"Kelly spoke with the city’s chief financial officer and treasurer, about ways to improve the process going forward. ..Gandurski said she found Kelly’s request for Desai to report any projected overages and surpluses of business units quarterly to the Finance and...
"Council Member Clare Kelly, in whose First Ward the project is located, spoke at the meeting in praise of the building’s adaptive reuse, saying the action was in keeping with other measures the council took that night, such as approving major climate change...
Kelly, chairing the meeting, agreed the current system for dealing with property complaints is ineffective but argued it could be dramatically improved without launching a licensing program. “If, for example, we started with proactive inspections – if we increased our...
Evanston Now by Bill Smith December 24, 2021 Read on evanstonnow.com Evanston City Council members have advanced dozens of ideas for new legislation since they formed a Referrals Committee following last April’s election. Most of those ideas remain somewhere in the...
First Ward Councilmember Clare Kelly played a central role in engaging Northwestern for this contribution along with retired Evanston firefighters and lifelong residents Dave Ellis and Jack Mortell, who provided support by studying and comparing similar universities’...
The Daily Northwestern Yiming Fu, City Editor January 4, 2022 Northwestern donated $800,000 to Evanston in December to fund the purchase of a new fire engine. The fire engine will be the second purchased from University-donated funds. In 2009, NU donated $550,000 to...
Evanston Round Table by Matt Simonette August 3rd, 2021 Click for Full Story in Evanston Round Table The Evanston Plan Commission, by a 3-2 vote, advanced a proposal that would impose a six-month moratorium on permitting and construction of non-owner occupied...
Pooches on patios will be permitted as the Evanston City Council Monday unanimously approved an ordinance allowing dogs at outdoor cafes. https://patch.com/illinois/evanston/ban-dogs-outdoor-restaurant-patios-evanston-be-lifted
Upcoming First Ward meetings, First Ward Agenda items at City Council and other committees, and other events.
Wed, May 12, 2021 "After introductory remarks, 1st Ward Ald. Clare Kelly asked city staff to place a measure on the agenda for upcoming committee meeting that would establish a separate fund for money received via the American Rescue Plan — the $1.9 trillion bill that...
