unable
to
at
this
time
without
further
looking
into
it
to
opine
on
whether
or
not
a
clear
rule
was
broken.
I
do
get
that
you
that
there
is
direction
for
staff
not
to
hire
any
new
permanent
employees.
There
are
no
permanent
employees
hired
in
the
clerk's
office,
there's
an
intern
who
was
scheduled
to
a
fellow
who
was
scheduled
to
start.
B
You
know
right
before
the
pandemic
started.
That
person
was,
you
know,
retained
in
an
alternative
manner.
There
wasn't
a
rule
broken
the
clerk's
office.
Has
this
authority,
so
what
the
council
is
really
doing?
Isn't
you
you
just
it's?
It
has
to
be
political,
I
mean
I
can't.
I
can't
find
an
explanation
for
it,
because
this
is
again.
B
This
is
a
purchase
that
in
aggregate
for
a
summer
fellow,
is
under
10
000
again
that
money
was
in
the
clerk's
office
budget
to
hire
seasonal
folks
and
and
that
that
has
been
done.
I
do
understand
that
we
are
in
a
pandemic,
but
there's
still
work
that
the
clerk's
office
has
to
do.
I
do
not
have
staff,
as
the
mayor
has
made
an
executive
order
with
to
take
staff
out
of
the
clerk's
office,
this
deputy
city
clerk.
B
This
is
the
way
that
we
in
the
clerk's
office
have
been
able
to
continue
the
work
that
we're
elected
to
do.
A
Well,
we've
got
some,
we
got
some
discussion,
it
looks
like
with
some
council
members-
and
I
guess
I
do
have
a
question
I
didn't
know-
have
the
ability
to
issue
any
executive
orders.
I've
never
issued
an
executive
order
since.
A
But
if
I
have
that
ability,
I
would
love
to
know
from
our
city
attorney
a
city
manager
sometime,
but
we've
got
aldermen
fisk
and
then
all
the
rooms.
O
O
What's
happened,
I
mean
I
saw
an
email
from
someone
who
claimed
to
be
an
assistant
to
the
city
clerk,
which
indicated
an
employee,
and
I
think
we
draw
a
distinction
unless
I'm
mistaken
and
the
city
attorney
can
correct
me
on
this,
but
I
think
we
draw
a
distinction
between
goods
and
services
and
employees
and
going
back
to
last
year
before
city
manager,
bob
calison,
I
thought
it
was
clearly.
O
Stated
that
all
employees
would
be
under
the
hiring
of
the
city
manager,
not
of
any
individual
person
who
was
and
that
this
this
did
not
go
through
the
human
services
department.
O
So
I
mean
you
can
just
correct
me
if
I'm
wrong,
I'm
I'm
going
on
my
memory
of
these
conversations
that
we've
had
over
the
past
year
and
emails
that
have
gone
back
and
forth
that
my
understanding
was
that
that
the
person
was
informed
that
he
was
not
an
employee,
and
I
think
we
discussed
a
little
bit
of
this
last
week,
and
it
was
also
reiterated
that
the
city
manager
had
the
authority
to
to
hire
employees
and
that
there
was
a
hiring
freeze
in
place
as
well.
O
I
think
you're
you're
confusing
things,
and
I
want
to
make
sure
that
there
is
no
confusion
out
there
for
the
public.
Again.
This
is
not
a
political
issue.
O
It's
just
simply
a
a
a
a
policy
that
I
think
the
council
has
already
looked
at
and
agreed
to
or
understood,
and
now
it
seems
to
it
seems
that
you're
wanting
to
change
it
by
calling
the
hiring
of
someone
or
the
employment
of
someone
a
good
or
goods
or
service,
which
I
absolutely
disagree
with
so
I'd
like
some
clarification
from
corporation
council
on
this
again,
I
think
that
would
be
helpful
to
the
council
and
yeah.
O
If
someone
can
please
straighten
this
out,
I
I
really
am
very
concerned
about
persons
who
are
not
employees
handling,
sensitive
information
and
what
their
responsibility
is
when,
as
an
employee,
there
is
some
control
over
over
how
information
is
handled,
I'm
not
sure
an
outside
contractor.
If
that's
the
way,
you're
going
to
try
to
describe
this
person
or
persons
in
this,
you
know
particular
position.
I'm
not
sure
that
we
have
the
same
ability
to
have
them
handling
sensitive
information
that
we
would
in
other
cases.
I
I'm
just
absolutely
confused
about
this.
B
Sure
I
I
I'd
like
to
opine
on
that.
As
far
as
clarification,
there's
a
refrain
that
I've.
B
Well,
there
are
direct
points
to
the
situation
here
that
I
need
to
address,
and
one
is
about
the
sensitive
information.
I
keep
hearing
that
refrain,
there's
no
sense
of
information
that
this
employee
handles.
So
I
I
don't
know
why
that
refrain
is
repeated.
Secondly,
to
the
clerk's
office
and
hiring
of
employees.
B
You
know
again,
I
do
think
corporation
counselors
should
opine
on
this
corporation
council
should
look
to
the
code
to
see
the
what
is
under
the
auspices
of
the
city,
manager's
authority
in
office
and
then
see
what
isn't
and
what
the
city
corporation
council
will
see
is
that
the
clerk's
office
is
not
listed
there,
and
so
you
know,
even
if
I
conceded
the
point
which
I
do
not
if
I
did
concede
the
point
that
the
city
manager
has
the
authority
to
hire
and
fire
employees
again,
this
person
is
a
1099
was,
was
registered
as
a
1099
contractor
with
the
city,
which
is
the
same
registration
that
an
intern
or
a
fellow
who
is
not
a
direct
employee
would
receive
so,
thereby,
even
if
that
was
the
case,
the
city
manager
had
authority
to
hire
and
fire
employees.
Q
Yes,
I
am
not
going
to
support
this
payment.
I
supported
the
last
payment
at
the
elastic
council
meeting.
Q
I
have
since
learned
that
the
person
being
paid
here
was
aware
that
the
our
human
resources
department
had
advised
the
clerk
that,
if
he
should
not
be
hired,
I'm
aware
of
that
the
last
time
I
think
at
this
point
this
person,
who
did
the
work,
knew
that
he
was
not
supposed
to
be
hired.
We
have
so
many
people
in
our
in
the
city
of
africa
who
are
doing
more
than
their
fair
work,
because
we
have
a
hiring
freeze
right
now
that
I
cannot
support
hiring,
and
this
is
hiring
somebody
else.
B
B
A
Thank
you
all
right.
We're
gonna
go
we're
going
to
go
to
miss
gandursky
city
attorney.
R
Good
evening
everybody
city,
council,
members,
mayor
clerk,
reed,
I
think
when,
in
examining
this
issue,
we
have
to
look
at
reflections
of
the
evanston
municipal
code
being
under
the
clerk's
duties.
R
1-7-2-G,
which
states
that
the
compensation
allowed
to
the
city
clerk
is
considered
full
compensation
for
the
clerk's
duties
so
in
examining
what
the
payment
is
for.
We
have
to,
I
think,
ask-
is
this:
a
continuation
of
the
clerk's
duties
and
if
it
is
1-7-2-g,
would
seem
to
answer
that
the
clerk's
compensation
of
his
yearly
salary
would
cover
any
and
all
expenditures
with
regard
to
clerk
duties.
But
then,
if
you
also
go
to
1-17-1.
B
Well,
that's
ridiculous.
I
mean
we
have
deputy
clerks
we've
had
multiple
deputy
clerks
for
years,
so
to
make
an
argument
that
the
clerk's
salary
is
the
full
compensation.
That's
just
that's
almost
irresponsible.
That's
that's
a
fallacy!
That's
false
everything.
The
code
also
says
that
the
clerk
that
the
city
manager
is
to
provide
the
clerk
with
any
clerical
assistance
that
they
need.
So
obviously
that
wouldn't
mean
that
the
clerk's
compensation
means
that
the
clerk
is
responsible
for
every
single
task
in
the
office
and
can
can't
hire
anyone
or
have
any
assistance.
R
Number
one,
the
second
code
section
1-17-1
under
goods
and
services,
the
city
manager
and
or
his
or
her
designee-
may
allow
expenditures
for
goods
and
services
25
000
or
below.
So
it
would
seem
to
me
that
unless
the
city
manager
designated
that
purchase
or
that
allowance,
it
isn't
allowed
typically
for
contracted
services,
especially
an
aggregated
amount,
where
it
could
extend
beyond
25
000,
even
in
a
given
month.
R
It's
probably
the
best
practice
to
bid
that
out
under
an
rfp,
so
that
the
city
council
can
examine
that
and
that
the
public
can
have
advanced
prior
notice,
because
you
might
have
multiple
people
that
want
to
bid
for
the
same
type
of
project
or
assistance
depending
upon
what
the
project,
the
goods
or
the
services
is,
I'm
not
sure
if
we're
talking
about
an
employee
or
a
quasi
employee
or
paid
intern.
If
that
falls
under
good
goods
and
services,
I
don't
think
that's
what
the
code
intended
so
examining
1-17-1.
I
A
N
I
did
make
a
motion
to
take
this
out
of
the
bills
list
and
you
know
just
just
to
be.
You
know
100
clear.
We
talked
about
this
particular
whether
you
want
to
call
the
person
a
contractor
employee,
whatever
it
is,
the
person
and
the
clerks
was
were
told
by
hr
back
in
march
on
at
least
two
occasions
that
there
was
no
authority
to
hire
the
person
last
time
it
came
up
because
the
person
had
done
a
bunch
of
work
and
that
work
was
already
done.
N
I
at
the
time
I
questioned
whether
that
was
within
the
scope
of
the
clerk's
responsibilities,
and
you
know
when
I
saw
the
work
product
before
you
know.
For
example,
there
was
a
memo
about
changing
the
name
of
the
mayor's
youth
employment
program.
So
you
know
why
would
we
pay
somebody
to
write
a
memo
about
changing
the
name
of
the
mayor's
youth
employment
program?
Things
like
that,
so
I'm
still
not
comfortable
with
this.
N
Q
A
P
N
I
B
I
B
If
I
can
just
alderman
ruth
simmons
to
your
question,
the
the
it
isn't
clear
here,
because
what
we
did
clearly
here,
you
know
mr
lee
say,
is
that
she
is
unclear
whether
a
rule
was
broken
right
and
we
also
hear
miss
gandersky.
You
know
she
hasn't
made
a
legal
determination
on
this.
B
It
seems
as
though
from
what
we
saw
that
on
the
fly
she
looked
at
a
few
pieces
of
code
to
affirm
what
may
be
a
belief,
but
it's
not
a
confirmed
belief,
and
it
seems
as
though
the
members
of
the
council
who
are
holding
this
item
are
holding
it
because
they
are
uncomfortable
because
they
think
some
rule
has
been
broken
or
some
policy
has
not
been
followed.
Oh
I'm!
Not
it's
just
not
yet
clear.
All
I
want
is
clerk.
P
And-
and
colleagues
is
just
if,
if
I'm
sorry,
if
I
missed
the
final
response,
because
I
heard
some
uncertainty
from
the
city
manager,
I'm
not
sure
I
heard
a
definite
response
from
the
attorney.
I
don't
know
if
you
all
can
even
hear
me
or
not.
Can
you
hear
me?
Yes,
okay,
so,
and
to
that
point
I
know
that
I
can't
hire
anyone.
I
can't
you
know,
submit
an
invoice.
I
don't
have
a
budget,
but
I
understand
that
I'm
also
not
in
the
clerk's
office.
That
has
a
budget.
P
So
I
understand
that
he
has
a
budget
because
we
approved
it
in
our
last
budget
season
and
has
he
exhausted
the
budget
that
we
approved
is
this
outside
of
his
authority
for
the
budget
that
he
has
to
work
with?
Those
are
some
of
the
questions
that
I
would
just
like
answers
to,
but
I
can't
support
it
with
the
dialogue
that
we
had
just
now.
I
And
this
is
just
for
the
public,
because
I
get
frustrated
not
with
the
clerk
necessarily
but
situations
like
this
when
people
tune
in
they
don't
understand,
and
then
it's
almost
like
we're
making
a
mockery
of
what
we
do,
and
so
the
point
of
information
in
alderman
simmons
is
correct.
We
don't
hire
anyone.
I
We
can't
go
out
and
find
someone
to
assist
us
in
what
they
do.
What
we
do,
we
don't.
First
people
are
vetted
through
our
hr
department,
their
background
check,
they're,
sometimes
drug
tested,
there's
a
whole
policy
and
procedure
and
past
president.
That
dictates
what
we
do
as
a
city
council.
So
clerk
with
all
due
respect,
no
one
that
I've
known
in
the
past
10
years
has
gone
out
and
hired
him.
They
just
they.
B
I
You
you
you
continue
to
to
miss
the
point
and
that
is,
it
hasn't
been
done
before
clerk
reed.
It
hasn't
been
done
before.
No
one
on
our
city
council
know
I'll
speak
for
myself
in
the
past
ten
years,
and
there
are
a
lot
of
issues
that
I
could
that
I
would
love
to
have
help
and
paid
staff
for
and
the
and
the
reality
is
we
just
don't
have
that
opportunity.
I
You
want
to
do
it
in
the
future.
Then
you
write
up
a
job
description.
You
put
it
in
our
hr
department's
hand
to
vet
it,
and
then
you
have
an
open
application
process.
Just
like
every
other
position,
and
it's
it's
it's
that
simple
and
now
we're
at.
I
don't
know
how
many
times
how
many
minutes
we've
absorbed
doing
this,
but
I
really
want
to
move
on
in
the
agenda.
I
got
a
ton
of
things
to
get
done
tonight.
Respect
alderman.
A
C
Very
very
quickly
what
I
would
like
to
have
for
our
next
meeting,
so
that
we
don't
have
this
conversation
again
is.
I
would
like
a
report
from
human
resources
as
to
what
the
procedure
is
for
the
clerk,
not
anybody
else,
but
for
the
clerk,
because
that
seems
to
be
a
special
case,
how
the
clerk
would
in
fact
get
an
intern
or
an
assistant
in
addition
to
a
deputy
clerk
legitimately.
What
what
is
the
process?
C
Secondly,
I'd
like
a
report
from
her
test
or
the
accounting
department
on
what
is
the
balance
of
his
budget
and
what
is
remaining
to
be
spent
by
him
for
for
expenditures
such
as
an
assistant
or
an
intern,
et
cetera,
very
clear,
very
simple:
that's
what
I
want,
and
I
would
like
it
shared
with
everybody.
Thank.
A
A
All
right,
then,
we're
gonna,
so
the
vote
was
to
amend
and
remove
the
expense
from
the
clerk's
office.
On
a
7-0
vote,
it
had
been
moved
and
seconded
to
approve
the
minutes.
Any
other
discussion
about
the
minute
excuse
me
about
the
about
the
payroll.
A
O
Q
K
E
A
C
Bill,
oh
a2,
the
amazon
one,
yes
a2.
I
move
approval
of,
oh
god.
Where
is
that
it's
at
the
end
here?
Why
is
it?
At
the
end?
I
was
going
to
move
that
last
a2
a2.
Let's
see
a2
110
000.,
where
is
it
okay,
a2
one
seconds,
I'm
looking
for
it.
C
C
A
C
Right
a-10
staff
is
seeking
direction
from
the
council
regarding
whether
or
not
the
city
of
evanston
should
be
signatories
and
an
amicus
jury.
Brief
friend
of
the
court
brief
in
support
of
the
city
of
philadelphia,
in
a
case
before
the
u.s
supreme
court
having
to
do
with
not
doing
business
with
a
religious
social
service
agency
that
refuses
to
to
provide
for
the
ability
of
gay
couples
to
have
fuss
to
do
foster
parenting.
O
R
Good
evening,
once
again
we
were
approached
by
a
group.
That's
a
group
of
city
attorneys,
essentially
that
abandoned
together
in
support
of
the
city
of
philadelphia.
The
city
of
new
york
is
actually
leading
the
charge
on
this,
and
I
had
received
correspondence
from
the
city
of
new
york
requesting
our
support
on
this.
N
And
in
case
it's
not
obvious
it's
important
because
it
is
in
front
of
the
supreme
court.
So
if
it,
if
the
decision
was
one
way
or
the
other,
it
would
be
binding
on
cities
such
as
ours-
and
I
think
our
community
standards
are
important
enough
to
be
willing
to
take
a
stand
on
this
with
the
other
city.
Q
P
C
A
N
This
is
an
approval
of
entrepreneurship,
emergency
assistance
grants,
the
economic
development
staff
is
recommending
city
council
through
financial
assistance
through
the
entrepreneurship
support
program
or
the
following
applicants;
featherson
realty
for
twenty
five
hundred
dollars;
life
in
progress
for
one
thousand,
seven
hundred,
seventy
nine
dollars
and
ninety
six
cents
and
minnow
chic,
and
I
never
know
if
I'm
turn
asking
that
right.
So
somebody
tell
me
if
I
got
that
wrong
boutique
at
twenty
five
hundred
dollars.
I
move
approval.
A
A
P
Yeah,
okay,
I
have
to
recuse
myself.
One
of
the
applicants
is
a
commercial
tenant
of
mine,
but
I
just
want
to
say
I'm
excited
to
see
different
types
of
businesses
in
town
applying
for
this
grant,
and
really
grateful
for
the
support
that
we
had
on
mwebe
to
continue
providing
this
opportunity
for
the
small
business
community
and,
I
hope,
more
apply.
A
All
right,
so,
let's
go
ahead
then,
and
take
take
a
vote.
When
you
get
this
money
out
clerky.
Can
you
take
the
role
on.
A
O
Q
B
Yes,
alderman
gravel.
C
A
All
right,
edward
eating,
one
approval
of
honor
entrepreneurship,
emergency
assistance
grants
passes
the
evanston
city
council
on
a
six
to
zero
vote
with
aldermen
russ
simmons
recusing
herself.
We're
now
going
to
move
to
the
special
orders
of
business
which
we
passed
over
at
the
beginning
of
this.
So.
A
C
Yes,
sir,
the
first
item
is
approval
of
seventy
thousand
dollars
of
cdbg
cb
funding
for
a
code,
19
micro
enterprise
assistance
program.
Our
staff
is
recommending
the
council
approved
of
cares,
act.
Community
development
block
grant,
cdbg
cv
funding
to
establish
a
micro
enterprise
assistance
program
for
evanston,
low
and
moderate
income
micro
businesses
to
help
mitigate
the
economic
impact
of
coba
19.
By
providing
critical
financial
support
and
technical
assistance.
C
The
city
received
a
million
eighty
thousand
two
hundred
and
forty
three
dollars
in
cares
act.
Cbg
cv,
funding,
150
000
was
proposed
for
economic
development
activities.
In
the
cares
act.
Budget
funding
in
the
amount
of
seventy
000
is
requested
for
this
low,
moderate
income
micro
enterprise
grant
program,
if
approved,
80
000
would
remain
for
additional
economic
development
activities.
I
move
approval.
C
C
A
A
Sarah
flax
knows
the
irony,
but
the
irony
is
after
these
major
disasters,
where
billions
of
dollars
of
cbpg
money
come
in,
they
literally
need
to
be
like
spent
in
two
years
and
they're
like
we
can't
rebuild
the
city
in
two
years,
and
here-
and
here
we
are-
I
was
shocked
by
that
date.
Actually
all
right.
Any
any
other
comments
on
this
item.
L
One
comment
if
I
may
yeah,
that
is
for
all
of
our
cdbg
cv,
so
we're
just
letting
everybody
know,
but
it
is
kind
of
silly,
because
obviously
we
have
no
intention
of
waiting
that
long,
but
good
news.
The
regulations
finally
came
out
this
afternoon
so
we'll
be
bringing
you
more
stuff
that
we
absolutely
expect
will
be
spent
well
before
the
deadline.
Excellent,
excellent.
C
A
Seeing
no
more
conversation
city
clerk,
you
take
the
role
on
sb.
O
Q
H
M
C
A
C
Yes,
yes,
sp2,
our
staff
is
going
to
give
us
a
2020
budget
update
we're
going
to
have
a
discussion.
I
move
approval.
P
A
All
right,
so
this
is
open
for
discussion.
I'm
gonna
turn
it
over
to
interim
city
manager.
F
Thank
you,
mr
mayor.
First
I
had
a
chance
to
look
at
the
the
what
was
described
in
the
public
comment
as
a
six
million
dollar
expense
out
of
legal.
It's
not
accurate
that
the
expense
that's
being
referred
to
is
actually
the
total
for
the
bills
list.
F
That's
on
the
last.
The
legal
expenses
are
on
the
last
page
of
the
bills
list
and
then
there's
a
total
below
the
expenses
from
the
legal
or
from
from
the
risk
from
the
insurance
fund,
so
that
total
was
5.7
million.
That's
the
total
of
the
bills
list.
There
was
another
100
000
in
wire
transfers
and
then
sorry,
100
000
in
advanced
checks
and
then
1.4
million
dollars
in
wire
transfers,
and
that
is
how
we
got
to
the
7
million
dollar.
Complete
and
total
bills
list
expense.
F
So
no
no
expenses
for
legal
fees
of
six
million
dollars.
That
was
just
the
total
of
the
entire
bills
list
that
came
with
prior.
F
And
then
I
also
wanted
to
note
before
we
start
the
budget
discussion,
mr
michael
tesh,
to
give
everybody
an
update
on
on
the
bond
sale
was
held
today
and
we
got
some
very
good
rates
and
so
that's
a
reason
to
be
very
enthusiastic
about
some
great
rates
that
we
got
so
I'll.
Let
you
up
on
that
before
we
start
the
presentation.
T
Okay,
thank
you
early
good
evening
mayor
and
the
members
of
the
committee.
Let's
see
if
I
can
start
my
video
just
stopped
it
again.
T
Okay,
so
here
I
am
so
yeah
I
mean
before
we
get
into
the
budget
thing.
We
had
the
bond
sale
today
it
went
very
well,
we
had
a
six
bidders
and
who
kind
of
submitted
like
almost
over
20
different
bids.
You
know,
and
we
came
out
with
the
rate
of
what
we
call
a
true
interest
cost
of
1.53
so
which
is
very
low.
T
A
couple
of
big
numbers
are,
we
had
got
the
reoffering
premium
of
almost
3.3
million
dollars
and
we
had
a
refunding
of
the
2010,
a
and
2011
a
bonds,
and
we
generated
2.3
million
in
that
refunding
savings,
so
that
would
be
a
big
help
in
reducing
our
tax
levy
for
this
year
and
the
next
year.
So
that's
the
good
news
overall
yeah
I
mean
the
positive
response
and
the
winning
player
yeah.
T
A
I
rate
say
I
mean
that
is
great
news.
I
just
want
to
make
sure
everybody
understands.
It
means
that
people
want
the
debt
of
this
city.
So,
despite
you
know
the
challenges
we
have
and
the
the
financial
condition
that
we
face,
that
other
cities
are
facing
right
now
too,
they
want
to
own.
You
know
a
piece
of
evanston
through
through
the
debt
that
we
sell,
and
so
that's
just
a
really.
I
think
it
speaks
highly
of
the
work,
the
test
that
you
and
the
city
manager's
office
and
everybody
here
is
doing
so.
T
Okay,
now
moving
on
to
the
budget
update,
we
have
again
just
like
the
last
time
brief
presentation
where
we
go
over
the
revenues
they
lost
the
expenses
and
the
co
with
19..
So
let's
see
katie,
you
have
the
presentation
we
can.
Okay,
can
you
please
share.
T
Okay,
so
this
is
2020
budget
update.
Let's
go
to
the
next
screen,
as
I
mentioned,
is
like
a
three
diff
main
parts,
budget
projections
and
actuals
for
the
revenue,
kobe
19
grants
update
and
the
third
thing,
as
we
have
already
started,
the
2020
budget
planning,
and
we
had
few
meetings
with
the
departments
and
some
of
the
more
meetings
are
kind
of
scheduled
in
the
next
weeks.
T
Now
we
have
the
expense
reductions
of
8.3
million,
and
one
thing
which
has
been
added
from
the
last
time
is
the
grant
revenue
the
cook
county
out
of
their
cares
funding.
They
have
kind
of
allocated
619
000,
so
you
just
approved,
I
think
the
city
council
about
the
intergovernmental
agreement.
So
we
have
to
have
that
agreement
filed
with
them
and
we
have
to
have
the
expenses
kind
of
submitted
to
them
to
get
it's
on
a
reimbursement
basis.
But
that's
a
good
thing.
T
We
had
a
budgeted
surplus
of
1.6
million,
so
that
would
help
a
long
way.
We
never
knew
about
it
when
we
did
it,
but
I
really
I
kind
of
commend
the
council
for
that
and
then
finally,
a
projected
year
in
deficit
after
you
take
care
of
those
8.3
million
reductions,
the
grant
revenues
and
1.6
million
dollar
budgeted
surplus.
T
We
would
expect
right
now
to
be
left
with
around
2.1
million
in
deficit
projected
year
and
fun
balance,
even
after
that
at
13.2,
because
we
ended
the
2019
on
a
very
strong
note
where
we
added
over
a
2
million
surplus.
So
we
are
over
15
million
in
the
fund
balance
right
now
in
general
funds.
So
this
year,
13.2
million,
even
after
2.1
million
deficit,.
A
Tests
on
this
slide
so
you're
saying
that
if
we
can't
close
the
2.1
million
in
the
next,
you
know
five
months
that
remain
in
this,
and
that
comes
out
of
our
you
know,
rainy
day
fund,
so
to
say
the
the
reserve.
It
brings
the
reserve
down
at
the
end
of
the
year
to
3.2
million
okay
correct.
What
about
the
news
today
that
the
big
ten
football
is
not
going
to
be
played.
So
that
was
big
news
that
came
out.
A
T
Yes,
ma'am
absolutely,
and
I
think
it's
we
have
mentioned
that
in
the
next
slide.
Again
we
have
don't
have
the
official
word.
I
keep
on
hearing
whether
it's
cancelled
or
postponed.
I
was
reading
on
cnn
right
now.
They
say
it's
postponed
so
and
they
said
they
haven't
taken
the
word,
the
big
10
and
big
12
other
conferences,
so
we
will
wait
until,
but
yes,
even
if
they
decide
to
cancel
the
whole
season,
we
won't
have
any
adverse
effect
on
the
numbers,
because
we
have
already
accounted
for
that
right.
T
Okay,
so
moving
along
kate.
Can
you
please?
Okay?
So
cash
and
investment?
One
of
the
old
things
you
know
we
have
to
pay
the
bills.
We
have
to
pay
the
employees.
We
have
to
pay
the
vendors
overall
cash
balance,
it's
still
kind
of
at
63
million.
So
it's
not
bad.
You
know,
and
some
of
the
major
funds
general
fund,
with
over
three
million
dollars,
cip
fund
over
nine
million
and
water
sewer
fund,
combined
over
11
million.
T
Besides
that
I
mentioned
last
time
too,
we
have
a
line
of
credit
available
of
15
million
dollars
from
buy
byline
bank.
In
case
we
need
it.
I
hope
I
don't
have
to
use
a
dime
until
the
year
end,
but
we
still
keep
it
as
in
case.
We
need
that
moving
along
to
the
next
one.
This
is
kind
of
the
revenue
side.
As
of
june,
we
have
around
52
million
dollar
in
the
revenue
for
the
general
fund.
Property
tax
obviously,
is
a
big
one.
T
We
got
first
installment
pretty
much
at
par
with
the
last
year,
so
that
has
helped
us
in
the
cash
flow
and
the
revenues
2020
six
months
budgeted
revenue
was
57,
so
obviously
yeah
compared
to
that.
We
are
short
there
by
around
5.7
million
or
10
percent
of
that,
and
we
continue
to
track
that
whether
that
number
is
kind
of
consistent
with
what
we
have
given
you.
In
the
earlier
council
meeting
2019
six-month
revenue
was
60
million
dollars,
so
that's
a
even
bigger
gap
around
8
million
dollars.
T
But
yes,
we
kind
of
expected
that,
and
we
will
continue
to
kind
of
monitor
this
very
closely.
Some
of
those
numbers
come
kind
of
three
months:
late,
big
numbers,
sales,
tax
and
home
rule
tax,
which
is
a
big
revenue.
There's
a
three
month
gap
so,
but
we
continue
to
look
at
those
numbers
and
follow
those
down.
A
Hit
test:
can
you
keep
that
slide
up
that
you're
just
on
so
is
the
2026
month
budgeted
revenue,
the
the
the
second
bullet
was
that
after
the
pandemic,
what
you
put
the
budgeted
revenue
at
or
was
that
what
was
its
2020
budget
and
I'm
just
curious,
so
the
2020
budget
was
budgeted
to
be
lower
in
revenue
than
what
we
took
in
in
2019.
During
that
same
period,
correct.
T
Right
and
so
yes,
this
is
the
budget
which
the
council
adopted
last
year,
pre-kobe
yes
in
november,
so
5.7
million
lost
compared
to
a
budgeted
revenue
for
2020.,
okay
moving
along
this
is
just
a
graph.
We
added
kind
of
a
sales
text.
How
we
doing
so.
Obviously
you
see
the
january
and
february
we
were
hired.
The
red
line
is
the
current
year,
2020
darted
blue
line
2019.
T
H
T
Right
now,
the
next
one
is
income
tax,
that's
the
big
one,
and
particularly
you
would
see
right
off
the
back
of
if
you
look
at
the
chart
the
month
of
april
generally,
that
is
the
month
when
we
get
the
bulk
of
the
revenues.
T
Obviously
we
got
only
half
of
that
now
is
that
the
impact
of
the
unemployment,
the
you
know,
the
closure
of
the
restaurants
and
retails.
At
the
same
time,
the
irs
extended
the
deadline
up
to
july,
so
we
will
see
that
how
much
of
that
we've
recovered
in
the
subsequent
months.
You
know
so
we'll
wait
for
the
july
data
to
come
for
the
income
tax
and
we
will
see
whether
we
have
recovered
any
of
the
lost
revenue
in
the
month
of
april.
T
Junior
to
date,
revenue
this
is
more
like
our
home
rule,
taxes,
recreation
program
fees.
Obviously,
a
lot
less
parking
tickets
have
been
affected.
Hotel
tax
is
one
of
the
big
one.
An
amusement
you
see
is
yeah.
So
these
are
the
revenues
which
have
been
impacted
greatly
by
the
kobit
90.
A
You
hold
there
for
just
one
second
hold
there
for
just
one.
Second,
I
want
people
to
have
a
chance
to
see
that.
So,
interestingly,
I
would
have
thought
hotel
taxes
would
have
been
down
lower
lower
than
they
are
parking,
thickets,
obviously
way
way
down
and
and
then
recreation
that
makes
sense
in
amusement
yeah
way
off,
although
I
would
have
thought
oh,
this
is
just
for
the
month
of
june
that
you're
showing
okay.
A
T
And
one
of
the
things
in
the
hotel
text
could
be
that
we
received
that
pending
from
margarita
in
five
years,
so
we
got
some
of
those
money
for
the
parking
tax
and
all
that
so
I'll.
Let
you
see
whether
it's
booked
in
june
or
july,
but
that
could
be
one
of
the
reasons.
T
T
S
Good
evening,
everyone
keith
louis
lincoln
budget
coordinator
so
just
to
talk
through
the
expenses
a
little
bit
and
where
we
are
year
to
date
for
2020
at
this
point,
so
our
year-to-date
expense
and
the
general
fund
right
now
are
54.8
million.
When
we
compare
that
to
our
budgeted
number,
that
was
57.1
million
that
we
would
expect
to
get
to
at
the
six-month
budget
and
again
that's
that
sort
of
pre-copa
based
on
our
2020
adaptive
budget.
S
So
the
savings
we're
currently
seeing
year
to
date
on
the
budget
in
the
general
fund
are
2.3
million
dollars.
You
can
sort
of
compare
that
back
to
our
slides
on
the
revenue
and
see
that
we
we
do
see
some
savings
on
the
expenses,
but
our
losses
of
revenue
are,
of
course,
outpacing
our
expense
savings.
Even
at
this
point,
the
third
set
of
bullet
points
here
is
just
comparing
to
2019
expenses
and
the
savings
to
prior
year,
and
you
see
that
we're
saving
a
little
bit
more
when
you
compare
it
to
our
prior
year.
S
Next
slide
here,
this
shows
a
little
comparison
of
our
police
and
fire
overtime
amounts,
and
this
goes
full
year
for
2019
and
then
just
through
july
for
2020..
This
is
a
really
interesting
chart.
This
is
expenses
that
we
track
pretty
closely,
but
you'll
see
that
the
the
two
red
lines,
our
fire
department,
dotted
line
being
last
year
and
solid
line
being
2020.
S
You
can
see
that
the
fire
department
has,
as
of
july,
reached
their
their
number
that
that
they
hit
last
year
as
well,
so
we're
pretty
on
track
with
the
fire
as
to
where
we
were
last
year
in
overtime,
whereas
police
department
there's
been
a
really
big
shift,
you
can
see
the
dark
blue
dotted
line
serve
in
the
middle
there.
S
We're
way
way
below
it
this
year,
on
the
on
that
light,
blue,
solid
line
so
fire
over
time,
numbers
tracking,
close
on
track
with
where
we
are
were
in
2019,
whereas
police
were
we're,
seeing
a
very
big
decrease
from
our
overtime
numbers
from
last
year,
kate.
A
S
Yep
november
was
a
really
big
month,
because
there
were
three
payrolls
in
that
month.
We
have.
We
have
two
months
of
the
year.
Every
year
there
are
three
payroll
months
and
then
november
is
also
when
we
have
a
lot
of
northwestern
games
and
other
larger
events
that
take
place.
Primarily
football
games
and
related
activities.
S
And
you
will
see
that
with
the
news
about
northwestern
today
that
we
we
expect
that
we'll
keep
police
overtime
pretty
low
through
the
end
of
the
year,
but
that
is
also
a
source
where
we
usually
get
reimbursed
for
some
of
those
hours.
So
it
may
be
a
one
for
one
on
a
lot
of
those
hours
of
we
don't
spend
the
expense,
but
that
was
an
hour
we
would
have
gotten
reimbursed
for.
S
Moving
forward,
this
is
just
some
highlights
of
our
of
our
outstanding
concerns
for
2020
the
the
items
that
were,
of
course,
watching
very
closely
northwestern
football,
seeing
season
being
one
of
the
biggest
of
those
and
one
that
we
got
some
unconfirmed
news
on
today.
So
we're
we're
expecting
that
to
be
final
either.
You
know
by
the
end
of
the
night
or
sometime
tomorrow.
S
Currently
our
12
million
dollar
revenue
loss
that
hitach
highlighted
earlier
in
the
presentation,
does
include
losing
all
losing
out
on
all
athletic
tax
that
we
would
expect
to
get
from
football
season.
So
we
took
a
conservative
approach
to
that
earlier
in
this
crisis,
and
that
is
is
bearing
out
to
have
been
the
right
course
of
action
for
us
to
take.
However,
of
course,
there
will
be
ripple
effects
into
our
other
revenue
sources
if
the
football
season
does
not
take
place.
S
We've
been
pretty
relatively
conservative
on
many
of
those
given
that
we're
assuming
lower
use
of
hotels,
lower
sales
tax
revenues
sort
of
across
the
board
through
the
end
of
the
year.
So
we're
not
sure
we're
gonna
see
a
major
impact
that
we
weren't
already
projecting.
As
a
result
of
the
covet
19
pandemic,
but
it's
definitely
an
item
we'll
continue
to
to
do
some
analysis
on
and
look
very
closely
at
over
the
next
couple
of
days
here,
the
fall
student
population,
understanding
how
many
individuals
will
be
coming
back
on
campus?
S
How
many
will
be
you
know,
using
businesses
downtown
that
will
have
a
large
impact
on
our
revenue
sources.
Of
course,
any
kovid
19
stronger
resurgence
and
a
rollback
of
business
activities
and
then
ongoing
work
from
home
for
our
downtown
offices
impacts
many
of
our
revenue
sources,
parking
parking
tickets,
sales
tax
as
they
patronize
businesses,
etc.
S
So,
again,
we've
been
fairly
conservative
in
our
in
our
estimate
so
far,
but
if
things
change
drastically
on
the
covet
front,
this
will
impact
our
revenues
going
forward
as
well
going
over
moving
now
to
some
of
our
funding
that
we've
received
for
our
code.
19
response.
This
is
all
of
our
our
grants
that
we've
kept
track
of
and
you've
heard
many
of
these
numbers
before,
but
just
to
put
them
up
again
and
show
what
we've
got
confirmed
versus
what
we're
still
in
the
application
process.
S
For
so
these
are
amounts
that
are
all
confirmed.
Allocations
for
the
city
of
evanston
most
are
given
on
a
reimbursement
basis,
so
we
have
not
received
cash
on
most
of
these
grants.
So
the
first
is
our
coven
19
contact
tracing
grant.
This
will
be
used
to
grow
our
comp
contract
taste
tracing
program
through
our
health
and
services
departments.
You've
heard
a
bit
about
that
one
already.
S
The
newest
is
the
cares,
act,
coronavirus
relief
funds
through
cook
county.
This
is
619
000
that
we
are
looking
we're
working
on
getting
the
expenses
together
to
apply
for
that
money,
but
that
is
the
allocation
that
we've
been
given
at
this
point
from
those
funds
to
to
work
up
towards
in
our
expenses
that
we're
submitting
a
few
smaller
amounts
through
the
cares
act,
provider
relief
fund
specifically
for
emt
services,
a
coven
19
crisis,
grant
that
went
to
overtime,
specifically
in
our
health
and
human
services
department.
S
The
national
association
of
county
and
city
health
officials
has
given
the
health
and
human
services
department
a
grant
of
50
000,
and
this
is
going
to
be
used
to
offset
some
personnel
costs
going
forward.
And
then,
as
we
discussed
a
few
times,
the
the
cdb
gcv
and
esg
cv
amounts.
So
again
that
all
adds
up
to
about
3.5
3.6
million
in
confirmed
funding
that
we
that
the
city
will
be
expecting
to
get
through
a
reimbursement
basis.
A
Hey
kate,
I
just
saw
that
on
that
page,
where
you
were,
I
just
want
to
do
a
shout
out
to
to
you,
and
I
want
people
in
the
community
to
know
that
part
of
recovering
after
something
terrible
like
a
pandemic
or
a
hurricane
or
whatever
the
disaster
flood.
Whatever
the
disaster
may
be,
is
you
know
obtaining
all
the
federal
funding
that
you're
entitled
to
under
these
very
complex
federal
rules,
and
while
many
people
in
our
community
know
ike,
ogbo
and
greg
olsen
and
his
entire
department
of
public
health
team?
A
Another
part
of
this
recovery
is
getting
all
of
these
federal
funds
and
kate
is
our
point
person
as
a
city
being
in
charge
of
our
cost
recovery,
and
it's
not
something
we
all
think
about,
but
it's
critically
important
to
getting
us
back
on
our
feet
and
there's
a
lot
of
grants
here.
There's
gonna
be
more
grants
that
come
in
and
just
on
behalf
of
everybody
in
evanston
kate,
and
we
really
appreciate
what
you're
doing.
A
This
is
really
good
good
news
for
us,
and
I
can
tell
you,
because
I
have
visibility
around
the
country
on
this
type
of
type
of
work.
You're
doing
a
really
good
job
and
the
city's
doing
well
to
try
and
get
a
first
into
getting
these
funds
and
then
to
try
with
many
of
them
reimbursement
to
try
and
get
the
documentation
together
and
get
these
closed
out
as
quick
as
possible.
So
we
can
move
on
as
the
key.
S
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
I
appreciate
the
support
and
you
know
shout
out
back
to
all
the
staff
members
who
are
working
really
diligently
on
gathering
expenses,
health
and
human
services,
writing
out
grant
applications
and
all
the
work
that's
going
to
support.
S
One
other
grant
to
highlight
too
is
our
female
public
assistance
grants.
So
this
is
one
that
we
are
still
serving
the
application
process
on
working
on
figuring
out
how
much
money
we
we
expect
to
see
through
this
amount.
So
we,
the
total
expenses
that
have
been
submitted,
are
1.1
million
dollars,
1.1,
700,
000
or
70
thousand.
We
were
approved
for
slightly
less
than
that
in
permanent
preliminary
approval
and
are
looking
for
other
sources
of
funding
through
those
other
grants
for
for
those
items
that
fema
did
not
prove
to
be
covered.
S
The
federal
share
we
would
expect
on
that
amount.
Amount
of
money
is
75
which
is
828
000
and
then
at
the
moment,
we're
planning
on
covering
our
local
share.
25
percent,
using
our
cdbg
cv
funds
with
final
regulations
coming
out
today,
we'll
give
those
another
look
and
make
sure
those
puzzle
pieces
are
all
working
together
and
that
these
funds
can
be
used
appropriately.
S
In
that
way,
we
expect
to
see
an
initial
distribution
of
this
of
sort
of
50
of
our
total,
which
is
in
the
in
the
400
000
range.
That
is
expected
soon.
It's
been
obligated
and
we
are
waiting
for
that
to
come
through
the
comptroller's
office
system
to
get
to
the
city
and
then
once
that
is
received,
we
can
submit
for
for
final
distribution
after
we
do
serve
a
final
expense.
S
Moving
over
now
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
the
2021
budget,
so
you
know
in
in
the
midst
of
all
this,
we
we're
still
working
behind
the
scenes
diligently
to
start
creating
a
2021
budget.
We
are
hoping
to
keep
that
on
sort
of
it's
normal
calendar,
to
bring
a
proposed
budget
to
you
at
the
beginning
of
october.
S
Have
that
reviewed
and
have
it
approved
by
by
the
end
of
the
year
as
required
at
the
moment,
what
we're
targeting
as
a
revenue
loss
of
the
general
fund,
is
about
four
to
six
million
dollars.
S
Looking
at
our
current
year,
projections
thinking
that
next
year,
hopefully
we
won't
have
the
the
long-term
complete
shutdown
that
we
saw
in
march
and
april
of
this
year,
but
but
that
there
will
be
ongoing
effects
from
this
pandemic,
we'll
see
still
lower
income.
You
know
lower
employment
across
the
state
that
will
affect
our
income
taxes,
lower
sales
tax
revenue
as
well
as
these
other
revenues
like
hotel,
tax
income
or
amusement
tax
tax
athletic
tax
continue
to
be
pretty
deeply
affected
into
next
year.
S
S
One
of
the
places
where
we're
looking
very
closely
as
we
go
into
this
budget
process
is
all
of
our
current
vacancies,
so
holding
on
to
all
of
our
current
vacancies
into
2021
would
yield
approximately
4
million
in
savings
for
the
general
fund.
This
obviously
will
have
a
great
impact
on
our
city
services
on
our
staff
and
our
residents,
so
we
want
to
make
sure
we're
doing
this.
S
You
know
consciously
by
looking
closely
at
those
vacancies
and
and
doing
some
evaluation
on
what
those
impacts
will
be
and
making
sure
we
share
those
with
city
council
too,
as
we
move
forward
in
this
process
and
then
finally
highlighting
that
there's
been
discussion
at
the
city
council
level
of
the
sale
of
certain
city
assets,
notably
the
civic
center,
possibly
the
church
street
parking
garage
just
to
keep
that
on
the
city
council's
radar,
as
we
face
these
pretty
large
revenue
losses
going
into
next
year
and
expect
to
be
facing
a
deficit
budget
once
again,.
A
A
I
think
it
is
on
the
table
and
up
for
you
know
thorough
consideration
whether
you
want
to
to
reallocate
assets
within
the
city,
all
big
organizations
do
that
all
all
the
time-
and
I
think
that's
the
conversation
that
the
council
is
really
having
about
assets,
not
sell
the
asset
to
close
a
budget
deficit,
because
in
that
instance,
it's
just
a
one-time
sort
of
savings
as
opposed
to
reallocating.
F
Yes,
thank
you,
mr
mayor,
for
bringing
that
up.
I'm
just
going
to
jump
in
for
a
second.
I
absolutely
agree
if
we
were
to
consider
the
sale
of
any
city-owned
assets.
We
would
need
to
look
closely
at
what,
as
a
collaborative
conversation
about
what
we'd
be
allocating
those
that
funding
for
whether
it
would
be
to
pay
down
debt,
whether
it
would
be
to
you
know,
put
towards
another
project,
but
it.
F
Be
to
simply
close
a
budget
gap
that
would
just
be
you
know
you
never
want
to
take
a
long-term
asset
and
and
plug
a
short-term
hole.
So
not
not
something
any
of
us
would
recommend.
However,
it
does
beg
the
conversation
of
you
know
how
much
land,
how
many
buildings,
how
many
projects
should
the
city
of
evanston
hold
and
that's
a
conversation
that
the
council
can
be
having
and
will
be
having
over
the
course
of
the
next
year.
F
I
again
say
that,
with
the
caveat
that
we
got
great
pricing
on
our
bonds
today,
because
evanston
is
an
amazing
place
and
there
will
always
be
a
tremendous
amount
of
interest
in
people
wanting
to
live
here-
do
business
here
and
and
go
to
school
here.
So
we
always
have
really
good
things
going
for
us.
F
But
at
the
same
time
we
always
have
to
take
a
cautious
and
measured
approach
at
how
we
look
at
our
financial
picture,
because
there
are
certain
areas
where
we've
had
some
significant
revenue
losses
over
the
past
few
years
and
now
projecting
out
that
out
going
forward.
And
yet
our
expenses
continue
to
increase
pretty
significantly
so
conversation
that
we'll
continue
to
have.
S
Thank
you
both
for
for
your
clarification
and
my
communication
of
that
item
and
then,
finally,
just
to
go
over
the
some
of
the
planning
that
we're
doing
in
terms
of
budget
outreach
this
year.
Obviously,
in
a
virtual
environment,
we're
challenged
we're
limited
by
the
amount
that
we
can
do,
but
we
hope
to
be
holding
a
series
of
community
conversations
around
the
budget
as
we
did
last
year.
S
These
will
just
of
course,
be
held
virtually
on
the
zoom
platform
and-
and
we
hope
that
those
that
will
be
a
functional
and
and
rewarding
and
useful
way
of
holding
these
conversations
this
year,
so
scheduling
for
the
first
couple
of
weeks
of
september
in
the
interest
that
we
would.
S
O
Yeah,
thank
you,
mr
mayor
kate.
I
I
have
an
upcoming
award
meeting
on
september
1st
and
I'm
just
wondering
if
we
can
do
a
just
a
mini
budget
overview
at
our
ward
meetings
to
encourage
people
to
attend
the
larger
discussions.
I
think
that
would
be
really
helpful.
There's
a
lot
of,
I
think,
confusion
about.
You
know
where
we
stand
a
lot
of
uncertainty
and
I
think
people
are
feeling
I
don't
know.
H
O
Not
sure
if
frightened
is
the
right
word
but
but
concerned
about
where,
where
we're
at
what
how
coveted
has
affected
us
and
where
we're
going
in
the
future
and
whether
they
can
afford
to
stay
in
evanston.
So
that's
that's
what
I'm
hearing
in
my
ward,
so
it
really
would
be
helpful
to
do
that.
The
the
other
thing
I
wanted
to
speak
to
was
just
real
quickly.
Erica's
erica's
comments.
I'm
sorry
dog
sparking
there's
a
there's
a
way
of
looking
at
where
we
are
as
sort
of
a
generational
change.
O
I
mean
culver,
decide
a
generational
change
and
an
opportunity
to
look
at
who
we
are
and
how
we
do
business,
how
many
facilities
we
need.
How
many
you
know
buildings.
We
have
all
of
this
and
I
think
it's
a
really
good
time,
if
nothing
else
to
have
that
discussion.
So
I'm
I.
I
want
to
inject
something
a
little
bit
positive
about
this,
because
otherwise,
there's
really
not
a
whole
lot.
I
So
I
would
hope
that
we
will
continue
to
look
at
city
assets
that
maybe
attract
america
to
businesses,
they're
looking
to
downsize
or
move
to
evanston.
That
would
take
properties
that
are
underutilized
and
potentially
put
them
back
on
the
tax
base.
So
I'm
not
afraid
or
I'm
not
shy,
I'm
not
uncomfortable
about
having
those
conversations
and
given
this
uncertain
time,
if
there's
a
building
that
someone's
potentially
interested
in.
Let's
have
that
conversation.
Thank
you.
A
All
right,
seeing
on
them
that
wraps
up
our
discussion
on
the
2020
budget
update
when
we
get
back
as
a
council
in
the
after
labor
day,
we'll
start
the
whole
budget
process
for
the
2021
budget.
Alderman
rainey.
Could
you
move
for
action?
Sb3.
A
C
Go
all
right:
sp3,
comed,
franchise
agreement
exploration,
the
commonwealth,
edison
franchise
negotiation
committee
recommends
that
the
city
council
not
enter
into
an
agreement
extension
with
commonwealth
edison
upon
expiration
of
the
current
agreement
on
september
12
2020..
This
is
for
action
and
I
move
approval
every
second.
S
A
And
all
the
numbers-
okay,
so
we're
going
to
open
this
for
conversation
before
we
do
that
how
about
a
little
background
just
so
that
watching
can
understand
as
well
erica.
Do
you
want
to
do
that?
Would
you
like
to
thank.
U
You
good
evening,
honorable
mayor
members
of
the
council,
interim
manager,
storyline
kumar
jensen,
chief
sustainability
and
resilience
officer,
I'm
glad
to
provide
a
little
bit
of
background
going
into
this
conversation,
and
so
as
alderman
rainey
mentioned,
staff
is
bringing
forward
a
recommendation
from
the
franchise
negotiation
committee.
That
staff
is
vetted
in
supports,
and
so
I
want
to
provide
a
little
bit
of
history
about
this
type
of
agreement
and
why
the
committee
and
city
staff
are
taking
the
the
stance
that
we
are.
U
Absolutely
so
the
committee
is
made
up
of
two
aldermen,
so
alderman
rainey
and
alderman
revell.
It's
made
up
of.
It
also
has
two
community
members
who
are
members
of
the
city's
utilities,
commission,
which
is
a
public
advisory
body
that
is
appointed
by
the
mayor.
Those
two
evanston
residents
are
christopher
skee
and
tucker
partel,
and
then
there
are
also
three
well
actually
four
staff
who
have
been
participating
heavily
in
the
conversations
and
those
staff
are
myself:
acting
assistant,
city
manager,
kimberly
richardson,
public
works
agency,
director
dave
stoneback
and
our
corporation
council
kelly
ginderson.
U
We
have
also
have
received
support
and
continue
have
continued
ongoing
support
from
the
power
bureau
llc,
which
is
a
we
have
hired
as
an
energy
advisor
to
help
us
on
a
variety
of
our
different
energy
programs
this
year,
and
one
of
them
is
the
the
franchise
franchise
negotiations
so
a
little
bit
of
history
about
about
our
agreements
and
then
about.
Why
we're,
where
sort
of
the
moment
we're
in
right
now.
So
as
with
many
communities
in
comed
territory,
evanson
has
had
a
formal
franchise
agreement.
U
That's
adopted
by
city
council
ordinance
since
the
1950s.
The
original
agreement
that
evidence
evanson
signed
was
over
over
30
years
and
many
of
the
communities,
our
neighboring
communities
and
communities
in
combat
region
have
similarly
long
agreements
evanson's
a
little
bit
unique
of
course,
and
so
in
subsequent
years
after
that,
first
agreement
expired.
U
The
city
negotiated
much
shorter
agreements,
sometimes
being
just
a
few
month,
extensions
and
then
into
one
year,
agreements
three-year
agreements
and
then
up
into
the
five-year
agreements,
which
is
the
agreement
that
we
are
discussing
today
on
september,
in
september,
of
2015
city
council
approved
a
five-year
extension
to
the
existing
franchise
agreement
that
is
set
to
expire.
U
U
They
provide
comed
with
certainty
and
they
provided
the
city
with
unbilled
electricity
for
city
facilities
or
what
some
folks
have
come
to
call
free
electricity.
Today,
however,
the
city
is
facing
many
challenges.
As
we
all
know,
many
of
them
have
been
discussed
today
and
particularly
as
you
went
through
the
the
budget
presentation,
we
talked
about
precipitous
drop
in
revenue.
You
know
restricted
access
to
affordable
housing
and
we
didn't
talk
as
much
about
the
impact
that
utilities
have
on
that.
U
But
there
are
certain
utilities
are
certainly
a
large
portion
of
people's
living
expenses,
and
then
we
can't
forget,
although
it
may
be
easy
in
today's
world,
the
accelerating
climate
crisis,
the
wind
storm
that
we
experienced
today
severity
of
that
wind
storm
is
is
just
another
example
of
the
type
of
impact
that
we're
likely
to
see
in
on
an
increasing
basis.
U
Combat
entered
into
what's
called
a
deferred
prosecution
agreement
that
revealed
crimes
that
were
committed
by
comed
staff.
Ahmed
has
in
in
that
agreement
and
what's
been
posted
publicly,
has
acknowledged
that
under
attachment
a
of
that
agreement
or
the
statement
of
facts
that
they
performed
a
series
of
actions
intended
to
increase
benefits
to
the
company
a
couple
of
those
actions
and
they
use
some
some
sort
of
coded
language
or
not
necessarily
coded
language,
but
they
use
placeholders
for
people's
names.
U
But
comed
has
admitted
to
hiring
a
public
official
aids
associates
as
vendor
and
subcontractors
who
perform
literal
little
or
no
work
for
comed
appointment
of
board
member
one
as
member
of
the
board
of
directors
at
their
request
of
public
official,
a
retention
of
law
firm,
a
the
development
and
execution
of
an
internship
program,
and
then
comet
is
has
acknowledged
that
that
they
reasonably
sort
of
foresaw,
anticipated
benefits
to
come
out
of
of
such
legislation
and
and
actions
to
exceed
150
million
dollars.
U
U
All
of
these
actions,
though,
in
the
legislation
that
was
passed
between
2011
and
2019,
that
were
affected
by
the
actions
of
comed,
have
impacted
evanston,
ratepayers
and
customers,
and
it
remains
to
be
seen
how
significant
those
impacts
are
and
what
those
will
end
up
looking
like.
And
so
if
the
city
is
going
to
continue
to
work
in
partnership
with
comed.
U
We
believe
that
we
need
to
have
a
better
understanding
of
what
the
implications
of
those
activities
are,
and
so
today,
as
is
laid
out
in
the
in
the
memo,
the
franchise
negotiation
committee
and
city
staff
are
asking
city
council
to
allow
the
agreement
to
lapse,
and
so
we're
asking
city
council
to
not
direct
the
city
manager
to
negotiate
an
extension
at
this
time.
U
From
these
actions
and
the
thing
that
I
want
to,
I
want
to
end
on
and
then
I'm
glad
to
answer
questions,
and
we
do
have
mark
pruitt
of
the
power
bureau
available
to
to
help
answer
and
kelly,
gandersky
or
corporation
council
to
help
answer
questions
I
may
not
be
able
to,
but
in
in
making
this
recommendation,
the
committee
and
city
staff
were
primarily
concerned
with
any
perceived
or
actual
potential
impact
on
reliability
and
service
to
evanston
residents
in
accounts.
U
We
did
not
want
to
take
a
recommended
action
that
we
thought
would
have
any
negative
impact
on
the
service
and
reliability
that
ratepayers
and
evanston
enjoy
through
their
through
their
electric
utility,
and
so
it's
our
conclusion
that
the
absence
of
a
franchise
agreement
does
not
alter
comed's
obligation
to
provide
services
to
evanson
businesses
and
residential
customers.
U
The
public
utilities
act
requires
that
all
utilities
regulated
by
the
illinois,
commerce
commission,
must
deliver
equitable
treatment
to
all
customers,
and
so
that
means
they
cannot
provide
a
differential
service
in
terms
of
reliability
to
to
evanston
customers,
whether
or
not
we
have
a
franchise
again
or
not,
and
then
some
of
the
other
changes
that
we
would
expect
to
see
with
with.
U
Scheduling
for
emergencies
would
remain
the
same
comed
just
as
we
had
an
emergency
today.
Those
operations
and
that
response
would
be
unaltered.
U
Comed
would
still
continue
to
maintain
and
respond
to
emergencies,
as
as
they
have
been,
and
then
the
last
item
is
one
that
was
approved
on
the
consent
agenda,
which
is
the
conversation
around
the
the
free
or
the
unbilled
electricity,
and
so
the
city
is,
is
replacing
that
free
service,
through
ordinance
with
a
fee
called
the
infrastructure
maintenance
fee
which
transitions
this
from
receiving
free
and
up
free
or
unbuilt
electricity
to
receiving
a
monthly
cash
payment
from
comed,
and
one
of
the
one
of
the
many
benefits
of
of
that
transition
is
that
it
allows
the
city
to
go
out
and
purchase
electricity
for
all
of
those
facilities
at
a
much
more
competitive
rate
than
we
would
receive
from
comed,
and
so
we're
actually
anticipating
that
the
city
will
see
a
bump
in
revenue
to
the
tune
of
between
70
and
90
000
moving
into
2021.
U
If
that
ordinance
is
is
approved,
and
so
that's
that
is
the
the
background
and
sort
of
what
has
brought
us
to
this.
This
moment
into
this
particular
recommendation,
and
the
last
item
that
I
will
add
is
that
thus
far,
there
have
been
at
least
three
class
action
lawsuits
that
have
been
filed
against
comet
in
relation
to
the
revelation
of
the
the
charges
that
have
been
brought
against
comed.
So
I'd
be
glad
to
open
it
up
for
questions
defer
to
corporation
counsel
gandursky.
U
If
there's
anything,
she
would
like
to
add
prior
to
discussion.
A
All
right
see
seeing
none.
This
was
for
for
action
this
evening
it
was
moved
and
seconded
city
clerk.
Could
you
please
take
the
role
on
sp3.
N
Before
we
vote,
let's
just
clarify
because
it's
it's
a
negative,
so
are
we
a
yes
vote
means
we
are
declining
to
renew.
A
Thank
you
for
that
clarification,
though
all
right
city
clerk
could
take
the
role
please
on
sp3.
I
What
we
want
to
do,
thank
you
for
the
point
of
clarification,
aye.
Q
H
B
H
C
A
All
right,
sp3,
the
comed
franchise
agreement
expiration.
The
council
passes
allowing
this
agreement
to
expire
on
a
seven
to
zero
vote.
We
are
now
we
have
completed
the
special
orders
of
business.
We
did
the
consent
agenda
at
the
beginning
of
this
meeting,
so
we're
now
going
to
move
to
call
of
the
wards
and
I'm
going
to
start
with
alderman
fisk
this
evening.
O
Thank
you,
mr
maron.
Thank
you
for
the
good
conversation
tonight.
I
think
we
covered
a
lot
and
it
was
extremely
helpful.
I
want
to
just
pass
on
my
condolences
to
the
family
of
matt,
madeleine
decree.
I
will
really
miss
her
at
human
services.
I
I
really
enjoyed
her
comments
and
just
her
personality.
I
I
I'm
sorry
that
we
won't
see
her
there
anymore.
O
I
want
to
remind
everyone
that
there
is
a
first
ward
meeting
on
tuesday
september
1st.
We
were
going
to
try
to
have
it
outdoors
a
little
bit
earlier,
but
I
think
probably
we
will
have
a
zoom
meeting,
but
we'll
make
the
final
decision
about
that
in
probably
a
week
and
that's
pretty
much
all
I
have
to
say
so.
Everyone
please
be
safe.
I
Thank
you,
mr
mayor.
I
also
like
to
join
aldermen,
fisk
yourself
and
others
in
word
of
prayer
and
and
sending
my
condolences
especially
to
the
family
of
madeleine
krishi
was
an
incredible
advocate
in
our
community
and
her
voice
will
be
missed
and
I
would
be
remiss
if
I
didn't
share
and
she
was
equal
opportunity.
I
mean
she
came
after
everybody.
I
She
didn't
discriminate,
but
we'll
definitely
miss
her
voice
on
at
council
meetings,
human
services
and
again
keep
machine
our
family
into
prayer.
This
thursday,
six
o'clock,
I
will
be
hosting
a
second
ward
meeting
hosting
the
young
leaders
to
discuss
the
funding
and
and
helping
to
define
what
that
means
in
our
evanston
community
so
and
encouraging
all
of
our
second
world
residents
to
come
out
and
participate
in
that
conversation.
Q
Yes,
thank
you
miss
mr
mayor.
I
agree
with
aldermen
this.
This
has
been
a
a
very
good
discussion
tonight.
I
and
I
also
want
to
offer
my
condolences
to
the
family
of
madeleine
ducrey.
I
I
thought
of
her
as
a
poet.
She
was
so
powerful
in
the
way
that
she
spoke
to
all
of
us
and
your
rights
alderman
wait.
Q
None
of
us
were
spared
and-
and
I
appreciate
so
much
so
much
of
what
she
said
to
us
and
the
powers
with
which,
with
which
she
expressed
herself
so
and
so
the
only
other
thing
I
would
like
to
bring
attention
to
again
is
that
we
are
eight
days
away
from
the
centennial
of
women's
suffrage.
Q
I
and
I
think
about
madeleine
du
cre
and
all
of
the
rest
of
the
members
of
the
city
council
who
who
would
not
be
sitting
there
if
we
had
if
that
had
not
happened,
and
it's
also
surprising
to
me
that
it's
both
been
so
such
a
long
time
in
some
so
many
ways
such
a
short
time,
and
at
this
I
always
think
of
my
grandmother,
rita,
beatrice
wynn,
who
had
just
turned
21
and
was
able
to
vote
for
warren
harding
as
she
cast
her
first
vote.
Q
She
really
regretted
it
later
in
life
and
came
around
to
being
a
good
democrat,
but
so
cheers
to
all
the
women,
and
I
I
recognize
fully
that
not
all
women
achieved
that
vote
100
years
ago
and
that
many
had
to
wait
another
40
years,
but
I
I
do
salute
all
my
fellow
women
council
members
and
all
of
the
women
who
have
put
us
here.
N
Also,
do
you
want
to
express
my
condolences
to
the
friends
and
family
of
madeleine
decree,
I'm
going
to
miss
the
conversations
she?
She
was
just
a
very
everybody's
kind
of
already
expressed
this,
but
a
very
powerful
voice
and
you
know,
cared
a
lot
about
community
and
you
know
I
always
appreciated
her
input.
N
One
thing
I
kind
of
wanted
to
just
touch
on
a
little
bit
as
schools
are
going
to
be
doing
what
they
can
to
provide
education
to
our
children
in
our
community,
and
this
is
a
very
challenging
time
for
them.
So,
let's
be
mindful
of
what
the
schools,
the
kids
and
the
families
are
going
through
and,
let's
all
do
whatever
we
can
to
either
partner
support
or
do
what
we
can
to
make
this
next
phase
for
them
as
uncomfortable
as
possible.
So
they're
going
to
need
a
lot
of
backup
and
support.
A
Thank
you,
alderman
wilson,
aldermonder
simmons.
P
I
want
to
thank
our
residents
that
have
given
tips.
Anonymous
tips
have
used
texatip
and
worked
with
our
police
officers
to
support
our
fantastic
police
department
and
the
work
that
they've
done
to
arrest
and
charges
have
been
brought
for
those
that
there
has
been
an
arrest
for
the
recent
murder
of
our
neighbor
andrew
williams.
So
I
want
to
thank
chief
cook
and
the
community
for
working
together
to
get
that
done
and
continue.
P
Prayers
for
the
families
of
all
the
victims
in
the
community
say
a
very
happy
birthday
to
miss
louise
sutton,
strong,
she
celebrated
101
year
on
birthday
and
she's,
our
neighbor,
oh
wow,
long
time
resident
and
a
member
of
the
community
that
has
four
generations.
Possibly
five.
P
Four
I
know
of
one
of
them
is
our
three
on
one
manager
here
at
the
city,
evanston,
but
happy
birthday
to
louise
sutton,
strong
and
the
family
that
have
enjoyed
your
birthday
over
the
last
few
days
and
then
just
a
thank
you
to
all
the
leaders
in
evanston
those
that
don't
necessarily
have
a
title,
but
we've
just
been
doing
a
great
job
as
residents
taking
ownership
and
doing
what
we
can
shout
out
to
tasha
wilson
from
our
police
department,
for
what
she's
doing
for
black
businesses
shout
out
to
alexandra
or
her
representation
with
the
confederate
flag
issue.
P
Chef
q
recently
was
in
a
publication
for
all
that
she's
done
to
serve
the
community
that
is
hungry.
So
just
thank
you
to
the
residents,
those
that
don't
even
go
recognized
for
what
you're
doing
you're
really
appreciated,
because
it's
really
all
hands
on
debt
needed
for
the
times
that
we're
in
right
now.
We
will
also
have
a
fifth
ward
meeting
on
this
wednesday,
we'll
have
updates
from
the
meeting
that
we
have
with
chief
cook
and
other
leaders
in
response
to
the
violence
a
few
weekends
ago.
So
please
do
join
us.
A
Thank
you
and
thank
you
alderman
ruth
simmons,
all
the
members
of
that
alderman
suffered
and
was
having
technical
issues
because
of
the
storm,
so
we're
going
to
move
to
aldermen
and
rebel.
D
D
It
really
kept
us
honored
on
our
toes
when
she
come
to
speak
to
us
at
human
services
in
particular
and
and
at
city
council
and
certainly
will
miss
her
her
voice
and
her
presence.
I
appreciate
mayor
haggerty
you're
issuing
a
proclamation
for
the
anniversary
of
the
passage
of
the
19th
amendment.
As
a
long-time
member
of
the
league
of
women
voters,
I've
been.
D
Follower
of
the
history
of
women's
suffrage
and
obviously
opponent
of
urging
everybody
to
get
informed
and
turn
out
to
vote.
Obviously
there's
a.
I
think.
Voting
rights
are
a
really
big
concern
at
the
moment.
Not
maybe.
D
Country,
and
so
I
think,
unfortunately,
our
work
is
not
finished
in
that
regard,
and
then
finally,
I
just
want
to
mention
that
the
human
services
committee
has
begun
discussions
about
the
possibility
of
an
alternative
emergency
response
system
or
some
kind
of
changes
in
the
way
we
handle
our.
Some
of
our
9-1-1
calls
we're
going
to
be
discussing
continuing
that
conversation
for
the
next
three
mondays
in
august,
so
august,
17th,
24th
and
31st,
and
certainly
and
encourage
the
community
to
listen
in
and
share,
share
your
comments
and
your
thoughts
with
us.
C
Alderman
rayne.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
I
want
to
follow
up
with
alderman
simmons
and
thank
the
chief
and
the
neighbors,
and
especially
aldermen
simmons,
and
all
the
work
that
went
in
and
also
north
half
people
for
the
successful
arrests
of
three
people.
C
In
the
mr
williams
case,
those
arrests
were
really
swift
and
really
brought
a
conclusion
to
that
case.
Hopefully,
the
other
two
will
have
some
good
news
soon.
Mitzi
gibbs,
I'm
so
sorry
about
your
mother.
I
really
liked
her
and
we
had
some
very
interesting
conversations.
She
will
definitely
be
missed.
I
want
to
tell
you
that
there's
a
renamed
group
west
of
dodge
north
of
howard
street,
the
name
of
the
group,
was
swear.
It
is
now
called
sweet,
which
I
think
is
just
great.
C
It's
southwest
evanston
neighbors
east
of
the
target,
so
it's
sweet
and
we
had
a
great
zoom
meeting
the
other
night
and
I
really
appreciated
everybody
taking
time
out-
and
you
know
an
hour
meeting
turned
into
a
little
bit
longer,
but
I
got
to
meet
a
lot
of
new
people
over
there
and
it
was.
It
was
a
really
good
meeting.
I
want
everybody
to
keep.
I
can't
tell
all
the
details,
but
I
want
everybody
to
keep
their
eye
on
daw's
school,
especially
the
the
wall
that
faces
oakton.
C
Right
when
you
come
in
from
the
parking
garage,
the
old
the
former
gift
shop
is
now
a
starbucks,
so
everybody
should
stop
in
and
get
your
morning,
coffee
and
your
afternoon,
coffee
and
your
evening,
coffee
at
starbucks
at
st
francis
hospital.
Thank
you,
nice
meeting
mayor.
A
Thank
you.
Thank
you,
alderman
rainey.
Thank
you,
everybody
for
your
comments
at
call
of
the
wards
we're
not
going
to
move
mr
mayor.
B
Can
I
make
one
one
cop
two
two
comments
as
well
very
quickly
regarding
mr
degree-
and
I
I
just
also
want
to
add
my
voice
to
everyone
who
sent
their
condolences
to
mr
cree's
family.
B
You
know
one
of
the
things
that
I
remember,
mr
cree,
most
one
of
the
lessons
that
I
think
she
espoused
a
lot
recently
was,
you
know,
she's
the
metaphor
of
crabs
in
a
bucket,
and
I
really
think
you
know
what
she's
expressing
there
is
that
we
have
to
make
sure
that
we're
always
working
together
and
that
we're
not
doing
things
to
hold
ourselves
or
our
communities
down.
So
that's,
I
think,
a
really
great
lesson
to
take
away.
B
You
know
that
that
spirit
of
togetherness
and
then
lastly,
I
do
just
want
to
you-
know
announce
that
the
clerk's
office
is
holding
an
event.
I
forgot
that
we
will
not
have
a
council
meeting
for
the
remainder
of
august,
so
I
do
want
to
make
this
announcement
now
we'll
be
having
an
event
regarding
reparations
and
we're
focusing
on
women
and
leading
that
role
so
we'll
have
you
know
that
we'll
have
older
woman,
robert
simmons
on
the
panel
we'll
have
actress
from
scholar,
amanda
seals.
B
B
Who
is
an
attorney
who
wrote
the
reparations
bill
for
chicago
the
burj
reparations
bill,
and
so
that
will
take
place
august
18th
from
7
00
to
8
30
pm
central
standard
time
it
will
be
on
our
facebook
live
folks
can
find
out
more
information
about
that.
Our
gold.
This
event
is
to
have
an
informative,
yet
entertaining
conversation
about
reparations,
and
particularly
you
know,
women
of
color
leading
that
movement
around
the
nation.
A
N
Yes,
pursuant
to
five
illinois,
compile
statute,
say
lcs
120.
I
move
that
the
city
council
will
convene
into
executive
session
to
discuss
agenda
items
regarding
collective
bargaining
litigation
in
minutes.
These
agenda
items
are
permitted
subjects
to
be
considered
an
executive
session
and
are
a
new
rate
of
exceptions.
Under
the
open
meetings
act.
The
exceptions
are
5
ilcs,
120,
slash,
2a,
c2,
c11
and
c21.
Q
A
H
B
Yes,
alderman
fisk,
aye,
alderman.
Q
C
A
All
right
so,
on
a
I
didn't,
hear:
aldermen
brave
wait,
I'm
sorry!
Aye
he's
an
eye.
Okay,
so
on
a
7-0
vote,
the
evanston
city
council
is
going
to
recess
into
executive
session.
Thank
you.
Everyone
for
coming
out
for
the
meeting.
This
meeting
is
recessed
into
executive.