Repeating what she said at the City Council meeting this week, First Ward Council member Clare Kelly reiterated that Evanston should step up contributions to the police and firefighter funds, striving for 100% funding by the state’s 2040 target date.At the First Ward meeting on Thursday, Oct. 20, Kelly responded to a presentation from Hitesh Desai, the city’s chief financial officer, in a review of the 2023 fiscal year budget now before the city.
First Ward’s Kelly says city must increase police and fire pension contributions