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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.