City seeks community input on draft Post COVID-19 Action Plan
The city’s tentative coronavirus recovery plans prioritize business support, resident well-being and use of public spaces. Community members can offer input to help shape the final draft, according to a Monday news release.
The Post COVID-19 Action Plan was created based on community and organizational needs assessment surveys, as well as feedback from city staff, community organizations and the city’s Emergency Operations Center team.
In a letter to Evanston residents, former Mayor Steve Hagerty wrote the community feedback will help the city “rebuild an Evanston that is more vibrant, healthy, sustainable, resilient, equitable, and inclusive.”
Two incoming alderpeople have raised a complaint alleging the outgoing City Council does not have the power to pass ordinances at its Monday night meeting.
The 81st City Council will be sworn in tonight, but not before the lame duck council votes on some contentious items including the lease of the Harley Clarke Mansion, the contract for selling water to Skokie and the approval of changes to the city’s Board of Ethics procedures.
Outgoing Mayor Steve Hagerty said in an April 27 council meeting that the May 10 council meeting would be a “handover” to the next City Council, and that April 27 was the 80th City Council’s last meeting.
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Evanston s new City Council was sworn in this evening.
The ceremonial session is scheduled to start at 7:30 p.m.
The meeting agenda is available online.
The meeting is reconvened at 7:42 p.m.
Outgoing Mayor Steve Hagerty hands off the gavel to incoming Mayor Danial Biss, who’s sworn in by Judge Lionel Jean-Baptiste.
Mayor, clerk and aldermen take the Athenian Oath of Citizenship.
Invocation from Pastor Monte Dillard.
Alderman Peter Braithwaite, 2nd Ward, taking the oath of office.
Biss individually swears in the aldermen and clerk.
Call of the wards
Braithwaite … Says he’s excited about city’s future and opportunities that lay ahead.
In his last week in office, outgoing Mayor Steve Hagerty awarded five Keys to the City, which he announced at the final convening of the 80th Evanston City Council meeting Monday.
The Key to the City, which is issued every four years, is the highest honor the mayor can bestow on an Evanston resident or organization, Hagerty said.
While the event normally takes place in Council chambers with the family and friends of the award recipients, this year, as part of his final week as mayor, Hagerty held small gatherings in the chambers with the organizations and individuals to present the keys.
UpdatedMon, May 10, 2021 at 5:50 pm CT
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The outgoing Evanston City Council is due to meet Monday for a third time since the April 6 municipal elections. In apparent violation of state law, the new City Council is due to be sworn in at the second meeting after final results are in. (Tim Moran/Patch)
EVANSTON, IL A third meeting of the lame duck Evanston City Council is set to push through a crowded agenda Monday night, despite concerns the meeting may be in violation of state law and the outgoing mayor s claim that the meeting would be a handover to the new Council.