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Evanston Township Special Meeting - 12/02/2013
A
A
A
I
have
three
and
a
half
years
of
college,
and
I'm
saying
these
things
just
to
let
you
know
that
everybody
that
utilizes
these
services
are
not
just
people
who
aren't
willing
to
work,
who
don't
have
the
same
work
ethic
that
you
think
everybody
else
who
has
a
job
does
and
I'm
a
totally
capable
person.
I've
worked
for
fortune,
500
companies
and
organizations
and
I'm
qualified.
I
have
three
and
a
half
years
of
college
I
went
to
northwestern.
In
the
evening.
I
went
to
bear
college.
A
I
went
to
trinity
college,
but
I'm
having
a
difficult
time
getting
a
job.
The
services
that
I've
been
able
to
participate
in
with
the
township
have
helped
me
a
lot
just
going
through
the
job
club,
getting
the
wisdom
and
the
knowledge
that
mr
colquitt
has
and
is
sharing
with
us.
I
appreciate
that,
even
though
I
have
tons
of
opportunity,
I
was
still
able
to
glean
a
lot
from
him
for
this
department
to
be
able
to
say
to
people.
A
There
is
hope
we
can't
do
a
lot
for
you,
but
we
are
willing
to
do
what
we
can
that's
a
service.
That
is
very
important
and
you
can't
just
replace
these
people
with
another
college
grad
just
out
of
school
there's
a
sermon
that
you
have
to
use.
There
is
training.
There
is
just
a
lot
that
goes
into
the
job
that
these
people
do,
and
I
appreciate
it
so.
A
B
C
Hello,
my
name
is
dorae
stein
and
I
live
at
505
hinman
in
evanston,
in
the
third
ward,
which
is
melissa,
wittsborg
and
I'm
very
concerned
about
the
township
being
dissolved,
and
I'm
very
sad
at
what's
been
happening
in
evanston,
because
we've
gotten
rid
of
a
lot
of
programs
that
made
evanston
evanston
and
we've
already
cut
services
for
the
disabled,
the
mentally
ill.
The
township
now
is
the
only
place
in
evanston
that
provides
counseling
services.
C
C
C
For
some
reason-
and
I
even
though
I
had
the
records
to
show
that
I
paid
the
bill
and
jan
schakowsky's
office,
helped
and
everything
they
were
going
to
foreclose
on
me
for
one
month
for
being
one
month
behind,
even
though
I
had
proof
that
I
paid
that
month
and
the
township
said
well
this
you
know
this
is
ridiculous.
They're
going
to
foreclose
on
you,
you
know
we'll
make
we'll
make
that
payment
and
because
you
know
everyone's
tried
to
sort
it
out
and
the
bank
wasn't
responding
and
you
know
they
they
saved
me.
C
The
city
doesn't
have
it
anymore,
they've
gotten
rid
of
it.
They've
contracted
out
some
things,
but
for
basic
crisis
intervention
or
if
you
have
a
substance,
abuse
problem
and
I'm
not
saying
that
everybody
that
goes
to
the
township
does.
But
I
mean
if
someone
has
a
problem,
they
you
know
they
can't.
The
levy
center
is
not
going
to
take
care
of
them.
C
D
I
I'm
a
member
of
the
township.
I
live
at
505
hinman
in
evanston,
and
I
am
totally
against
some
dissolving
the
township.
I've
worked
in
evanston
for
16
years.
I
was
a
part
owner
and
a
business
here
and
I
think
back
in
2008
because
of
the
real
estate
crisis
and
the
crashes,
basically
the
financial
industries
and
stuff.
I
lost
my
job.
I
was
in
financial
services
and
fortunately
the
township
was
there
to
help
me
out
in
my
hour
of
need
and
they
do
a
good
job.
D
The
people
over
there
are
very
efficient,
very
friendly,
and
I
would
just
hate
to
see
those
services
disappear.
On
this
town.
I
mean
it's
so
hard
nowadays
to
even
get
by
and
granted
it's
only
a
little
bit
of
money,
but
it
helps
out
a
lot
with
me
and
also
the
the
rent
that
they
pay.
Help
help
me
pay,
you
know,
keeps
me
in
good
standing
in
the
community
as
far
as
having
a
place
to
live
and
not
being
out
on
the
street.
D
So
for
me
it's
very
important.
I
have
a
business
degree,
but
you
know
because
of
my
age
or
whatever
the
hiring
conditions.
I
just
have
not
been
able
to
find
a
job
if
I
could
do
part-time
work
or
even
get
that.
I
would
do
that,
but
I
need
the
township
basically
to
make
it
now
and
if
they
remove
those
services,
I
guess
the
money
would
revert
back
to
the
county.
D
B
E
My
name
is
margaret
tarr,
better
known
as
peggy.
I
live
at
907
sherman
avenue.
I
have
to
admit
that
I
haven't
known
as
much
about
evanston
township,
as
I
feel
I
should
have
known,
but
I
was
reading
this
little
card
and
I'm
going
to
be
really
brief,
but
I
just
want
to
say
that
when
it
points
out
that
these
are
services
at
the
state
or
federal
financial
assistance
programs
that
they
don't
do
anything,
this
is
a
program
that
people
can
go
to
when
they
can't
find
assistance
from
other
sources.
E
I
think
that
I'd
like
to
see
evanston
really
push
to
continue
with
the
program
evanston
likes
to
present
itself
as
a
compassionate
community
and
I'd
like
to
think
it's
going
to
continue
to
do
that.
I'd
certainly
urge
and
I'm
going
to
urge
as
many
people
as
possible
to
vote
that
they
do
not
dissolve
the
township.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
F
Good
evening
my
name
is
betty
ester.
I
stay
at
2031
church
street,
I'm
here
to
speak
against
this
referendum.
That
is,
will
be
placed
on
the
ballot
that
is
a
given,
and
that
was
a
given
that
happened
on
october,
the
28th,
when
the
vote
was
cast
by
the
council
and
the
board
of
trustees
to
put
this
referendum
on
the
ballot
to
have
the
evanston
township
dissolved
abolish
disappear.
F
F
F
Although
it
gave
recommendations
and
things
one
of
the
clear
thing
that
you
cannot
dispute,
it
says
that
the
towns,
the
city
of
evanston,
does
not
have
it
does
not
duplicate
any
of
the
service
that
the
evanston
township
does
it
did
not.
Then
it
does
not
now,
although
they
recommend
it
and
say
well,
you
can
do
the
payroll
and
the
iet
the
I.t
stuff.
Well,
that's
the
information
technology
system.
F
When
it's
and
you
say
well,
it's
in
tonight,
I
hear
well
it's
so
good
that
the
place
is
over
here,
but
nobody
listen
when
it
says
there
is
no
public
transportation
for
the
people
to
get
here
to
this
site.
You
either
walk
in
five
blocks
down,
do
not
take
into
consideration.
People
that
have
to
walk
with
canes
and
stuff
are
the
three
or
four
blocks
that
you're
walking
up
a
hill
over
here,
and
if
someone
has
a
breathing
problem,
that
is
the
hassle
that
was
not
taken
into
consideration.
F
You
did
not
look
at
your
town
to
see
that
your
town
had
changed
when
the
place
went
over
their
own
main.
It
was
people
get
off
the
bus,
a
short
half
a
block
you
at
the
site
that
is
not
taking
into
you.
That
is
not
service
and
still
that
still
did
not
sway
you
or
keep
pushing
to
close
the
township
and
the
question
keep
asking.
F
F
Then
all
your
quote,
fund
balance
reserved
will
be
gone
and
when
I
look
at
the
reserve,
I
have
to
ask:
is
that
six
months
of
reserve
there,
because
it
says
best
practice
and
that's
what
you
always
hear
people
saying
here-
is
that
the
best
practice
says
that
you
should
have
six
months.
So
you
are
putting
the
faith
of
people
that
is
on
something
now
you
put
it
in
it
at
risk.
F
G
G
H
There's
not
many
places
in
everton
to
go
to
get
assistance
with
your
bills
or
sure
we
have
food
stamps.
You
have
to
apply
for
that,
but
until
you
get
them,
what
are
you
to?
Do
you
just
be
able
to
go
to
cedar
it's
hard
to
even
do
that
now,
at
least
when
you
go
to
ga,
you
can
talk
to
someone
like
mr
cole
quitting
them,
and
he's
went
out
his
way
to
help
me
a
lot
when
I
went
there
really
I'm
still
working
on
it.
H
My
steam
was
so
low
because
it
seems
like
over
50
it's
hard
to
get
a
job.
I
don't
care
what
anybody
says
and
I've
been
working
since
I've
been
16
and
I've
had
very
good
jobs,
and
now
I
couldn't
get
a
job
of
doing
housekeeping
and
I
went
down
to
a
little
housekeeping
place
down
across
from
even
at
the
theater.
I
would
even
apply
it
at
the
theater
down
there
and
couldn't
even
get
a
phone
call
back
and
nowadays
they
don't
even
send
you
letters
like
they
did
in
the
old
days.
Sayings.
H
Thank
you
for
even
thank
you
for
coming
in.
They
just
tell
you
if
we're
interested
you'll
hear
from
us,
so
I
mean
everything
is
different.
Everything's
online,
now,
back
in
the
day,
you
can
go
in
and
sell
yourself.
You
can't
even
go
in
there
and
sell
yourself
nowadays,
you
don't
even
know
if
they
look
at
your
resume
when
they
send
them
to
you
when
you
send
them
in
so
it's
not
that
we
don't
want
to
work.
It's
just
that.
H
We
can't
get
work
and
believe
me,
I
don't
like
being
on
ga
or
public
aid
or
whatever
it
is.
You
know
I
like
standing
on
my
own
two
feet
always
have
and
until
you've
been
there,
you
don't
know
what
it's
like,
and
I
hate
for
somebody
tell
me
what
it's
like
and
they
never
even
been
there.
So
all
I'm
saying
is
we
need
this
program
and
to
get
a
job
around
here.
H
You
really
have
to
know
somebody
to
get
in
the
door
and
that's
the
bottom
line
and
mr
coquitt
has
always
went
out
his
way
from
me.
I
go
up
there
tell
him,
mr
coco,
I'm
having
a
hard
time
finding
a
job
I
go
in.
There,
he'd
have
been
in
there
and
printed
out
all
kind
of
jobs
for
me
from
carol
stream
all
the
way
back,
at
least.
If
you
need
to
get
to
a
job,
they
will
give
you
the
funding
transportation
to
get
there.
H
H
He
does
it
for
me,
and
I
really
appreciate
that
mr
k
not
saying
that
the
rest
of
them
don't
do
that,
but
he's
the
one
I
work
with,
so
I
can
only
speak
for
there,
but
the
rest
of
them
there
too,
pat
and
all
the
rest
of
them.
I've
talked
to
them
too,
and
their
hearts
go
out
for
us
and
we
need
to
be
there
for
them.
Also,
and
that's
why
I'm
here
today,
because
we
need
them
just
like
they
need
us.
B
I
My
name
is
william
mckinley
and
what
I
really
have
to
say
is
this:
here:
the
program
should
stay
because,
like
we
say
those
of
you
all
that
don't
have
problems,
it
doesn't
faze
you
all.
You
know
a
lot
of
people
have
children.
You
know-
and
I
want
to
add
this
here
in
87,
it's
the
last
time
I
was
on
it.
Okay,
now
the
program
that
was
there
with
miss
fitzgerald
and
everything
they
used
to
go
out
and
bring
these
businesses
in
and
have
these
reasons
people
got
jobs
like
that?
I
I
You
know
every
time
that
people
come
there
because
that's
all
I
can
see
is
just
pushing
papers
nobody's
reaching
out
to
the
companies
that
might
give
the
people
a
child
and
I'm
sure
these
people
don't
want
to
be
on
there.
I
didn't
want
to
be
on
there.
That's
why
I
got
a
child.
Okay,
they
don't
want
to
be
on
there,
but
even
washington
like
me,
I'm
over
50.,
okay,
and
it
is
hard
and
I've
been
to
school
about
two
years
of
college.
I
Okay,
I
have
three
different
trades,
okay
and
it's
hard
for
me
to
find
the
job.
You
know
it's
not
that
they're
lazy
people,
it's
just
that
nobody
wants
to
hire
you
like,
say.
If
you
don't
have
any
you
don't
know
anybody.
You
can't
get
a
job.
Okay
and
I
vote
for
the
program
to
stay
because
it's
needed.
That's
what
it's
about.
That's
what
makes
a
community
when
you
reach
out
and
help
people
that
need
help,
not
those
that
already
have
okay.
J
Good
evening
carlos
sutton
1821
darrell
avenue
evanston
illinois,
I
stand
to
oppose
the
dissolution
of
the
township
for
three
reasons.
One
the
services
provided
by
the
township
office,
especially
general
assistance
to
the
needy
and
the
services
provided
by
the
assessor,
cannot
be
adequately
duplicated
or
conducted
by
the
current
city
employees.
J
Two
there
is
a
very,
very
evident
conflict
of
interest
between
the
city,
employees
and
administration
that
have
placed
emphasis
on
budgetary
practices,
which
they
don't
balance
very
well
currently,
as
opposed
to
having
some
kind
of
compassion
to
maintain
a
diverse
community,
both
economically
and
ethnically
three.
The
history
of
evanston
is
very,
very
dangerous
to
people
of
color.
Its
policies
have
been
gentrification
and
marginalization
rather
than
inclusion
and
the
emphasis
on
compassion.
J
B
K
K
K
E
L
Go
madeline
degree,
1929
foster
street
everson.
Fifth
ward,
I'm
not
going
to
be
long.
I
just
want
to
say
a
few
things
I
do
not
want
the
township
dissolve
I'll.
Let
you
know
that
right
away.
The
next
thing
is,
I
believe,
in
this
program,
everson
township,
because
it
helped
many
people.
I
know
for
a
fact.
It
helped
many
people.
L
J
L
Many
years
ago,
with
this
same
program,
when
things
came
up
when
pat
vance,
I
used
to
be
out
there
with
a
man
who
died
long
time
ago-
okay,
not
too
long
ago,
but
she
would
always
be
there.
The
trustee
would
be
there.
The
city
council
would
be
there
and
for
the
life
of
me
and
I
will
call
their
names.
I
don't
have
no
problem
calling
names,
alderman
bernstein
used
to
get
on
the
accessor
big
time.
L
L
If
you
can
get
on
pat
vance
about
passing
a
budget
about
what's
on
that
budget
and
and
why
he
is
supposed
no
disrespect
and
wally
is
supposed
to
be
acting
and
we're
supposed
to
know
a
plan.
I've
been
asking
for
a
plan.
My
alderman
has
been
asking
for
a
plan.
Many
of
you
have
been
asking
for
a
plane
whether
or
not
we
vote
or
not
give
us
this
much
intelligence
to
compare
just
in
case,
but
you
have
yet
to
do
that
now.
L
Let
me
just
say
something
else
here:
the
legislators,
when
we
came
here
there's
a
lawyer
for
the
city
didn't
want
to
touch
it
with
a
10-foot
pole,
almost
okay.
Now
how
in
the
heck
did
it
get
to
the
legislators?
What's
his
name
schomburg
bliss,
larry
suffeling,
governor
quinn,
who
signed
it.
Somebody
got
some
doggone
good
power
in
here
to
make
the
mings
move
like
this.
Give
me
some
of
them
give
us
some
of
them
the
poor
people.
L
L
Call
these
people
on
the
line,
who's
getting
the
check,
may
not
be
much,
but
you
get
in
the
check.
Okay
and
another
thing,
I
knew
some
people
here,
two
things
and
then
I'm
gonna,
let
you
go
section
eight
and
someone
close
to
me:
I'm
not
calling
no
names.
These
people
don't
even
want
to
vote.
I
mean
give
you
housing
if
you
have
vouchers.
L
L
My
water
bill
is
high
as
the
sky,
okay,
there's
things
adding
on
there
that
I
don't
know
where
in
the
heck,
you
are
voting
to
put
it
on
there,
but
it's
hitting
us
out
here.
Yes-
and
you
are
talking
about
jobs,
just
like
these
people
being
here
tonight
talking
about
job
where
the
heck
you
gonna
find
a
job
at
and
let
me
get
down
to
the
ex
felon.
L
L
L
L
And
we
talk
about
crime
in
the
city
chief
editor
even
said
with
the
economy.
The
way
it
is,
you
can
see
crime
and
that's
the
truth.
But
let
me
tell
you
something
close
this
program
close
this
program.
I
don't
I
don't
mean
this
as
a
threat.
Okay,
it's
a
fact.
People
got
to
survive
some
kind
of
way.
You
want
drugs
in
this
town.
You
better
stop
that
cartel
coming
from
medical,
because
it's
coming
in
here
and
people
are
going
to
be
tempted
because
they
have
to
feed
their
families.
B
N
My
name
is
priscilla
giles
and
I
live
at
1829
ashland
avenue.
I
want
to
keep
the
township
as
it
is.
When
people
move
to
evanston,
they
move
because
they
like
what
they
saw:
the
caring
community,
the
diversity,
the
parks
that
used
to
be
free,
the
park
programs
that
used
to
be
free.
I
know
because
I
used
to
work
for
the
park
district,
the
homes
that
were
affordable
for
anyone
who
wanted
to
have
one
and
had
a
job
to
get
it
that
were
allowed.
There
were
allowed
to
have
a
job,
the
beaches.
N
They
used
to
be
free,
the
stores
that
served
the
rich,
the
middle
class
and
the
poor
who
lived
with
the
same
kind
of
class
and
culture
as
the
other
people,
the
city
council
members,
are
elected
to
serve
all
of
evanston,
not
just
the
rich.
Not
all
poor
people
are
lazy,
gang
bangers,
drug
addicts
and
alcoholics.
N
The
the
budget
that
we
just
heard
was
was
read
as
if
the
referendum
had
already
passed
to
dissolve
it
and
the
township
the
township
life
township
bill
was
what
I'm
sure
many
of
the
council
members
use
when
they
go
out
to
dinner.
That's
a
tax.
I
can't
understand
how
people
could
feel
that
that
is
so
much
money
that
they
don't
need
to
have
a
council
member,
it's
pretty
hard
to
tell
a
hungry
person
what
indigestion
is
like
the.
N
O
O
O
It's
really
difficult.
Nobody
can
really
say
how
somebody
else
is
turn
their
nose
up
turn
away
from
people.
There's
a
lot
of
sources
out
there
for
everyone,
but
you
take
away
all
of
this.
What
people
need
right
now,
you're
gonna,
be
it's
gonna,
be
even
more
difficult
for
somebody.
It's
gonna
be
a
lot
of
death.
It's
gonna
be
like
chaos.
O
They're
gonna,
be
people
knocking
on
the
back
door.
Scared.
You
got
kids
out
here
that
growing
up.
They
too
need
help.
We
all
kiss
children
to
god
in
god's
eye.
We
cannot
turn
them
back
on
each
other.
By
doing
that,
you
know
ain't,
nothing
more
than
just
a
helpless,
helpless
thing.
That
is
a
helpless
end
and
never
begin.
O
O
That's
what
makes
you
that's
what
makes
the
town
a
better
place?
One
point
of
time:
it
was
a
better
place.
It's
hard
out
here,
I'll
leave
I'll
leave
for
another
state.
Come
back
to
this
town
because
I
love
this
town
I
go
on
for
three
years
come
back.
This
is
what
this
is.
My
hometown.
I
love
the
home.
I
tell
everybody
come
to
my
hometown.
O
O
You
know
that
we
need
it
very
much.
I
need
them.
I
I
I
I
work
for
myself.
I
got
bad
back
bad
needs.
I
don't
have
no
money
for
nothing.
I
do
for
myself
and
I
try
hard
every
day.
I
thank
the
lord
that
I
still
get
up
and
still
live
another
day
to
do
what
I
need
to
do,
but
I
see
other
people
out
here
that
need
them
better
than
worse
than
I
do
you
know,
and
that
and
I
and
I
never
told
my
back
of
no
one.
O
I
expect
to
want
to
turn
that
back
on
me
when
I
ask
for
a
little
bit
of
help.
I
at
least
I
like
to
get
a
little
bit
of
something
for
someone.
That's
about
to
treat
that
foot
on
my
back.
You
know-
and
I
vote
no
for
this,
because
we
all
need
that
we
all
deserve
this
much.
The
next
person
does
that's
all
I
got
to
say
about
this.
B
B
P
P
Now
I'm
looking
for
a
job.
It
helps
me
pay
my
medical
when
I
need
to
go
to
the
doctor,
because
I
have
thyroid
problems
and
stuff
like
that.
They
help
me
pay
for
my
my
medical,
my
medication
that
I
can't
pay
for
on
my
own,
they
have
do,
did
a
lot
of
counseling
and
stuff
for
me.
Thank
you
so
much
and
I
vote
no,
we
need
g.
We
need
to
general
assistance
because
they
have
done
a
lot
of
things
for
us.
P
If
y'all
take
it
away,
do
you
know
it's
going
to
be
a
lot
of
robberies?
A
lot
of
killings,
a
lot
of
stealing
in
stores
and
stuff,
the
crime
rate
is
going
to
go
high
for
the
people.
That's
on
general
assistance.
Y'all,
kick
us
out
of
general
assistance.
Where
am
I
going
to
go?
I'm
going
to
get
kicked
off
of
section.
8
kicked
out
for
be
in
the
streets.
Q
Well,
my
name
is
christopher
robinson,
I
still
1458
chicago
avenue.
Well,
I
may
not
be
able
to
speak
for
everybody.
You
know
I'm
just
getting
on
general
assistance
myself
and
I'm
saying
that
you
know
a
lot
of
people
crying
out
just
on
the
situation
that
it's
a
lot
of
unfortunate
people
out
here.
You
know
it's
a
lot
of
people
that
that's
at
many
years
over
me
that
that's
trying
to
have
just
trying
to
look
for
a
job.
Q
You
know
a
lot
of
elderly
people
that
had
jobs
for
years
and
they
was
laid
off
and
you
know
and
they
and
they
and
that's
something
that
I
pretty
much
didn't
get.
You
know
seeing
it
from
my
eyes
and
my
point
of
view,
but
I'm
pretty
much
saying
that
you
know
it's
a
lot
of
people
that
are
struggling
out
here
and
then
it's
just
all
about
color,
but
just
we
all
out
here,
we
crying
out
basically
letting
y'all
know
that
we
need.
We
need
his
help
out
here.
You
know
that
comedy
messed
up.
Q
You
know
we
just
dealing
with
a
situation
that
you
know
the
recession
was
going
on
and
a
lot
of
people
just
don't
want
to
see
themselves
doing
something
that
may
lead
them
to
doing
something
they
don't
want
to.
Do
you
know
it's
about
survival
survival
defenders
out
here,
you
know
so
pretty
much.
You
know
we
just
we
just
want
to
keep
general
assistance.
You
know
we
don't
want
that
to
be
taken
away
from
us.
You
know
you
just
got
to
see
it
like
this.
You
know
it's
like
right
now.
Q
People
saying
this,
though
you
know
it's
it's
putting
food
in
in
a
a
children's
mouth.
You
know
you
know
you
won't
want
that,
get
taken
out
your
children,
your
mouth,
you
know,
so
you
pretty
much.
You
know
people
just
want
oneness
to
continue.
You
know,
you
know
me
myself,
I
I'm
unemployed,
I'm
still
looking
for
a
job.
You
know,
I'm
still.
You
know
trying
to
trying
to
striving
trying
to
take
everything
one
day
at
a
time,
but
pretty
much
people
crying
out.
Q
B
S
S
S
S
S
S
I
was
dealing
with
a
caseworker,
mr
pryor,
at
that
time,
he's
retired
since,
but
anyway
they
called
me
to
work
after
the
summer
employment.
They
called
me
back
to
work
in
september.
I
don't
want
to
take
too
much
time,
because
what
I
really
want
to
say
is
I
worked
there
and
they
didn't
really
give
me
a
permanent
job.
Like
they
told
me
and
and
like
I
said,
I
was
the
I
never
missed
a
day
out
all
other
workers.
I
I
didn't
miss
a
day
and
I
was
never
late.
S
Anybody
to
have
people
living
in
their
household
that
has
grown,
that's
not
registered
to
vote,
they
should
be
ashamed
of
themselves
and
they
should
make
sure
that
they
get
all
the
members
of
their
family
registered
to
vote.
So
what
I
say
is
we
need
to
take
it
upon
ourselves
to
have
a
registration,
drive
and
register
everyone.
That's
not
registered
and
vote
against.
This
I
also
would
like
to
say
that
if
this
vote
is
not
successful,
I
will
personally
drive
economic
shutdown
of
evanston.
S
T
I've
been
with
the
township
for
about
two
years
now
and,
like
I
said,
I'm
going
to
be
rambling
here
a
little
bit.
So
pardon
me
fine,
I've
seen
in
the
course
of
those
two
years,
the
township,
the
people
who
work
there
dwindle
down
to
some
very
few
people
that
are
really
really
doing
a
great
job
right
now,
given
what
they
have
and
they're
doing
awesome
to
say
that
evanston,
the
can
take
control
of
that
in
the
in
the
financial
way.
T
T
Who
really
actually
cares
about
you
and
knows
your
name,
we're
going
to
be
we're
going
to
be
numbers,
we're
not
going
to
be
people
anymore
and
that's
something.
I
have
a
really
hard
problem
with
the
people
like
you
said
here,
who
are
I
mean
they're,
so
hard
working
and
they
care
about
what
they
do.
They
know
us.
They
deserve
every
penny
that
they're
making
and
a
little
more
in
my
eyes.
T
T
If
this
does,
because
I
know
there's
because
the
diversity,
the
diversity
well,
it's
it's
either
yeah,
it
is
diverse,
but
in
that
diversity
it's
spread
out
in
so
many
little
factions
that
there's
not
one
except
for
rich
and
poor.
Basically,
is
what
I
see
if
this
thing
gets.
Dissolved,
it'll
really
really
mess
up
a
lot
more
people's
lives
than
they
already
are
and
it'll
give
them
less
hope
than
they.
T
Some
already
have,
and
the
thing
is,
is
that
with
the
people
that
are
running
the
township
now
they
do
so
much
and
so
much
good
if
it
dissolves,
please
take
them
with
you
and
give
them
a
raise,
because
if
it
dissolves
and
it
better
not
because
I
am
voting
a
huge
no
on
this-
I
really
just
love
them
and
what
they
do.
Thank.
B
U
U
U
You
know,
because
I
was
expecting
a
crowded
room
and
many
of
you
did
not
show
up.
You
know
we
have
to
show
up
these
meetings
and
you
have
to
understand
why
we
need
to
show
up.
It
is
very,
very
important.
You
understand,
and
I'm
gonna
tell
you
why
it's
important
to
show
up
this
meeting
because
you're
looking
at
you
know
all
these
people
coming
up.
You
know
telling
you
all
this
stuff
and
people
are
listening.
U
You
know
and
they're
listening
real
good
they're
saying
you
know
everything
goes
on
it's
going
straight
to
the
mirror.
Everything
is
discussed
tonight
out.
Here
is
going
straight
to
the
mirror
behind
closed
doors
and
it
counts.
Every
minute
of
it,
okay
and
all
you
people
need
to
get
out
here
volunteer,
bring
people
in
here
and
make
sure
we
need
to
show
up
these
meetings.
It
is
so
important,
so
we
can
continue
these,
so
I
want
to
make
sure
these
people
succeed,
so
they
can
continue
getting
their
benefits.
U
You
know
it
is
not.
It
is
already
hard
enough
for
half
of
these
people
struggling
for
coming
in
here,
where
you
know
barely
got,
you
know
sure,
to
wear
clothes
to
wear.
You
know
some
clothes.
You
know
some
of
these
churches
donating
you
know,
and
they
come
out
here
and
then
all
of
a
sudden
they
get
like
general
assistant,
you
know
and
they
get
to
go
out
and
buy
high
jeans
with
that.
You
know
I
mean
stuff
like
that,
so
they
can
at
least
have
something
nice
to
wear.
U
You
know,
and
I
just
want
to
say
that
you
know
it's
not
right
for
them
to
be
able
to
just
be
taken
away
for
them,
that
you
know
that
little.
You
know
the
things
that
they
you
know,
these
checks
that
they
were
getting.
You
know
it's
not
because
the
big
questions
you
got
to
ask
yourself
is
this?
Okay,
all
right!
So
as
soon
as
the
program
closed,
you
know
where
these
people
gonna
go.
U
Where
are
they
gonna
go?
You
know
I
mean
you
got
to
ask
yourself,
you
know
where
are
they
going
to
go
because
at
the
end
of
the
day,
it's
it's
like
this?
You
know
because
you
got
people
like
you
know
you
guys
as
soon
as
you
guys
the
program
close
you
guys
going
to
go
to
unemployment,
you
guys
gonna,
go
draw
unemployment
and
you
guys
will
be
taken
care.
U
But
what
about
these
people,
though,
are
these
people
gonna
be
taken
care
of
no
they're,
not
gonna,
be
taken
care
of
they're
gonna,
be
kicking
to
the
curb
and
close
the
program,
and
nothing
I
mean
they
already
got.
They
already
got
a
freaking
anything
to
eat
out
here.
You
know,
I
mean
they're
already
hurt
out
here
when
you
take
these
little
checks
that
he's
getting
and
they
ain't
got
nothing
to
show
for
it
and
what
are
they
gonna
get
out
of
that,
but
you're
gonna
go
draw
unemployment,
though
program
close.
U
U
U
U
U
V
Thank
you
trustee.
I
just
wanted
to
thank
all
the
folks
for
coming
out
sincerely
as
well
as
the
fellow
trustees,
and
I
just
think
it
would
be
a
crime
if
people
leave
without
getting
an
update
in
terms
of
where
we
are
with
the
township
and
so
at
some
point.
I
hope
that
the
acting
trustee
supervisor
may
kind
of
share
some
information
to
update
and
then
answer
any
questions
that
the
residents
may
have
before
it
gets
too
late.
Thank
you.
Trustee.
B
A
So,
mr
bobkowitz,
if
you'd
like
to
help
us,
give
me
a
job,
I'm
qualified
most
of
the
people
I
go
against.
I
have
a
better
education.
I
have
better
skill,
so
why
can
I
not
be
hired
by
a
town
that
I
grew
up
in
I
went
to
I
went
to
skyles.
I
went
to
timber
ridge.
I
went
to
eths
and
I've
been
watching.
You
all
night
and
you
can
barely
look
at
the
people
up
here
speaking.
R
F
Thank
you,
madam
moderator
tonight.
In
this
meeting
there
was
two
well
lots
of
questions
raised,
but
two
to
the
issue
of
what
the
meeting
was
called
for
in
terms
of
the
referendum.
One
question
was
to
ask
you
to
recall
the
referendum
that
you
voted
on
and
the
mayor
signed
off
on
october.
The
30th
two,
the
second
one
was
that
have
a
plan
discuss
a
plan
that
tells
the
people
what
you
are
planning
on
doing
with
the
program.
After
those
are
two
questions
that
was
put
to
you
from
electors.
F
W
First,
let
me
address
the
last
points
from
ms
ester
and
mr
ford
is
here
from
the
township
attorney's
office,
and
I
will
ask
for
his
assistance
to
if
I
get
any
of
this
wrong,
the
referendum
to
abolish
everson
township
was
not
a
referendum
or
an
ordinance
that
was
passed
by
the
town
board
of
evanston.
So
that
is
not
a
subject.
That
is
a
pertinent
before
the
town
meeting
or
of
the
town
board.
It
was
the
evanston
city
council
that
was
authorized
by
the
illinois
general
assembly
to
take
that
action.
W
So
any
further
discussion,
mr
ford
clerk
green,
I
think,
would
be
out
of
order
as
as
being
non-germane
before
the
township
board.
The
second
point:
regarding
a
plan
there
was
a
plan
presented
to
the
evanston
city
council
on
october.
28Th,
it
is
available
from
my
office,
is
available
from
the
township
office
is
available
on
our
website.
That
plan
was
discussed.
W
To
to
talk
more
specifically
about
that,
but
I
believe
that
the
council
will
be
talking
about
that
moving
forward.
So,
if
you'd
like
I,
I
have
the
report
that
I
presented
to
the
city
council
that
was
dated
october
22nd
before
me.
I'd
be
happy
to
read
the
highlights
of
that
at
this
point,
or
we
could
just
make
that
available
to
residents.
What's
your
what's
your
I.
W
Good,
the
report
was
in
response
to
a
letter
that
the
city
council
received
from
the
league
of
women
voters
dated
october
1st,
which
raises
a
series
of
questions.
Question
number
one:
what
are
the
township
programs
and
services
and
how
are
they
currently
delivered?
The
answer.
The
township
currently
provides
general
assistance,
emergency
assistance
and
property
assessment
support
services.
The
township
currently
delivers
these
services
using
township
employees.
W
W
Question
number
two:
how
the
transition
will
be
made
and
how
the
city
intends
to
continue
the
work
done
by
the
township.
We
encourage
the
city
to
prepare
a
concrete
and
detailed
plan
describing
how
the
township
work
will
be
done
by
the
city.
This
plan
should
be
prepared
and
publicized
well
ahead
of
the
early
voting
period
starting
on
march
3rd
and
should
address
the
following
issues.
W
One
program
operations
will
the
current
township
activities
related
to
general
assistance,
emergency
assistance
and
assessment
be
continued,
reduced
or
enhanced
answer
current
township
activities
related
to
general
assistance,
emergency
assistance
and
assessment
will
be
continued
and
let
me
just
reinforce
that
the
responsibilities
of
evanston
township
under
this
dissolution
will
be
transferred
to
the
city
of
evanston.
General
assistance
will
continue
as
it
is.
Currently,
emergency
assistance
will
continue,
as
is
currently
township.
Assessment
services
will
continue,
as
is
currently.
W
This
is
a
function
not
of
the
city
of
evanston,
not
of
the
township
of
evanston,
but
general
assistance
is
a
function
of
the
state
of
illinois.
We
as
the
city
of
evanston,
as
evanston
township,
are
under
a
requirement
of
the
state
of
illinois
to
provide
the
service.
The
electorate
of
illinois,
the
general
assembly
of
illinois
requires
it
and
it
will
be
continued,
so
dissolution
of
evanston
township
would
continue
all
general
assistance,
emergency
assistance
and
property
assessment
services.
W
I'll
work
now
with
township
staff
to
identify
ways
to
partner
with
their
existing
work
done
in
our
health
community
development
and
parks,
recreation,
community
services
department
to
provide
more
comprehensive
assistance
to
township
residents
in
need.
The
city
would
work
to
enhance
the
general
assistance
and
emergency
assistance
services
without
expending
additional
resources.
Property
assessment
work
would
also
continue.
One
staff
member
would
be
assigned
to
continue
the
property
tax
assessment
advocacy
currently
provided
by
the
township
assessor.
The
staff
member
would
either
continue
from
the
township
or
be
a
new
hire.
W
This
work
would
not
be
absorbed
by
existing
city
staff.
I
anticipate
that
this
work
will
continue
at
approximately
the
same
level
as
current
city
staff
has
worked
with
the
township
staff
over
the
last
several
months.
During
the
moves
at
the
civic
center
to
identify
savings
and
overhead
and
administrative
support
costs,
this
work
will
continue
over
the
next
several
months.
If
the
township
is
dissolved,
I
anticipate
there
would
be
additional
savings
identified
through
further
sharing
of
overhead
and
administrative
costs.
W
These
savings
would
include
goods
and
services,
as
well
as
further
reduction
in
staffing
associated
with
administrative
support.
The
next
question:
where
will
the
current
township
activities,
be
carried
out
within
the
city
government?
What
city
departments
will
be
accountable
for
current
township
programs?
Will
any
current
township
activities
be
contracted
out
to
evanston
agencies?
If
so,
which
and
said
I'm
proposing
that
the
general
assistant
and
emergency
assistant
activities
become
part
of
the
health
department?
I
believe
there's
an
opportunity
to
once
again
create
a
human
services
division
within
the
health
department.
W
I'm
asking
health
director
ivan
thomas
smith
to
work
with
me,
as
well
as
community
development,
director
mark
munzer,
deputy
city
manager,
parks,
rec,
community
community
services,
director
joe
mcrae,
to
hold
a
series
of
community
meetings
in
november
and
december
to
review
the
recreation
of
a
human
services,
division
and
potential
existing
city
services
which
may
rejoin
this
general
assistance
and
emergency
assistance
and
that
division
report
back
to
the
city
council.
In
january,
the
council
asked
that
we
hold
that
off
until
the
league
of
women
voters
decides
on
how
what
kind
of
outreach
they
will
do.
W
The
property
assessment
assistance
function
would
become
part
of
the
administrative
services
department.
No
township
activities
would
be
contracted
out
funding.
Where
will
the
funds
for
continuing
support
of
current
township
programs
come
from?
Will
the
township
tax
levy
be
transferred
and
become
a
part
of
the
city
levy,
or
will
there
be
a
separate
levy
specifically
for
general
assistance
and
township
assistance
programs?
What
savings
are
anticipated
from
dissolving
the
township?
Will
the
city
resume
responsibility
for
funding
the
evidence
and
social
services
and
mental
health
services
that
have
been
funded
through
the
township
in
recent
years?
Answer?
W
Currently,
the
township
is
funded
under
two
separate
lied:
item
levies
on
the
property
tax,
a
town
fund
and
general
assistance
fund.
I
am
proposing
that
this
be
reduced
to
one
levy
general
assistance.
This
levy
would
include
costs
of
operating
the
general
assistance
and
emergency
assistance
programs.
In
addition,
I'm
proposing
that
the
full
cost
of
the
mental
health
board
be
included
in
the
levy
rather
than
split
between
the
general
assistance
levy
and
the
general
fund
levy.
The
cost
of
the
assessor
program
would
be
shifted
to
the
general
fund.
W
All
other
miscellaneous
grants
that
have
been
made
by
the
township
to
the
city,
support
for
summer,
youth,
employment,
community
picnic
etc
would
be
funded
in
the
city's
general
fund.
Savings
anticipated
with
these
changes
include
the
elimination
of
of
office
rental
costs,
which
began
in
september
2013
and
reduced
administrative
costs.
These
cost
savings
would
total
approximately
225
000
a
year
based
on
the
most
recent
audited
financial
statements.
More
precise
savings
amounts
will
be
known
when
we
report
back
to
the
council
in
january
and
again,
that's
been
superseded
by
other
events
personnel.
W
What
will
happen
to
the
current
township
employees
and
elected
officials?
What
city
staff
will
assume
township
responsibilities?
Will
new
staff
be
hired
by
the
city
to
carry
out
current
township
programs
answer?
Every
effort
will
be
made
to
continue
employment
of
township
staff
after
a
dissolution
either
providing
former
township
services
or
other
duties
in
the
city
of
evanston.
W
Once
township
staffing
is
settled
in
the
next
few
weeks,
with
the
resignation
of
the
township
supervisor,
no
new
staff
would
be
hired
to
carry
out
the
current
township
programs
after
dissolution,
the
elected
positions
of
township
supervisor
and
after
january
1
2014
township
assessor,
will
likely
be
filled
by
acting
positions
until
the
election.
These
positions
would
be
eliminated
as
part
of
the
township
dissolution
timing.
W
How
long
will
the
transition
take,
including
any
changes
in
operations,
funding
levels
or
personnel
work
will
continue
to
transition
overhead
and
administrative
support
services
from
the
township
to
the
city
prior
to
a
dissolution
election?
If
dissolution
is
approved,
a
final
transition
to
the
city
provision
of
services
would
occur
over
60
to
90
days.
Any
savings
accrued
in
fiscal
year
2014
will
be
reflected
in
the
fiscal
year
2015
levy.
In
addition,
the
city
council
would
have
to
decide
disposition
of
fund
balances
in
township
funds.
W
It'd
be
my
recommendation
to
retain
a
reserve
fund
balance
similar
to
the
city's
general
fund
and
spend
down
remaining
balances
in
lieu
of
levy
increases
evaluation.
How
will
the
transition
of
township
operations
be
assessed?
Will
there
be
a
plan
for
reporting
to
township
evidence
residents
on
the
specific
impact
and
effectiveness
of
the
change
regular
report?
The
answer
is
regular
reporting
of
general
assistance
and
emergency
assistance.
Data
will
begin
immediately
and
continue
after
any
dissolution
comparison
of
levy
for
general
assistance
over
the
years
will
be
a
measure
on
cost
savings.
W
W
I
think
it
is
fairly
comprehensive
of
what
the
plan
would
be
again.
Let
me
stress
that
the
bill
that
was
passed
by
the
illinois
general
assembly
does
not
relieve
the
city
of
evanston
of
the
responsibility
for
general
assistance,
emergency
assistance
or
township
assessing
services
of
the
bill
that
was
passed,
which
was
known
as
sb
1585,
which
was
passed
by
the
illinois
general
assembly
very
clearly.
States.
W
That
if
a
majority
of
voters
in
the
township
castes
are
in
favor
of
the
proposition
to
discontinue
and
abolish
the
township,
then
the
township
organization,
in
that
township
sells,
shall
cease
on
the
effective
date
of
the
discontinuous
and
abolishment
of
the
township
organization.
All
the
rights
powers,
duties,
assets,
property,
liabilities,
obligations
and
responsibilities
of
the
township
shall
be
the
operation
of
law,
invest
in
and
be
assumed
by
the
content,
contaminates
municipalities.
W
W
It
also
states
the
responsibility
for
general
assistance
continued,
and
this
is
a
new
section.
305
illinois
compiled
statutes,
section
12-3.1
discontinuous.
If
we
could
terminate
this
township
upon
discontinuous
of
a
co-terminus
township
under
article
27
of
the
township
code,
the
co-terminus
municipality
shall
provide
funds
for
and
administer
the
public
aid
program
provided
under
article
6
of
this
code.
So
the
city
of
evanston
would
need
to
continue
the
same
general
assistance,
emergency
assistance
and
property
assessment
support
services
as
evident
township
provides.
There
would
be
no
change.
The
dollar
amounts
that
are
provided.
W
B
L
L
Takes
time
for
this
to
dissolve
in
here,
just
like
we
want
to
dissolve
the
evaston
township,
it
takes
time
to
find
out
how
and
why
you
did
this.
When
I
say
you,
I
mean,
because
you
follow
instruction
of
the
council,
but
here's
what
I'm
saying
you
have
to
realize.
People
have
to
realize
on
this
council
that
you
have
a
staff
to
write
this
all
up
for
you,
what
you
don't
understand,
they
better
get
it
right
or
you
will
put
them
in
order.
Okay,
in
fact,
that's
your
job!
L
The
next
thing
is,
you
have
a
lawyer
to
find
out
all
of
this
information,
and
this
is
what
I
said
before
when
I
said
there
was
a
lawyer
here.
The
lawyer
was
hesitant,
correct
me.
If
I'm
wrong
in
here,
I
tried
my
best.
I
got
paper
that
I
paid
my
money
for
to
try
to
understand
all
of
these
laws
and
whatever
I'm
not
a
lawyer,
okay,
but
I
did
understand
enough
to
know
that
these
people
work
hard
and
they
don't
have
enough
help
right
now.
L
But
my
point
is:
why
did
the
council
the
trustee
board,
if
that
building
was
not
appropriate?
You
had
the
power
to
just
to
tell
pat
vance
or
whoever
was
in
charge
to
say:
that's
it
did
you
not
am.
I
am
I
misunderstanding.
Something
here
come
on.
Tell
me
somebody,
okay,
you
have
the
responsibility
to
do
that.
L
Why
did
you
not
do
that?
Why
did
you
not
do
that?
Why
did
you
not
seek?
I
made
a
special
trip
over
there
on
maine
and
dodge
wait
a
minute.
The
council
members
are
saying
the
board's
saying
such
a.
Why
don't
you
tell
them
pat?
Why
don't
you
tell
them
rose?
Why
don't
you
tell
them
excessors,
nobody
come
by
and
nobody
came
by.
What
are
you
talking
about?
L
They
are
talking
about
dissolving
this
program
you
supposed
to
be
over
there
checking
out
for
us
the
people
that
we
put
you
in
place
here,
I'm
getting
upset
because
dog,
don't
it
look,
don't
just
sit
up
here.
Do
something
do
the
right
thing
for
all
of
us,
rich
poor
one
day,
oliver
is
going
to
be
the
richer
part.
It's
coming
and
believe
me,
some
of
us
going
to
be
in
this
bag
here.
Believe
me,
you
can
think
I'm
joking.
L
L
L
Give
him
a
ring,
that's
where
the
power
okay
part
of
the
power
lies,
but
I
need
a
question
answer
here
and
to
tell
you
the
truth:
the
manager
follow
y'all
instruction.
Does
he
not?
He
will
present
his
case,
but
y'all
are
supposed
to
catch
it.
You
are
supposed
to
say:
okay
wally!
This
is
not
it.
Why
did
you
not
do
that?