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B
Here,
with
five
members
plus
me
present,
we
have
a
quorum
prepared
to
do
our
work.
The
first
item
on
our
agenda
is
public
recording
in
progress.
The
first
item
on
our
agenda's
public
comment.
So
here's
how
we're
going
to
do
this?
The
only
non-sort
of
mechanical
item
on
our
agenda
is
our
ethics
training.
So
we
have
here
our
ethics,
our
special
counsel
for
ethics
committee
elrod
and
friedman,
which
there's
a
number
of
representatives.
Here
we
have
a
number
of
people
who
signed
up
for
public
comments.
B
But
our
ethics
council
has
a
hard
stop
and
also
no
offense
but
they're
paid
by
the
hour.
So
what
we're
going
to
do
is
invite
those
who
came
in
person
to
give
public
comment
in
person
the
opportunity
to
go.
First,
then,
pause
on
public
comment,
go
to
the
ethics
training
and
then,
if
those
who
are
seeking
to
give
a
public
comment,
online
would
like
to
hang
around
with
the
end
of
the
ethics
training.
They'll
be
entitled
to
give
a
public
comment
at
that
time,
but
apologies.
C
I
want
to
note
that
we
can't
hear
the
council
chambers
on
the
zoom
call.
A
B
Great,
so
what
I
was
just
describing
is
that,
in
order
to
ensure
that
we
can
complete
our
ethics
training
and
also
that
we
are
responsible
with
the
city's
financial
resources,
we're
going
to
allow
those
who
signed
up
to
give
public
comment
in
person
the
opportunity
to
speak,
then
we'll
pause
on
public
comment
go
to
the
ethics
training.
And
then,
if
those
who
signed
up
to
give
public
comment
online
would
like
to
hang
around
they'll
be
entitled
to
give
public
comment.
At
the
end.
B
I
would
counsel
those
who
are
contemplating
how
to
spend
this
beautiful
summer
afternoon
that
there
will
be
no
substantive
action
taken
by
by
city
council
today
and
no
closed
session
discussions.
And
so
you
know
do
what
you
want
to
do.
But
there
may
be
isn't
any
kind
of
urgent
need
to
get
public
comment
today.
B
But
we
begin
with
those
who
signed
up
to
give
public
comment
in
person
who
will
each
be
given
up
to
three
minutes,
beginning
with
jackson,
power.
D
D
Members
of
council,
while
selecting
the
city
manager,
is
your
purview.
I
think
that
evanston
residents
have
collectively
made
it
clear
that
this
next
city
manager
needs
to
not
just
be
enthusiastic
about
doing
anti-racist
work,
but
have
a
track
record
of
doing
it,
and
we
also
need
someone
who
isn't
just
enthusiastic
about
building
trust
with
residents,
but
actually
has
a
track
record
of
doing
it.
D
We
can't
afford
to
hire
someone
new,
who
will
just
continue
the
failed
status
quo.
Such
a
candidate
could
either
perpetuate
a
pre-existing,
often
hostile
relationship
with
evanston
residents
or
could
respond
to
vocal
opposition
by
quitting,
which
would
leave
us
needing
to
restart
the
search
process
again
and
as
a
city.
We
cannot
afford
that.
D
Also.
I
want
to
mention
that,
since
the
last
municipal
election,
I
do
think
this
council
has
made
some
significant
progress
in
regaining
community
trust
and
I'm
excited
to
see
that
continue.
But
if
any
finalists
put
forward
aren't
excited
to
be
collaborative
anti-racist,
trustworthy
public
servants,
it
would
feel
like
a
betrayal
and
you
could
lose
our
trust
again,
and
I
don't
want
to
see
that.
D
Lastly,
I
do
want
to
thank
maribes
for
holding
his
recent
town
hall
and
giving
considerate
answers
to
the
questions
he
received
and
that
town
hall
did
shed
some
light
on
the
process.
But
what
comes
next
depends
on
all
of
you
and
members
of
council.
I
hope
you
will
keep
these
thoughts
in
mind.
Thank
you.
E
It
was
really
displaying
to
hear
during
the
town
hall
that
one
of
the
barriers
to
actually
changing
anything
regarding
policing
in
the
city
is
a
lack
of
a
city
manager
and
somehow,
even
though
we
have
hundreds
of
city
employees
working
around
the
clock
and
the
entire
committee
has
been
working
for
two
years
and
actually
created
recommendations
that
those
things
won't
be
put
into
place
until
they
have
someone
to
tell
people
what
to
do.
E
It
makes
me
question
one:
the
ability
of
the
council
to
make
change
the
ability
of
the
committee
for
reimagining,
public
safety
may
change
and
three
the
ability
of
our
city
employees
to
do
anything
if
they
are
unable
to
make
any
substantial
change
until
an
entire
new
city
manager
is
hired.
It's
really
also
disheartening
to
hear
this
narrative
that
public
input
is
not
welcome.
E
I
think
blaming,
like
the
lack
of
progress
on
a
city
manager
is
immature
and
negligent
of
the
other
city's
employees
and
elected
officials
actual
responsibilities.
What's
really
to
blame
is
the
city.
Council's
lack
of
leadership
was
especially
evident
regarding
defunding
and
what
I
just
said
that
I
heard
in
the
town
hall
meeting
the
other
day.
E
Second,
public
input
is
necessary
to
hold
the
city
and
whatever
candidates
it
nominates
accountable.
This
is
especially
true
since
the
last
person
nominated
by
the
city
for
city
manager
had
a
track
record
of
racist
and
discriminatory
behavior
while
serving
public
office
and
was
replacing
a
predecessing
city
manager,
who
also
resigned
amid
scandals
that
included
racial
and
gender-based
discrimination.
E
Those
conversations
from
us,
as
well
as
many
other
groups
and
individuals
clearly
fell
on
deaf
ears
when
the
decision
was
made
to
rehire
chief
eddington,
the
chief
who
was
fired
for
the
lawrence
crosby
incident,
who
is
like,
was
fired
for
being
racist
and
then
was
re-hired
yeah
questions
of
policing,
public
safety
should
be
central
to
the
city
manager,
hiring
process
and
city
manager
is
single-handedly
responsible
for
hiring
the
next
police
chief.
All
this
is
gone
addressed
and
the
narrative
being
pushed
by
the
city
is
really
just
like
not
true.
That
is
all.
F
Hi,
my
name
is
heather
sweeney,
I'm
in
the
fourth
ward
city,
council,
mayor
bis,
I'm
here
to
speak
about
the
city
manager
position
first,
I
thank
you
for
your
service.
I
don't
envy
your
position
that
you're
all
in,
and
we
know
this
is
a
challenging
situation.
F
I
understand,
there's
urgency
understandable
urgency
to
fill
this
position
and
I'm
not
clear
exactly
where
you
are
in
the
process,
but
as
a
community
member,
if
a
candidate
with
a
strong
equity
and
anti-racist
lens,
along
with
a
track
record
of
equity
and
anti-racist
action,
is
hired.
That
tells
me
as
a
resident
that
this
council
prioritizes
operationalizing
the
values
that
we
purport
to
have
here
in
evanston,
that
this
city
values
all
residents
and
is
committed
to
working
for
all
residents,
especially
those
who
have
been
historically
marginalized
when
racial
equity
is
prioritized.
F
You
tell
the
community
that
you
prioritize
a
well-run
city
and
the
well-being
of
all
residents
and,
of
course,
those
two
are
not
mutually
exclusive,
in
fact
they're
dependent
on
each
other.
So
what
message
are
you
giving
the
community
about
your
values,
your
priorities
and,
frankly,
your
competence
to
be
in
a
decision-making
position?
If
you
do
not
prioritize
racial
equity
as
an
umbrella,
competency
for
all
candidates,.
B
G
Good
evening
or
good
afternoon,
city
council,
mayor
biss,
first
I
have
a
request.
Mayor
bis,
I've
since
I've
been
doing
public
comment
for
the
last
four
or
five
years
at
the
beginning
of
public
comment,
it
was
always
announced
how
many
people
were
signed
up
for
public
comment,
and
I
think
that's
helpful
that
I
think
we
should
all
know
that
at
the
onset.
G
So
my
first
comment
is
about
the
town
hall
meeting
your
town
hall
meeting
last
week.
I
thought
the
purpose
was
to
hear
questions
and
answer
questions
about
searching
for
and
having
residents
involved
in
this
process.
G
G
G
Your
words
are
very
encouraging
when
you
spoke
of
public
input
in
quotes
that
this
work
cannot
be
successful
without
meaningful
and
significant
public
input
beyond,
what's
achievable
through
state
mandated
public
comment.
That's
this
sessions
at
our
meetings
and
that
would
be
you
would
be
open
to
anything.
Be
it
town
hall
meetings,
smaller
roundtables
distribution
of
surveys,
or
whatever
would
work
end
quote.
G
I
haven't
seen
the
transparency
or
the
accountability
that
you
promised
haven't
seen
any
of
these
public
meetings
that
you
promised
also
our
our
next
city
manager.
We
understand
you
chose
already,
there's
no
public
input.
Okay,
there
was
no
public
input
on
the
50
million
dollar
robert
crown
bonds.
There
was
little
input
on
the
tiff
hearing.
G
Look
at
the
current
government
structure
for
city
of
evanston
residents
are
number
one:
okay,
with
no
input
input
from
the
residents
and
the
decisions
coming
from.
I
guess
city
council
I
mean
I
thought
this
was
a
perfect
time
to
point
out
that
when,
when
do
the
residents
get
to
speak,
get
to
be
part
of
the
process,
part
of
the
decision
making
process,
I've
asked
for
that
for
two
to.
G
G
B
You're
welcome.
We
will
move
now
to
the
ethics
training.
That
is
the
primary
purpose
of
this
afternoon.
So
take
it
away,
mr
ailerod.
H
Thank
you,
mayor
biss,
members
of
the
evanston
city,
council,
city
staff,
clerk
mendoza,
thank
you
for
having
us
here
and
our
interim
city
manager.
So
thank
you
for
having
us
here
to
provide
your
ethics
training.
My
name
is
stephen
elrod.
H
I
am
the
founding
partner
and
the
managing
partner
of
elrod
friedman
and,
along
with
me
today,
are
marcus
martinez
of
our
firm
and
brooke
lennemann
of
our
firm.
Also
in
the
audience,
is
hannah
syed
of
our
who's
a
summer
associate
of
our
firm
thought
that
she'd
be
interested
in
observing
she's
still
in
law
school.
First,
let
me
say
we
were
deeply
honored
to
have
been
appointed
the
city's
special
ethics
council
earlier
this
year
and
we
have
been
working
with
the
issues
and
and
matters
that
have
come
before
us.
H
We'll
give
a
little
bit
of
an
explanation
about
that
role.
At
the
end
of
our
presentation,
we
have
put
together
this
presentation
in
part
because
it's
required
under
your
ordinance
this
this
training.
We
are
recording
it
for
those
council
members
who
are
not
here
today
and
for
anyone
that
joins
on
the
city.
Council
you'll
now
have
the
ethics
training
recorded
and
on
your
shelf,
so
that
you
can
so
somebody
could
watch
it
again
and
you're
welcome
to
watch
it
over
and
over
we're
going
to
cover
six
major
topics.
H
H
What
we're
going
to
do
is
I'm
going
to
talk
to
you
about
what
the
state
requires
and
then
brooke
and
marcus
are
going
to
take
that
down
to
evanston's
level,
because
in
many
instances
evanston
in
adopting
its
ethics
ordinance
super
well
exceeded
the
requirements
of
state
law.
Evanson
has
one
of
the
strongest
ethics
ordinances
on
the
books
of
any
municipality
that
I'm
aware,
and
I
represent
many
different
towns
in
the
chicago
suburban
area.
H
It's
a
very
strong
ethics
code
and
we'll
point
out
where
it
where
the
differences
between
evanston's
code
is
and
the
state
statutes
are
so
and
then,
after
that,
we'll
talk
about
the
enforcement
and
the
role
of
the
ethics
council.
So
that's
and
we're
gonna
go
through
it.
If
we
have
time
for
questions,
we're
happy
to
answer
them,
we
do
have
a
limited
time
period
and
we're
hoping
to
accomplish
everything
within
that
time
period
and
be
done
by
5
15..
H
So
I,
oh
and
mayor
with
your
permission,
we're
gonna,
since
some
of
this
is
interactive.
The
three
of
us
are
gonna,
make
the
presentation
from
the
table
here:
okay,
so
I'm
actually
starting.
H
I'm
gonna
begin
with
prohibited
political
activities,
and
we
did
our
best
to
find
some
graphics
that
are
interesting,
but
this
is
just
generic
politics.
The
the
prohibited
political
activities
act
at
the
state
level
covers
three
essential
restrictions.
H
It
deals
with
the
basically,
as
the
title
says,
a
prohibition
of
doing
political
activities
during
compensated
time.
Now,
that's
easy
for
employees.
You
know
what
compensated
time
is
when
they're,
basically
on
the
job.
Although
the
city
managers,
co
is
typically
24
7.,
it's
it's
a
little
more
tricky
with
respect
to
elected
officials.
What
constitutes
compensated
time.
The
general
rule
is
that
compensated
time
is
interpreted
for
for
elected
officials,
as
as
when
they
are
conducting
city
business
and
exercising
their
official
duties
regardless
of
the
location.
H
Certainly,
when
they
are
at
city
hall
and
and
very
likely
when
they
are
in
in
a
ward
meeting,
conducting
their
the
business
of
the
city
at
other
times,
even
if
it's
during
the
day,
they
may
not
necessarily
be
conducting
city
business,
so
they
would
not
be
on
compensated
time
different
for
employees
and
then
the
if
we
just
run
to
the
next
slide.
We'll
come
back
to
this
here
are
the
no
we'll
go
back.
Here.
Are
the
examples
of
pool
of
activities
that
are
specifically
prohibited
under
the
the
state
act?
H
It's
it's
solicitation
of
of
contributions,
circulation
of
of
candidate
petitions,
distributing
literature
or
wearing
a
button
or
or
on
your
on
your
apparel.
So
in
its
basic
sense,
a
member
of
the
city
council
could
not
wear
a
campaign
button,
whether
it's
for
themselves
or
any
other
office
while
on
the
diocese,
and
they
can't
do
it
while
they
are
on,
I
would
say,
generally
while
they
are
at
city
hall,
and
they
certainly
cannot
circulate
petitions,
while
at
city
hall,
et
cetera
back
to
the
slide
right
before
that.
H
The
other
issue-
that's
that's
covered
in
the
statute-
is
that
is
the
use
of
city,
property
or
resources
in
connection
with
any
political
activity.
You
cannot
use
a
city
phone,
a
city,
email,
a
city
copy
machine
for
political
activities,
of
any
kind,
both
at
the
elective
level
and
at
the
staff
level
and,
finally
importantly,
the
city
cannot
make
as
a
condition
of
employment
the
engagement
of
involvement
in
political
activities
as
part
of
the
employment
contract.
H
That
seems
somewhat
axiomatic
in
today's
era,
believe
it
or
not,
it
wasn't,
and
it
was
necessary
for
the
state
to
include
that
as
part
of
a
state
statute,
because
local
governments,
perhaps
the
bigger
one
to
the
directly
to
the
south
of
us,
we're
hiring
people
to
engage
in
political
activities
as
part
of
their
payroll
activity.
That
is
now
a
prohibition,
and
so
now,
let's
see
what
the
difference
is.
I
Prohibited
political
activities,
the
regulation
for
that
is
set
forth
in
the
evidence,
evanston
city
code,
section
110
for
subsection
f
and
it
tracks
the
illinois
statute
pretty
closely.
The
prohibitions
that
steve
spoke
of
just
now
are
the
present
in
the
ordinance
the
statute.
The
ordinance
does
have
a
slight
departure
from
the
statute
in
that,
while
the
statute
defines
the
prohibited
political
activity,
evanston
goes
one
step
further.
I
Their
language
is
any
political
activity
is
prohibited
and
there
are
seven
specified
circumstances,
and
these
circumstances
will
seem
very
familiar
when
compared
to
what
steve
just
described.
I
I
H
B
J
Go
for
it,
council,
member
kelly,
so
just
to
clarify-
and
this
came
up
in
the
past
so
so
clearly,
then
a
an
elected
official
could
not
use
their
city
email
to
solicit
funds
for
a
cause,
correct.
H
So
here's
the
difference,
if
in
any
other
town,
I
would
say
cause-
would
have
to
be
further
defined
as
as
one
of
the
15
prohibited
political
activities
would
have
to
the
state
statute,
has
15
defined
political,
prohibited
political
activities.
Evanston
says
any
political
activity,
so
I'd
have
to
look
at
what
the
cause
is.
H
If
it's
a
if
it's
a
non-profit
organization
that
is
not
a
political,
a
political
cause
there
that
you
may
be
able
to
use
there,
you
may
implicate
a
different
issue
of
private
use
of
of
city
property,
but
it
wouldn't
be
a
violation
of
the
gift
ban
act.
I'm
sorry
of
the
prohibited
political
activity
act,
okay,.
K
Thank
you,
mr
mayor.
One
very
practical
question
that
has
come
up
recently
regards
a
referendum
that
we
have
agreed
to
put
on
the
ballot
in
november.
Regarding
happens
to
be
regarding
rank
choice.
Voting
the
question
has
come
up:
can
we,
as
council
members
campaign
for
or
against
that
referendum
from
the
from
the
diocese?
I
guess
not
from
a
ward
meeting
on
city
property,
clearly
not
from
a
ward
meeting
off
property
or
like
what?
What
kind
of
guidelines
should
we
impose
it
upon
ourselves?.
H
There
referenda
has
typically
created
a
great
deal
of
consternation
under
the
prohibited
political
activity
act.
The
the
general
rule
is
that
the
city
that
no
city
resources
can
be
used
in
support
or
in
opposition
to
a
referendum.
H
So
we
can't
the
the
city
can't
put
out
literature,
saying
vote
for
vote
against,
but
a
city
can
put
out
and
I'll
get
to
your
question.
I
just
want
to
take
it
from
a
higher
level.
The
city
can
put
out
information
general
information
about
as
long
as
it
is
neutral,
information
or
or
factual
information
about
the
subject
matter
of
the
referendum.
H
The
the
debate
frequently
is
well
how
slanted
is
the
language?
Are
they
presenting
all
sides?
You
know
it
is
the
the
state
and
the
corks
have
generally
interpreted
it
as
it
has
to
be
truly
over
the
top
in
favor
or
in
opposition.
H
If
the
city
is
simply
attempting
in
good
faith
to
put
out
information
about
whatever
the
referendum
may
be,
that
would
probably
be
lawful
as
to
an
individual
council
person,
a
council
member,
I
think
in
evanston.
The
the
broad
definition
of
any
political
activity
would
certainly
include
a
referenda.
H
That's
on
the
agenda,
so
during
compensated
time,
if
that
council
member
were
at
city
hall
or
if
the
council
member
were
conducting
city
business,
I
would
say
they
cannot
campaign
for
or
against
the
referenda
it's
hard
to
in
under
your
code
to
truly
distinguish
when
a
council
member
is
not
conducting
city
business
when
they're
talking
about
a
referenda,
that
is
on
a
ballot,
it's
possible
if
that
referendum
were
not
an
evanston
referendum,
but
maybe
a
statewide
or
a
referendum.
H
That
may
not
be
necessarily
city
business
if
it's
an
evanston
referendum
that
may
have
been
initiated
by
this
city
council
that
it
may
be
difficult
for
a
council
member
to
talk
about
that
and
it
campaign
for
against
it
at
any
time.
L
I
think
you
may
have
just
answered
my
question,
so
I
recognize
that
we
all
have
regular
award
meetings
that,
for
instance,
mine
are
always
at
lincoln
school.
So
it's
not
city
property,
and
if
and
I
recognize
that
you
cannot
talk
about
this
at
that
meeting,
because
that
is
specifically
a
meeting
on
which
I'm
talking
about
city,
business
city,
business,
correct.
If
somebody
for
instance,
like
the
legal
women
voters
had
a
meeting
and
council
members
were
invited.
H
It's
it's
a
it's
a
great
question.
I
if
the
council
member
were
simply
providing
direct
information,
the
same
information
that
the
city
itself
put
out
the
council
member
could
distribute
that
information.
If
it's
the
same
information
that
was
put
out
by
the
city,
I
I
would
be
very
careful
and
I
would
be
concerned
based
on
your
broad
definition
of
any
council
member,
going
off
script
in
any
direction
beyond
that
which
was
the
the
city
initiated
information
package.
L
So,
for
instance,
if
the
league
of
women
voters
assec,
you
know,
has
some
forum
and
we
present
the
just
the
facts
and
we
we
cannot.
If
someone
says,
do
you
support
this
from
the
from
the
audience,
we
can't
answer
that
correct.
I.
H
Would
say
that
that
would
that
could
create
a
vi.
I
mean
you're,
asking
a
hypothetical
and
I
I
always
get
careful
you
you.
I
would
be
very
careful
in
that
situation,
if
you
and
and
when
you
say
just
present
the
facts,
I
would
be
careful
doing
even
that.
Okay,
if
there
is
a
document
and
frequently
the
city
does
put
out
or
cities
do
put
out
literature,
just
factual
literature
about
an
item
on
the
referendum
that
isn't
intended
to
be
forward
a
pro
or
con.
H
The
the
mirror
passing
out
is
saying
this
is
what
was
created
by
the
city
is
about.
As
far
as
you
can.
I
wouldn't
attempt
to
summarize
it.
I
wouldn't
attempt
to
brief
it,
because
you
you,
just
by
the
way
in
which
you're
presenting
it
could
cause
a
violation
of
your
own
ordinance.
C
N
And
your
team-
I
wonder,
and
so
a
lot
of
my
questions
were
answered
by
questions
by
councilman,
brunusma
and
councilmember
nguyen,
but
in
line
with
that,
I
wonder
how
you
know.
C
You
know
the
municipal
code
plays
into
this
being
that
council's
powers
are
purely
legislative,
and
so
anything
that
we
do,
I
would
think
outside
of
the
legislative
process,
would
not
be
in
our
official
capacity.
Does
that
sound.
H
It's
it's
an
argument,
but
you
have
drafted
the
your
code
provision
very
broadly,
so
I
I
would
just
offer
caution
to
all
of
you
that
it
it
there
could
be
an
interpretation
made
that
you
were.
Let
me
get
the
exact
word
from
you:
yeah
that
that
it
could
that
that
your
conduct
could
be
considered
compensated
time
and
it
could
be
some
relationship
to
the
the
execution
of
your
official
duties.
H
I
understand
that
your
official
duties
are
purely
legislative,
but
an
argument
could
be
drawn
that
a
matter
on
the
refere,
the
referendum
matter
is
a
legislative
action,
so
there
could
be
a
tie.
So
I
would
my
my
best
advice
to
you
is
to
exercise
extreme
caution.
O
As
long
as
it's
not
during
work
hours
could
someone
that
works
for
an
elected
official,
would
it
be
appropriate
for
someone
who
worked
for
an
elected
official
to
campaign
for
them?
This
is
something
that
wouldn't
impact
me
personally,
but
I'm
just
I'm
curious
for
my
own.
P
P
You
know
either
implicit
or
not
for
working
for
you
so,
but
if
someone
wanted
to
after
hours
volunteer
on
the
weekend
volunteer,
there's
no
prohibition
against
that.
O
Yeah,
okay,
that
was
my
understanding.
I
just
wanted
that
to
be
confirmed
out
loud,
okay
and
then.
Secondly,
this
is
more
so
just
getting
it
on
the
record.
O
Now
that
I
have
a
better
sense
of
what
we
can
and
cannot
do
around
the
referendum
before
we
put
out
anything
about
the
referendum,
we
need
to
be
in
agreement
about
what
that
information
is,
and
I
just
I
want
to
get
that
on
the
record
now
we
should
not
put
out
anything
unless
we
have
all
looked
on
it
and
and
it
has
been
voted
on
by
a
majority
of
council.
Thank
you.
B
Let
me
I
have
a
question,
though,
I'm
actually
really
puzzled
by
what's
just
occurred,
and
so
let
me
give
a
different,
very
plausible
hypothetical.
B
B
B
H
Okay,
next
area
and
prohibited
political
activities
was
supposed
to
be
the
easy
one,
but
that
I
we
we
appreciate
the
comments
and
are
are
happy
to
answer
the
questions
we're
getting
increasingly
more
complex.
Next
is
the
gift
ban
generally
at
the
state
level.
First,
the
the
gift
ban
act
is:
it
is
codified
in
in
state
law.
When
it
was
first
adopted
about
20
years
ago,
the
state
required
every
municipality
in
the
state
to
adopt
a
gift
ban
act.
Most
municipalities
simply
incorporated
by
reference.
H
The
state
act
evanson
as
we'll
talk,
has
gone
a
step
further
and,
and
the
state
requirement
is
that
you
could
adopt
a
gift
ban
act,
no
less
strict
than
the
state
one
at
the
state
level.
The
general
rule
is
that
elected
officials
and
employees
cannot
intentionally
that's
the
important
word
at
the
state
level,
solicit
or
accept
a
gift
from
a
prohibited
source.
So
the
key
is
what
is
a
gift
and
what
is
a
prohibited
source
and
a
gift
is
any
tangible
or
intangible
item
having
monetary
value.
H
It
applies
to
spouses
and
immediate
family
members
that
live
with
the
officer
and
a
prohibited
source
is.
Are
those
listed
on
the
screen,
someone
seeking
official
municipal
action
or
business,
meaning
an
applicant,
a
developer,
someone
who
does
business
with
the
city,
anyone
that
has
a
contract
with
the
city,
someone
who
conducts
activity
regulated
by
the
city
and
someone
with
interest
that
may
be
substantially
affected
by
city
action
or
importantly,
by
non-action
of
the
city?
H
There
are
exceptions
and
among
those
are
our
lawful
political
contributions
that
are
set
forth
in
the
statutes,
such
as
gifts
from
relatives
and
friends,
but
not
if
the
fish,
if
the
official
believes
that
the
gift
is
connected
to
the
officials,
position
or
employment.
So
if
a
relative
is
seeking
a
zoning
variation
and
they
they
give
a
a
timely
gift
right
before
the
vote
on
that
zoning
variation.
That
may
be
a
violation
of
the
gift
ban
act,
but
if
the
relative
gives
a
birthday
present
that
may
not
be
educational,
materials
and
missions.
H
If
any
of
you,
you
know
we're
we're
contracted
by
the
city,
but
we
offer
a
seminar
every
other
year,
the
the
invitation
that
seminar
is
exempted
from
the
gift
ban
act,
even
though
we
may
have
food
at
the
seminar.
But
it's
part
of
an
educational
mission
or
it's
an
educational,
their
provision
of
educational
materials
and
travel
expenses
are
are
typically
exempted
from
the
gift
ban
act.
There
are
monetary
limits
that
are
also
set
forth
in
the
state
statute.
H
There
there
are
exceptions
of
up
to
75
per
day,
so
there
it
it
and
and
then
less
than
one
hundred
dollars
total
from
any
prohibited
source.
If
the
gift
exceeds
75,
then
there
is
a
provision
which
marcus
are
you
taking
this
one?
H
You
can
get
into
to
talk
about
what
what
happens
if
you
exceed
the
limit
so
I'll
turn
it
to
you
for.
I
One
of
the
things
steve
highlighted
was
that
intentional
language,
the
evanston
ordinance,
does
not
have
that
language.
It
is
as
follows:
no
covered
person
shall
directly
or
indirectly
solicit
or
accept
any
gift
from
any
prohibited
source,
and
so
the
implication
there
is
that
you
can't
say
I
didn't
mean
to
accept
this
gift
from
this
applicant
or
I
didn't
know
that
this
person
was
submitting
an
application
to
the
city
when
you
accepted
that
gift.
The
evanston
ordinance,
as
you
see,
goes
a
step
further
and
has
stricter
requirements.
I
So
what
happens
when
you
accept
that
prohibited
gift,
110
6
subsection
d,
regulates
or
governs
what
you
can
do
once
you've
found
yourself
accepting
something
you
should
not
have
accepted,
and
you
have
two
things
you
can
do.
You
can
return
the
gift
to
its
source
or
you
can
donate
that
gift
to
charity.
That
is
how
it's
set
forth
as
well.
In
the
state
statute.
I
Disclosure
to
the
special
counsel-
and
you
have
to
inform
the
special
counsel
that
you've
received
the
gift
that
you
have
either
returned
the
gift
or
you
have
donated
the
gift
or
appropriate
value
to
a
charity.
The
charity
has
to
be
a
501c3
exempt
organization,
and
if
that
disposition
is
by
donation,
appropriate
documentation
must
also
accompany
that
written
disclosure.
A
H
H
There
is
a
general
state
statute
that
prohibits
the
holding
of
two
offices
in
concurrently,
but
there
is
an
exception
that
that's
built
into
the
statute,
and
that
is
so
long
as
there
is
no.
If
there
is
no
contractual
relationship
between
the
government
that
the
in
the
the
officer
is
holding
a
position
in
with
the
government
that
the
officer
is
holding
the
other
position
in
there's
no
contractual
relationship
between
the
two
governments.
The
state
generally
allows
the
concurrent
exercise
of
two
different
offices
that
frequently
there
are
well.
H
We
have
come
across
situations
where
a
member
of
a
local
city,
council
or
village
board
would
want
to
also
run
for
state
office,
a
state
representative
or
state
senator
or
our
governor
there.
That
could
be
an
issue
it
is
occurred,
but
it
could
be
an
issue
in
our
opinion,
because
there
are
instances
where
there
are
contracts
between
the
city
and
the
state.
In
our
opinion,
that
would
be
a
contract
between
two
governments.
H
Excuse
me
that
would
prohibit
that
concurrent
off
and
it
would
therefore
be
an
incompatible
incompatible
office.
Any
questions
on
that.
We
just
wanted
to
briefly
cover
that.
Let's
move
on
to
the
other
kind
of
conflicts
of
interest
and
that's
under
the
public
officer,
prohibited
activities,
act
and
let's
talk
about
and
we're
getting
into
this
whole
subject
of
conflict
of
interest
and
it's
a
big
subject
and,
and
we
get
it,
we
deal
with
it
with
our
governments
all
the
time.
H
There
is
a
statutory
conflict
of
interest
which
is
under
this
public
officer,
prohibited
activities,
act
and
then
there's
common
law
conflicts,
I'm
going
to
start
with
the
more
serious
one
which
is
is
a
a
conflict
that
would
occur
under
this
statute,
and
that
is
if
there
is,
if
any
officer
is
financially
interested
in
a
contract
or
the
performance
of
work
in
the
making
or
letting
of
of
a
contract.
With
the
that
that
that
officer
may
be
called
upon
to
vote
on,
then
that
officer
does
have
a
statutory
conflict.
H
Let
me
put
it
another
way:
if
you're
an
officer
of
a
municipality,
you
cannot
vote
on
or
be
part
of
a
vote
or
sit
on
the
council
that
votes
on
a
contract
with
an
entity
that
you
have
an
interest
in
and
interest
is
defined
under
state
law
as,
as
is
having
a
substantial
interest,
if
you,
if
you're,
entering
into
a
contract
with
comed
or
or
att-
and
you
have
a
hold
some
stock
in
that
there
wouldn't
be
considered
to
be
an
interest.
H
But
if
it,
if
you
do
have
an
interest,
let's
say
it's
a
company
that
you're
the
president
of
or
a
company
that
that
you
own
or
control
the
issue
here
is
that
it's
not
good
enough
to
simply
recuse
yourself.
H
H
There
is
no
recusal
if
you
have
a
conflict
under
this
state
statute,
and
I
think
that
that's
an
important
one
most
of
the
conflicts
that
we
deal
with
and
that
you
all
deal
with
are
common
law
which
we'll
describe
a
little
further,
but
I
wanted
to
set
that
out
that
state
statutory
provision
is
significant
and
believe
it
or
not.
We,
we
have
dealt
with
and
we're
dealing
right
now
in
another
town,
with
this
situation
and
there's
there's
no
choice
other
than
resign
your
office
or
not.
Have
the
contract
proceed.
Brooke.
P
And
just
declare
just
to
clarify
that
steve.
Sometimes
you
get
questions
about
whether
being
an
employee
of
a
business
is
a
sufficient
interest
to
trigger
this
statutory
requirement
and
generally
the
answer
to
that
is
no.
So.
H
Owner
control,
the
company
and,
if
it,
if
it's
a
publicly
traded
company,
it's
having
an
interest
of
more
than
one
percent
of
that
publicly
traded
company.
B
I
just
want
to
interject.
I
know
that
some
folks
have
their
hands
up,
because
the
last
question
period
went
so
long.
We're
gonna
have
to
hold
questions
until
the
end,
so
just
ask
council
to
hold
all
the
questions
and
let
you
go
through
the
whole
presentation.
P
H
Is
also
an
extreme
option,
actually,
let
me
start
with
with
common
law
conflicts
and
that
that's
that's
the
more
common
approach
where
there
there
may
be
a
matter
that
you've
you've
been
interested
in
or
your
best
friend
is,
is
the
head
of
the
company
or
somebody
that
your
kids
are
friends
with
or
have
a
variation
or
a
special
use
before
the
city.
H
Those
are
all
common
law
conflicts.
Yes,
they
are
resolvable
by
recusing
yourself,
but
as
a
general
rule
and
here's.
This
is
what
we
advise
our
as
a
general
rule.
These
common
law
conflicts
should
be
resolved
in
favor
of
allowing
the
council
member
to
participate.
H
H
H
It
is
accepted
that,
as
an
elected
official,
you
should
have
the
ability,
the
ability
to
vote
with
a
clear
conscience
and
without
regard
to
your
predisposition
or
your
knowledge
of
the
individual
or
your
friendship
with
the
invid.
If
you've
been
invited
on
somebody's
yacht
any
years
and
years
ago,
I'm
not
talking
about
concurrently,
because
that
may
be
a
gift
ban
issue,
but
but
it
is
expected
that
you
will
be
able
to
cast
a
clear
and
impartial
vote
on
the
matter
now.
H
Some
issues
may
rise
to
the
level
where
they
are
indeed
a
conflict,
and
there
is
the
appearance
of
impropriety,
in
which
case
recusal
would
be
the
proper
action
and
recusal
would
be
allowed
here
and
recusal
should
not
only
should
not
only
mean
recusing
from
voting,
but
also
recusing
from
participating
or
deliberating.
H
H
If
they're
not
voting
or
not
participating,
they
should
leave
the
diocese
and
leave
the
room.
They
shouldn't
be
there
to
show
the
other
council
member
by
some
look
on
their
face,
that
they
should
be
pressured
into
voting
one
way
or
the
other.
That's
our
general,
our
general
advice
and
brooke.
You
want
to
bring
it
down
to
evanson's
specific
rules.
P
Sure
so
evanston's
municipal
code
largely
incorporates
and
codifies
the
state
law
and
common
law
conflicts
rules
in
section
1104,
but
one
interesting,
evanson
specific
requirement
is,
is
in
the
section
before
that
110.3,
which
I,
the
purpose
of
this,
I
think,
is
to
just
sort
of
head
off
some
of
these
anticipated
conflicts.
P
So
in
evanston
elected
officials
and
including
staff
that
may
staff
I'm
sorry,
employees
that
may
staff
a
commission
or
a
board
need
to
disclose
interest
in
business
or
in
real
property.
Like
you
know,
real
estate
within
the
city,
obviously
there's
a
lot
of
other
conflicts
that
you
could
have,
but
those
are
really
specific
disclosures
that
you
have
to
make
up
front
on
an
annual
basis
so
that
everyone's
just
aware
of
those
in
section
10,
110
4.
P
There
are
some
additional
sort
of
evanston
nuances
that
are
provided
that
go
beyond
the
state
law.
One
of
them
is
there's
a
section
that
requires
impartiality
from
city
staff
from
employees,
and
it
requires
that
employees
provide
city
services
without
bias,
so
they
can
provide
a
favor
or
a
benefit
to
someone.
P
That's
not
globally
available
to
every
applicant
or
person
seeking
that
service
and,
in
addition
to
just
having
an
interest
in
a
in
a
contract
of
the
city,
the
code,
similarly
kind
of
creates
a
conflict
of
interest
rules
about
city
approvals.
So
that
includes
having
an
interest
in
a
zoning
approval
or
building
permit
approval
anytime.
The
city
is
sort
of
taking
action
to
grant
some
type
of
approval
in
addition
to
having
a
conflict.
P
If
you
have
an
interest
in
a
current
approval,
it
also
prohibits
an
elected
official
from
gaining
an
interest
in
something
where
they
should
have
known.
There
would
be
an
approval
coming
up,
so
where
you,
you
would
have
had
knowledge
or
should
have
had
knowledge
that
you
would
have
to
take
action
on
that
issue
in
the
future.
These
are
treated
like
common
law
conflicts,
so
you
can
disclose
them
abstain
and
recuse
yourself
to
cure
that
type
of
conflict.
H
Let
me
just
also
point
out:
there
are
other
specific
statutes
that
that
apply
on
a
case-by-case
basis.
For
example,
if
you're
doing
a
tiff
tax
increment
financing,
there
is
a
prohibition
from
having
a
any
elected
official
from
having
a
residence
within
the
tiff
district,
we're
not
getting
into
those
specifics,
we're
trying
to
keep
it
at
your
code
level.
Your
attorney
will
will
counsel
you
when,
when
a
certain
specific
matter
comes
before
you.
P
We
also
wanted
to
highlight
a
section
of
the
evanston
code-
that's
unique
to
evanston,
and
this
is
a
provision.
That's
titled
official
misconduct,
and
this
section
prohibits
a
number
of
types
of
behavior,
all
sort
of
getting
at
an
abusive
office
type
violation.
So
it's
soliciting
or
accepting
bribes,
essentially
or
using
the
prestige
or
power
influence
of
your
office
to
obtain
a
personal
benefit.
H
Let's
pause
on
that
one
because
that's
a
unique
to
evanson
provision-
and
I
think
one
one
that's
important-
it's
very
well
drafted
and
it's
intended
truly
to
be
a
an
abuse
of
power.
As
opposed
to
simply
being
legislators,
you
can
argue
passionately
about
a
position
that
that
that
you
believe
in
you
could
make
that
argument
passionately
inside
the
city
hall
outside
the
city
hall
to
the
manager
to
one
of
the
department
heads.
That's
not
necessarily
an
abuse
of
of
power,
an
abuse
of
power
would
be
say.
H
I'm
gonna
see
that
you're
fired
unless
you
agree
with
my
pro
with
with
my
position,
but
but
making
a
passionate
argument
about
why
an
approval
should
go
forward,
a
development
to
go
forward.
A
a
a
permit
should
be
issued
that
that's.
That
is
different
than
that's,
not
an
abuse
of
power.
That's
actually
using
power.
P
You
know
attempting
to
wield
your
position
like
an
influential
position
to
get
a
personal
benefit
so,
to
you
know,
try
and
get
a
reservation
at
a
restaurant,
or
you
know
which
is
really
my
minor
example,
but
you
know
right
just
say
you
know,
you
know
who
I
am
or
you
show
them
your
city
badge
to
see
if
you
can
get
out
of
it
or
to
pressure
a
city
employee,
to
issue
a
permit
that
would
not
otherwise
be
issued
to
just
an
ordinary
resident
or
at
a
different
time
frame
that
would
not
be
available
to
another
resident.
Q
P
So,
just
to
note
that
a
couple
of
the
other
provisions
of
this
section,
one
of
the
other
interesting
and
very
evanston
specific
in
the
sense
that
not
every
municipality
has
this
spelled
out
in
their
code.
But
one
of
the
provisions
is
disregards
their
finding
fiduciary
responsibilities.
So
obviously,
just
generally,
that
would
mean
that
you
have
the
best
interests
of
the
city
and
the
public
in
mind
when
acting
in
your
official
capacity
and
that
you
would
be
do
some
doing
something
in
conflict
with
that
duty.
P
But
evanson
code
then
gives
a
very
specific
example,
which
is
the
disclosure
of
confidential
information
to
the
public
without
unanimous
approval
of
the
city
council.
So
that's
a
very
specific
example
that
may
have
otherwise
not
necessarily
been
interpreted
to
fall
into
this
provision
necessarily.
But
it's
worth
noting
and.
H
H
It
has
been
determined
in
illinois
that
that
members
of
an
elected
body
do
have
a
fiduciary
obligation,
particularly
with
respect
to
confidential
information,
confidential
information
that
you
may
receive
through
through
attorney-client
privilege
or
confidential
information
that
you
may
obtain
during
a
closed
session
a
legitimate,
closed
session
of
the
city
council.
You
are
obligated
just
under
general
illinois
law
as
it
is
pursuant
to
your
fiduciary
obligation,
not
to
to
violate
the
the
the
that
obligation
by
disclosing
or
or
disseminating
that
information
that
that
was
obtained
solely
and
exclusively
in
a
confidential
manner.
P
Just
to
point
out,
we
don't,
I
don't
think
we
have
time
to
get
into
sort
of
super
specifics
about
these
two
provisions,
but
we
wanted
to
make
sure
that
you're,
aware
of
them
is
evanson's
whistleblower
protection,
ordinance,
which
is
in
section
1107,
which
in
essence,
prohibits
retaliation
against
an
employee
or
a
covered
person
who
cooperates
with
discloses,
testifies
or
other
otherwise
participates
in
an
enforcement
proceeding
regarding
a
violation
of
local
state
or
federal
law,
so
pretty
straightforward
and
the
second
one
is,
and
just
again
this
is
just
worth
noting.
P
Since
it's
a
very
specific
evanston
provision,
which
is
evanston,
has
a
code
provision
called
abuse
of
code
of
ethics,
which
makes
it
a
violation
of
the
code
to
intentionally
and
in
bad
faith,
make
an
allegation
or
a
false
report,
of
a
violation
of
the
ethics
code.
H
So
now
mayor
before
we
conclude,
it
looks
like
we're
going
to
have
some
time
for
for
questions
and
we're
happy
to
answer
them.
We
thought
we'd
just
go
over
with
you:
the
process
for
enforcement
of
ethics,
complaints,
I'm
going
to
ask
brooke
to
do
it,
you,
those
of
you
who
have
been
involved
or
filed
ethics
complaints,
have
seen
brook's
name
on
it.
She's
the
individual
in
our
office,
who
is
processing
him
she's,
most
intimately
familiar
with
with
the
code,
and
I
think
she'd
be
best
to
go
over
the
process
to
the
next
slide
and.
P
We
just
wanted
to
give
a
quick
overview
of
of
just
the
general
process
that
the
code
provides
for
handling
what
the
code
defines
as
formal
ethics
complaints.
So
once
a
formal
ethics
complaint
is
made,
it's
transmitted
to
our
office
as
this
special
counsel
and
we
review
the
complaint,
we
review
any
relevant
information
and
we
may
even
seek
out
additional
evidence
from
the
city,
including
body
camera
video,
we'll
watch
whatever
proceeding
may
have
been
at
issue
the
recorded
video
of
it
so
we'll
seek
out
whatever
evidence
is
available
and
perform.
P
An
initial
investigation
into
the
allegation
bear
in
mind
that
what
we're
looking
for
is
whether
or
not
that
the
allegation
in
the
complaint
provides
sufficient
basis
for
us
to
move
forward
with
a
violation
of
that
of
the
ethics
code.
P
If
we
were
to
find
that
there
was
sufficient
basis
to
move
forward
with
the
violation
of
the
ethics
code,
we
would
prepare
a
written
determination
and
then
the
next
step
would
be
to
have
an
administrative
hearing
where
the
city
of
evanston
basically
has
decided
through.
Our
determination
has
decided
that
it's
appropriate
to
move
forward
and
prosecute
a
violation
of
the
ethics
code,
basically
issue
a
citation
to
whoever
it
was
that
may
have
committed
the
violation
and
prosecute
that
violation
in
front
of
the
hearing
officer.
P
The
hearing
officer's
decision
is
then,
moves
forward
to
the
board
of
ethics,
who
reviews
the
hearing
officer's
determination
and
can
either
affirm
the
hearing
officer's
determination,
reverse
it
or
reverse,
and
remand
back
to
the
hearing
officer
for
additional
proceedings,
and
so
that's
and
if
there
is
a
determination
that
there
is
a
violation
of
the
ethics
code.
P
H
There
is
our
presentation:
we
are
happy
to
answer
questions
on
any
of
the
matters
we
covered
today.
B
Thank
you.
Are
there
any
questions
from
council
members?
B
Yes,
councilmember
reed,
followed
by
rebels.
C
Thank
you
yes,
I'll
I'll.
Just
go
to
the
last
one
first
and
I
suspect
some
of
my
colleagues
will
ask
what
my
first
question
was
about
the
abstentions,
but
as
far
as
official
misconduct,
if
a
council
member
were
to
list,
for
example,
on
a
job
application
or
a
scholarship
application,
I
did
not
list
this
on
a
recent,
but
on
a
scholarship
application,
for
example,
or
job
application
that
they
were
a
council
member.
Would
that
be
a
violation
of
the
official
misconduct,
or
could
that
potentially
be
a
violation.
P
C
Okay,
okay
and
then,
lastly,.
C
The
incompatible
offices
so
could
someone
serve
on,
for
example,
a
part
district
and
be
a
council
member
or
serve
on
you
know
so
you're
saying
as
long
as
there's
no
contract
between
the
city
and
that
unit
of
government.
What
happens
if
a
contract
develops
between
does
do
the
officers
then
become
incompatible
and
select?
One
of
the
two.
H
That
is
exactly
what
would
happen
council,
member,
that
you'd
have
to
choose
one
or
the
other
before
that
contract
was
approved
by
either
side.
C
R
Could
you
speak
about
council
members
involvement,
let's
say
in
a
non-profit
organization
that
is
coming
to
the
council
for
either
funding
or
zoning
change
or
something
if
the
council
member,
I
think
our
fx
code
doesn't
want,
doesn't
allow
us
to
be
a
board
member
of
a
non-profit
anyway,
board
member
role,
major
donor
role,
etc.
H
It
could
fall
under
the
state
level,
which
would
prohibit
you
from
being
a
part
of
that
organization
or
could,
if
you
really
are
a
a
a
member
of
a
not-for-profit
but
not
don't,
hold
a
controlling
position
or
or
a
leadership
position.
H
Yeah,
if
you're
a
major
donor,
but
not
a
in
a
leadership
position,
it
then
it
would,
it
could
very
well,
certainly
not.
I
do
not
see
that,
would
that
would
be
prohibited
under
the
state
act
and
you'd
have
to
determine
under
the
common
law
act,
whether
you
would
have
it
creates
the
appearance
of
impropriety
or
if
you
are
unable
to
make
a
clear
vote
on
the
matter,
I
would
generally
advise
recusal.
A
H
So,
let's
yeah,
it
would
probably
fall
into
the
well
as
a
clerk
or
an
employee.
The
regulations
are
generally
the
same.
Is
but
you're
not
that's,
you're
not
voting
on
it,
so
you
don't
have
the
ability
to
recuse.
So
it's
a
it's
an
excellent
question.
Let's
see,
if
there's
a
specific
something
specific
I'll
give
you
the
answer
on
a
general
municipal
law
answer
and
then
brooke's
going
to
look
for
if
there's
anything
specific,
there
is
no
ability,
if
you're
not
voting,
there's
no
need
to
recuse
or
not
be
part
of
the
deliberation.
H
In
fact,
there's
a
illinois
law
that
requires
a
clerk
to
be
part
of
every
proceeding
of
a
city
council.
So
I
would
say
that
there
is
no
ability
for
that
clerk
not
to
be
present
and
there's
certainly
no
issue
about
voting,
because
the
clerk
isn't
voting
one
way
or
the
other
ver
falls
into
a
very
different
position
than
the
members
of
the
city
council.
P
P
Yeah
I
mean
the
specific
where
it
would
apply,
is
if
your
position
on
that
non-profit,
for
some
reason,
would
give
the
appearance
or
would
actually
conflict
with
your
ability
to
do
your
job
with
you
know,
impartiality
or
with
fiduciary
duty
to
the
city.
Now
I
think
you
know
volunteering
with
a
food
kitchen
or
being
on
the
board
of
a
local
theater
company,
or
something
would
not
rise
to
that
level.
Probably
ever,
but
there
may
be,
I
guess,
circumstances
where
you're.
P
H
I
fall
back
on
the
general
proposition
that
you
all
you,
the
the
clerk
as
well
as
the
members
of
the
city
council
are
residents
of
the
city
of
evanston.
There
will
likely
be
a
situation
or
a
circumstance
that
you're
involved
in
that
may
be
considered
by
the
city
of
evanston.
H
It
is
not
axiomatic
that
you
cannot
vote
on
that.
In
fact,
as
I
said
earlier,
it's
probably
expected
or
that
the
clerk
can
sit
in
during
that
meeting.
You're
engaged
people
and-
and
it
would
be
a
bigger
issue
if
we
leaned
toward
recusal
all
the
time,
because
then
you'd
have
an
issue
getting
a
a
quorum
or
enough
votes
to
to
pass
anything
and
and
and
that
that's
in
many
ways,
a
bigger
and
and
more
concerning
an
issue
than
the
appearance
of
a
conflict
in
the
first
place.
S
Could
you
speak
a
little
bit
to
the
situation
about
having
your
employer
do
business
with
the
city,
for
example,
I
work
at
northwestern
and
how
that
works
in
in
the
voting.
H
Yeah
specific
to
evanston-
I
don't
know
if
there's
enough
of
an
interest
as
a
mere
employee,
unless
again
you'd
have
so,
I
don't
think
it
would
qualify
for
prohibition
at
the
state
level.
So
anytime
northwestern
would
have
a
a
contract
with
the
city
of
evanson.
I
don't
think
northwestern
would
be
precluded
and
I
don't
think
a
resignation
from
office
would
be
required.
H
But
if
there's
a
specific
matter
that
may
benefit
you
specifically
or
your
department,
I
don't
know
what
you
where
you
are
at
northwest
in
a
specific
department
approval
of
a
specific
building
that
may
create
the
appearance
of
impropriety,
and
it
may
be
something
that
you
may
want
to
consider.
Recusal.
B
Are
there
any
further
questions,
councilmember
kelly.
J
So
I
wonder
if
you
could
talk
just
a
little
bit
more
about
the
board
of
ethics,
because
I
I've
had
people
ask:
will
they
never
meet
and
so
just
to
be
clear?
They
can't
I
mean
no
one
has
any
clue
as
to
what's
going
on
because
of
this
new
system.
So
have
there
been
complaints
or
in
like
how
many
ethics
complaints.
P
P
Any
because
we
have
we
have
received
formal
complaints,
I
believe
six,
okay,
maybe
five
five
or
six
formal
complaints.
We
have
not
found
that
there
was
cause
to
move
forward
with
a
hearing
on
them
at
an
administrative
hearing,
so
they
have
not.
So
since
we
have
been
special
counsel,
there
has
been
no
complaint
that
has
gone
to
an
administrative
hearing.
That
would
then
go
before
the
board
of
ethics.
Okay,.
J
So
there's
several
layers
before
it
would
ever
get
to
the
board
of
ethics,
so
they
haven't
heard
any
complaints.
If
a
complaint
were
to
arrive
to
the
board,
they
cannot
further
investigate
correct
they
just
basically
stamp
it
up
or
down.
P
They
would
review
the
record
that
was
created
during
the
administrative
hearing
and
determine
whether,
basically
that
the
hearing
officer
decision
was
backed
by
the
manifest
weight
of
the
evidence,
so
they're
really
reviewing
on
the
record.
So
they're
agreeing.
J
So
is
it
and
also
just
to
understand,
so
we
currently,
the
wording
of
our
ordinance
precludes
them
from
even
meeting
even
like
to
educate
the
community,
because
that's
one
of
the
benefits
of
an
ethics
board
is
to
be
able
to
provide
seminars
and
educate
the
community
around
governmental
ethics.
J
So
currently
it
says
that
they
shall
not
meet
unless
it's
made
it
unless
one
of
these
complaints
has
made
it
through
both
of
these
layers-
and
I
just
question
you
know
even
the
legality
of
precluding
a
public
body
saying
that
they're
not
allowed
to
meet
they've
only
met
because
state
law
says
they
have
to
meet
in
order
to
review
minutes
executive
minutes.
So
I
mean
it
seems
to
me
that
that
should
be
changed.
P
J
H
Let
me
also
we're
here
simply
to
let
you
know
what
your
code
says.
This
is
your
code.
This
is
your.
This
is
not
a
stat,
a
state,
a
mandated
requirement.
Evanston
has
its
ethic
its
board
of
ethics
by
virtue
of
the
city
council,
creating
it
and
that
those
are
the
rules
that
go
along
with
it.
I
see
nothing
inappropriate
if
that's
the
rule
that
the
majority
of
the
city
council
so
desired.
J
H
That
is,
those
are
the
parameters
that
you
you,
the
city
council
created
when
you
created
the
public
body.
O
H
Again
mayor,
thank
you
for
the
opportunity.
We
hope
you
found
this
educational
we're
we're
here
to
help
and
we're
glad
to
have
provided
this
we'll
work
with
the
deputy
city
manager
and
and
megan
to
make
sure
that
this
is
available
to
you
and
other
council
members
that
weren't
here
again.
Thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
serve
evanston.
We
really
appreciate
it.
B
Thank
you.
We
now
return
to
public
comment.
Those
who
hung
around
online
will
be
called
on.
Each
will
be
given
three
minutes.
O
Put
it,
it
was
something
around
gifts
and
eleven
hundred
dollars
is
that
in
a
year's
time,
is
that
you
know
yeah
what?
What
is
that
explain
that
for
me,
so
I
can
get
it.
I
So
under
evanston's
ordinance
there's
a
cap
of
a
hundred
dollar
gift
that
is
and
per
yeah
for
the
year.
So
if
there
is,
if
you
do
forty
nine
dollars
early
in
the
year
and
then
fifty
dollars
later
on
in
the
year,
you
have
not
gone
over
that
that
cap.
If
you,
if
you
add
just
two
more
dollars
before
the
end
of
that
year,.
H
I've
I've
dealt
with
this
before
when
someone
looks
at
a
just
a
two-nighter
and
at
or
a
party
that
extends
past
midnight
it's
either
they
can
get
to
the
full
200.
we've
seen
it
all,
and
so,
let's
just
get
you
the
exact
language
from
your
code.
H
Yeah,
so
it's
it's!
It's
in
a
single
calendar
day,
so
you're
even
more
restrictive
than
than
general
law.
H
Yeah,
so
evanson
is
a
hundred
dollars
in
a
single
cat
in
a
single
for
food
and
refreshment
serve
and
a
single
calendar
day
you
default
to
the
state
code,
which
is
a
hundred
dollars
in
in
a
single
year
for
all
other
types
of
gifts
calendar
year.
H
B
All
right,
thank
you
once
again.
Thank
you.
So
we
we
return
then,
to
our
public
comment
where
speakers
will
be
given
three
minutes.
We
begin
with
hallie
rosen,
who
will
be
followed
by
kathy
respenda
and
then
nick
davis.
Q
Anyway,
let
me
get
my
notes,
so
my
name
is
hallie
rosen.
I
live
in
the
seventh
ward
and
thank
you
mayor
biss
and
everyone
on
the
council
for
your
work
in
recruiting
a
new
city
manager.
I
know
that
it's
been
a
difficult
process.
Thank
you
for
an
opportunity
to
share
my
concerns.
I
hope
that
the
council
realizes
that
evanston
citizens
expect
a
city
manager
who
is
enthusiastic
and
experienced
in
anti-racist
work
in
their
current
job
and
who
has
a
record
of
welcoming
and
being
responsive
to
public
input
and
of
building
trust
with
residents.
Q
Any
candidate
with
a
record
of
being
hostile
to
racial
equity
work
or
to
public
transparency
and
input
will
not
be
a
success
in
evanston.
Such
a
choice
will
result
in
yet
another
failure
and
a
need
to
restart
the
process.
Once
again,
if
the
finalists
do
not
meet
our
expectations
of
a
collaborative
anti-racist,
trustworthy
public
servant
who
embraces
working
with
the
public,
this
will
be
seen
as
a
betrayal
and
deception
on
the
part
of
the
council
and
the
mayor.
You
will
have
lost
our
trust.
I
don't
feel
like
the
city
is
in
a
crisis.
Q
Luke
stowe
is
an
excellent
choice
for
interim
city
manager
and
we
have
a
huge
staff
of
qualified
and
experienced
department
heads
there's,
no
reason
they
cannot
make
major
decisions
and
hires
kelly
dan
dursky,
hired
both
a
new
hr
director
and
a
parks
and
recreation
director,
and
I
have
every
confidence.
I
had
every
confidence
in
her
authority
to
do
so,
and
this
will
continue
to
be
the
case
with
luke
stowe.
Thank
you.
B
M
Thank
you
hi.
This
is
kathy
verspenda.
I
live
at
2101
payne
street
in
the
7th
ward,
and
I'm
commenting
also
on
the
city
manager
search
as
someone
who
is
responsible
for
hiring
and
managing
staff
and
I'm
sure,
okay,
I'm
being
asked
to
start
my
video
there.
You
go.
I'm
sure
many
of
you
have
experience
with
this
and
you're
paid
employment
as
well.
M
If
so,
I
hope
you'll
reflect
on
that
experience
before
deciding
to
just
appoint
someone
to
the
city
manager
position
without
getting
the
public
input
to
the
process
that
residents
have
been
calling
for.
We
need
a
city
manager
who
is
open
to
seeking
and
responding
to
public
input
and
establishing
transparency
with
the
evanston
community.
M
It's
my
understanding
that,
despite
our
communities,
repeated
calls
for
information
about
and
input
into,
the
hiring
process.
Interviews
have
been
happening
once
again
without
public
input,
and
only
a
single
candidate
may
be
put
forth.
This
is
especially
concerning
in
light
of
today's
chicago
today's
editorial
in
the
chicago
tribune,
and
it's
making
it
feel
like
it's
a
foregone
conclusion
that
we're
only
going
to
get
one
candidate
for
for
the
the
city
manager
search.
M
Any
candidate
with
a
poor
record
in
this
area
will
ultimately
fail
in
our
community,
as
noted
by
prior
commenters,
and
hiring
such
a
person
will
further
chip
away
at
the
trust
community
members
have
in
our
government.
Evanston
deserves
a
city
manager
who
is
committed
to
and
experienced
an
anti-racist
work
as
well
as
committed
to
public
transparency.
M
B
T
Good
afternoon
everybody
I'm
here
to
address
the
position
of
city
manager
as
well.
I
got
a
lot
so
much
talk
time
fast,
but
so
john
fournier,
the
most
recent
candidate
to
withdraw,
had
allegations
of
race-based
discrimination
with
other
unfounded
allegations
and
similar
to
the
city
manager
position.
T
None
of
the
city
managers
since
then
have
enacted
any
disciplinary
actions
against
the
officers
anthony
carrera
brian
hicks,
sean
o'brien
ivan
reza,
who
offers
to
work
for
epd
someone
who've
been
promoted
and
they're
all
stated
to
make
over
a
hundred
thousand
dollars
from
our
taxpayer
dollars.
T
During
this
this
2022
year,
pride
again
thursday,
we
had
storyline
that
I
needed
to
repeat
the
largest
scandal
under
her
because
it
happened
so
recently,
but
she
was
replacing
wally
bob
quicks,
who
also
was
allowed
to
leave
after
having
500
000
taxpayer
dollars
get
paid
out
in
a
settlement
for
his
own
racial
and
gender-based
discrimination,
lawsuit
which
he
was
at
the
center
at
the
center
of
it
wasn't
even
like
why
he
knows
what's
happening.
It
was
directly
addressed
towards
him
right,
so
we
now
have
a
history.
T
If
you
didn't
already
of
non-elected
city
matters,
who
are
allowed
to
be
the
center
of
or
be
oblivious
to
violent
forms
of
discrimination
that
are
being
enacted
against
our
own
city,
employees
and
our
own
residents
right
and
in
some
cases,
visitors
as
well-
and
it's
just
our
tax
dollars
who
are
being
allowed
to
like
cover
up
for
this,
none
of
these
people
have
received
disciplinary
acts
from
the
city
in
the
past.
T
Nor
I
doubt
they'll
spacing
in
the
future,
and
the
recent
editorial
board
article
published
by
chicago
tribune
now
is
addressed
in
the
last
comment.
A
letter
is
that
ethnicity's
abundance
of
opinions
and
our
desire
to
be
included
in
sleep
decision
making
processes
is
to
blame
for
the
challenge
we've
had
during
these
searches,
but,
given
the
last
marriage
we've
had,
I
think
we
should
be
asking
for
more
decision-making
power,
more
transparency,
unless
people
don't
think
that
racial
and
gender
discrimination
is
a
hindrance
to
democracy.
T
I
know
there's
been
a
kind
of
a
political
shift
recently
or
for
some
reason,
people
think
that,
like
elected
officials
aren't
above
critique,
I'm
sure
you
are
not
putting
that
in
evanston,
but
in
like
the
water
political
arena,
there
is
correct
and
blaming
citizens
who
want
to
be
a
part
of
a
process
that
ensures
people
who
are
representing
us
have
the
backgrounds
that
are
reflective
of
what
we
want
and
blaming
us
for
it,
in
my
opinion,
is
kind
of
calorie
and
direct
opposition
to
what
almost
everybody
in
this
council
ran
for
when
they
said
they
were
in
favor
and
more
transparency
and
public
support.
T
U
U
I
think
it's
very
unethical
for
the
city
to
pay
developers
to
come
in
here
and
to
make
presentations
about
what
should
be
developed
in
the
fifth
ward
tiff,
when
we
as
the
citizens
have
established,
and
the
city
has
voted
for
the
things
that
we
said
are
most
important
to
us,
and
especially
as
black
residents
and
are
remaining
in
this
city,
and
especially
in
the
fifth
war.
U
I'm
also
concerned
that
at
this
time
that
we
are
not
having
adequate
input
into
what
our
concerns
are
and
that
we
have
no
other
place
to
go.
I'm
also
concerned
that
the
ethical
committee
is
more
of
a
committee
of
just
talking
without
any
thing
that
they
can
do
to
take
any
kinds
of
stands
or
reprimands
from
people
in
the
city
who
have
done
unethical
things.
V
Thank
you.
I
can't
I
I
I'm
wholeheartedly
support
of
what
the
three
previous
speakers
had
had
spoken
about,
and
especially
the
strength
of
the
arguments
behind
them
about
not
making
something
urgent
for
the
sake
of
getting
something
done
is
in
terms
of
what
it
represents
and
the
fallout
of
having
to
live
with
a
bad
decision.
V
We've
witnessed,
as
really
beautifully
illustrated
with
nicholas
what
nicholas
davis
said,
and
also
what
carlos
sutton
said,
and
so
what
I'm
saying
hopefully,
is
taking
in
that
context
as
well,
which
is
very
powerful,
and
so
I
say
who
wouldn't
want
to
lead
evanston
forward,
and
this
is
my
public
comment.
352
tonight
regarding
the
tribune
versus
reeled
lost
over
failures.
V
Good
journalism
must
vet
departing
accolades,
which
we've
all
seen
for
all
the
city
managers
that
have
gone
before
meant
to
deflect
lawsuits.
What
happened
in
chicago
happens
in
evanston,
too
residents
that
lawfully
push
back
based
on
serious
experiences
and
evidence
are
not
to
blame,
which
we've
seen
in
print
too.
Today's
status
quo
began
with
city
manager,
wally
bob
woods
and
his
political
successors
try
living
your
life
on
social,
good
promises
that
got
lost
in
austerity
and
firing
of
a
nationally
recognized
public
health
director
with
grant
money
to
help
people
as
priority
budgeting.
V
How
could
that
be
nationally?
We're
in
prolonged
social
economic
crisis
dependent
on
the
status
quo
that
prolongs
community
need
for
repair,
inclusion
and
reconciliation?
Our
hearts
can
do
much
better
than
spreadsheets.
Relying
on
silos
that
exclude
synergies
and
opportunities.
Expediency
must
not
justify
an
unacceptable
and
harmful
status
quo
for
the
many.
Both
pre
and
post
covert,
create
or
expand
programs
to
better
reflect
evanston's,
professed
values
but
fall
way
short.
Why
lives
are
at
stake?
V
When
will
arpa
funds
meant
for
tax,
paying
homers
and
residents
address
social
economic
inequality
and
preserve
diversity,
directly,
narrowly
slivers,
narrow,
slivers,
limited
prototypes,
inadequately
funded
and
overwhelmed
charities
delay.
Inclusive
community
recovery
after
funds
were
not
meant
to
be
a
lottery
to
help
the
few
and
exaggerate
existing
trauma.
Rp
is
a
syrian
funding
for
resiliency
to
restore
sustained,
community-wide
prosperity,
vitality
and
well-being
with
urgency.
V
B
V
B
Thank
you.
That
concludes
public
comment
and
brings
us
to
call
of
the
wards
councilmember
burns.
B
Councilmember
reed
no
report,
council,
member
curtis,
no
report,
council,
member
kelly,
councilmember
wynn,
councilwoman
no
report
and
now
seeing
nothing
further
to
come
before
us.
The
july
18
special
meeting
of
the
evanston
city
council
stands
adjourned.