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Aldermen to get COVID budget update Tuesday

Evanston aldermen Tuesday are scheduled to get an update from city staff on efforts to close a projected $10.6 million budget cap created by the COVID-19 pandemic. Details of the

By Bill Smith on May 24, 2020 - 15:15

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City budget shortfall could reach $20 million

Evanston officials Monday night roughly doubled their estimate of how deep a budget hole the city may find itself in as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. From a previous

By Bill Smith on April 28, 2020 - 14:41

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City sees a $10.6M COVID-19 budget shortfall

Preliminary estimates show the COVID-19 pandemic punching a $10.6 million hole in this year's Evanston's city budget. That's equivalent to nearly 9% of the city's entire general fund budget. Interim

By Bill Smith on April 10, 2020 - 21:25

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City nears adoption of $321 million spending plan

Evanston aldermen Monday are scheduled to accept for introduction a proposed budget for next year that calls for spending nearly $321 million, before excluding interfund transfers. Hitesh Desai, the city's

By Bill Smith on November 17, 2019 - 16:26

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City budget debate mostly drama-free this year

This time last year city officials were being flamed over proposals to close a fire station and lay off other employees to close a $7.4 million funding gap. But half

By Bill Smith on November 3, 2019 - 19:37

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City: Higher parking rates haven’t driven shoppers away

Evanston city officials say there's no evidence to support claims that this year's increase in hourly parking rates has driven shoppers away from the city. In a budget memo released

By Bill Smith on October 28, 2019 - 14:59

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As parking rates soar, no answers on impacts

With on-street parking rates scheduled to jump again next year, Evanston officials this week were unable to answer key questions about the impact of this year's rate hike on parking

By Bill Smith on October 25, 2019 - 15:14

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You may not notice planned 10.9% property tax hike

Evanston officials are planning to levy a 10.9 percent property tax increase to fund the 2020 city budget -- but they're hoping the latest reassessment of the city will blunt the

By Bill Smith on October 4, 2019 - 17:30

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City staffing to grow under proposed new budget

After dipping below the 800 level this year to close a multi-million dollar budget gap, the City of Evanston's projected full-time-equivalent staff will rise to 808 in 2020, if aldermen

By Bill Smith on October 4, 2019 - 17:29

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Aldermen OK sales tax hike on split vote

Retail merchants across Evanston will have to tack an extra quarter-percentage-point in sales tax onto their customers' bills starting Jan. 1, thanks to a City Council vote Monday night. The measure, approved

By Bill Smith on September 24, 2019 - 15:19

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City, facing budget gap, may boost sales tax

Evanston city officials, facing a preliminary projected budget gap of $3.5 million for 2020, are considering boosting the home rule sales tax by a quarter percentage point to help plug

By Bill Smith on August 11, 2019 - 14:58

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City spending far outpaces residents’ income growth

Over the past decade spending by Evanston's city government has grown at more than double the rate of increase in the income of Evanstonians. Despite a modest reduction in projected

By Bill Smith on November 29, 2018 - 15:33

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Recap: City Council

Evanston aldermen tonight adopted the city's 2019 budget and approved a raft of tax and fee increases to help fund it. Here's a recap of our live coverage of the meeting.

By Bill Smith on November 19, 2018 - 23:30

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Rainey: Tax arts to fund arts

Alderman Ann Rainey, 8th Ward, proposed during a budget debate Monday night that the city should expand the scope of its amusement tax to provide more funding for local arts

By Bill Smith on November 13, 2018 - 16:00

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New budget plan hits taxpayers, city workers

Fire Station 4 would stay open but residents would see a two percent property tax increase and city employees would get no general wage hike next year in a compromise

By Bill Smith on November 9, 2018 - 23:17

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Council struggles to find fire savings

Evanston aldermen struggled Monday to find ways to trim Fire Department spending in the face of resistance from Fire Chief Brian Scott to making any change to the department's staffing.

By Bill Smith on November 6, 2018 - 16:02

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